This is a photo of a Bangladesh woman cleaning hemp fibres on device made of bamboo. These fibres are then twisted into ropes and twine in a Mennonite Central Committee job creation project.
This is a photo of a mason in Bangladesh building a low-cost latrine for a family in Saidpur. In the background a simple dwellings made of matting with thatch roofs. In 1983 MCC built and converted more than 400 latrines as part of its Saidpur sanitation program.
This is a photo of Beth Weisbrod teaching sewing skills to Humbukushu village women. The women are sitting on the ground and the hand crank sewing is set on a couple of blocks.
This is a photo of participants in the December 15, 1983, development seminar at MCC headquarters, in small group discussion. (Left to right): Lamar Fretz of MCC Executive Committee, Rosanna Chan of Bluffton College, Merrill Ewert of MAP International in Wheaton, Ill. and Sandy Bertsche, MCC staff.
This is a photo of two old camp veterans sitting on the ground with their backs against a tarp. The suffering these men have endured in fleeing their homes and now living in crowded refugee camps shows on their faces.
This is a photo of a leprosy victim spinning thread that will be woven into blankets.MCC purchases these blankets and then distributes them to other institutions in India through its Material Resources Assistance Program.
This is a photo of Steve Caldwell, an MCCer who served in Indonesia, holding the perpetual siphon that is part of the water purification system he developed for residents of Rasau Jaya, a transmigration site in West Kalimantan.He is posing in a workshop.
This is a photo of four students, from Mabathoana High School in Maseru, standing outside a building, holding signs asking for money for famine relief.
