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This is a photo of a Bangladeshi woman, employed in Surjosnato Food Products program initiated by Mennonite Central Committee, husking a coconut which she will grate and dry in a solar dryer she constructed using locally available materials.

This is a photo of Zahirun Nesa, one of the six employees of MCC's Shapla Soap Factory in Saidpur, Bangladesh, drying laundry soap in the sun. The bars of soap are set in rows in wooden trays.

This is a photo of Razia holding a sleeping child. She has been able to operate a grocery shop with retained earnings from Mennonite Central Committee's Action Bag program in Saidpur, Bangladesh.

This is a photo of Duane Auch (centre) working with a local farmer in Bangladesh refining crop production.

This is a photo of a Bangladesh farmer sitting in his rice field. The field is filled with sand instead of water.

This is a photo of staff at Gonoshasthaya ("People,s Health") Pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh prparing materials for the first production of paracetemol tablets. The non-profit factory is selling basic drugs at 20 to 50 percent lower than those of commercial manufacturers in Bangladesh.

This is a photo of young Bangladeshi volunteers helping to put up houses in an area devastated by floods. MCC provided money for materials.

This is a photo of a Bangladeshi farmer in his soybean field.

This is a photo of Bihari children of Bangladesh.

This is a photo of people standing outside The Source, a new retail shop for handicrafts, that opened June 5 in Dhaka. The shop will sell products made by participants in the MCC Bangladesh job creation program. (Left to right): Dave Anderson of Portland, Ore. (short -sleeved shirt) is the administrator of this program and Mark Nord of Church's Ferry, N. D. (in the dark sweater) is MCC Bangladesh Country Representative.

This is a photo of (left to right ):a group of unidentified children and men posing with MCC extensionist Shayam Chakraborty and Mokbul Ahmed, "almost" subsistence farmer, in front of Ahmed's vegetable field.

This is a photo of a woman wearing a sari, sitting outside a brick building. Beside her is a large metal pail.

This is a photo of Clark's "mud wall drier". It is painted black from a mixture of flour, powdered charcoal and water. With the angle pointing south it operates from 9:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. It is sitting on and covered with plastic. A bamboo tray holds the food. Holes in the mud base allow old drier air to enter; a hole at the plastic's top allows warm air to escape. Temperature inside is 140-150 degrees Fahrenheit.

This is a photo of Bangladesh's Deputy Prime Minister cutting the tape to open the Goalpara sanitation facility.