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This is a photo of (left to right): Harry Peacock of the United Church Committee in Bolivia and a local man working on a MEDA project. They are laying dry palm fronds on a frame to protect seedlings from the sun.

This is a photo of (left to right): Nancy Tielkemier and Ignacia Pinto uncovering a seedbed in a garden. The palm leaves are placed over the seedbed until the seeds germinate to keep the hot sun and wind from drying the ground. Pinto is a Bolivian gardener who has benefited from the MCC garden program.

This is a photo of Susan Peacock, left, observing Zenobia, an auxiliary teacher, teaching reading to her first and second graders. The classroom is of adobe with an unglazed window. The children are sitting at work benches.

This is a photo of a father with his daughter on his lap talking to MCC nurse Sarah Burkholder about a vaccination record.

This is a photo of six adults and a child sitting at a narrow table, looking at open books. They are village literacy promoters working on their teaching skills during a workshop, planned by MCCer Roberta Dischinger (in dark sweater), in Colonia Berlin, Bolivia.

This is a photo of Ethel Shank, MCC Bolivia health team leader , training village health promoter at MCC's Rural Training Centre.

This is a photo of a Bolivian farmer plowing his field using a pair of oxen. Animal traction are popular appropriate technology products in Bolivia.

This is a photo of Lois Hooley, coordinator of a course to train health promoters in Bolivia, is leading a graduation ceremony.

This is a photo of a crowd of people at the inauguration of the Centro Agro-Tec, Montero, Bolivia.

This is a photo of MCCer Dallas Steiner demonstrating the manual peanut sheller at the agricultural fair in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It had won first prize in an appropriate technology contest. Dallas Steiner and some of his "inventions" are featured in the new MCC film, "Give Me Your Hand: MCC Today".

This is a photo of nurse Judy Koop Bietz of Winnipeg, MB giving an injection to a young Bolivian. She is one of the MCCers featured in the new MCC film, "Give Me Your Hand: MCC Today".

This is a photo of MCCer Glenn Burkholder and a local farmer threshing soybeans with a motor driven prototype thresher. Initial trials indicate that more work needs to be done on the model before it can be promoted.

This is a photo of Dallas Steiner fumigating fruit trees. There are four children with him.

This is a photo of four women and a child enjoying a noon meal during a Mennonite retreat.

This is a photo of Frieda Schellenberg, MCC worker in Bolivia. She is standing by a saddled horse with two women and a building in the background.