Villages constructed after flood in Orissa State, India
- CA MHC 280-70.0-001
- Item
- 1980
This is a photo of newly built, thatch-roof, temporary houses in the village of Antarajholi. The original village was completely washed away by floods.
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Villages constructed after flood in Orissa State, India
This is a photo of newly built, thatch-roof, temporary houses in the village of Antarajholi. The original village was completely washed away by floods.
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This is a photo of men constructing a meetinghouse for the Evangelical Mennonite Conference congregation which grew out of reconstruction efforts in Juan Baron, Dominican Republic.
Frey, Neal
This is a photo of MCC worker Keith Barr putting up a ceiling. It is one of the many skills that he uses in his work with Menno Housing.
Rinner, Amy
Digging trenches for the foundation of a boys' school
This is a photo of campers digging trenches for the foundation of the boys' school at Balarampur.
Lobe, A. C.
This is a photo of the repair and reconstruction crew of the Jamaica Mennonite Church posing with MCC worker Dan Norell.
Lapp, Ian
Reconstruction in Chile after earthquake
This is a photo of Chilean workers putting up walls on a house being rebuilt as part of MCC's housing construction program in Santa Clara. Hundreds of residents in this slum area near Santiago were left without housing after the May earthquake hit Chile.
Geiser, Charles
This is a photo of a pre-school under construction, an MCC-assisted project in Dominica which erected the structure and later completed its roof. Workers are producing blocks to fill in the walls with an MCC-purchased block machine.
Penner, Jim, 1924-2012
This is a photo of men working on a building project. Families in MCC-built houses in Guatemala see their monthly payments go to local projects like this "pila" where persons do the family laundry by dipping water from large concrete tanks into one of the separate sinks surrounding the tank.
Kauffman, Fred
This is a photo of man working with cement on a building project in Mahatmajipuram.
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Constructing a church in Guatemala
This is a photo of K'eckchi' Mennonite men laying blocks during the construction of a church in Las Casas, Guatemala.
Olfert, Esther
Willard Ebersole working on a Kentucky home: MCC U. S. SWAP
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Beach, Mark
Building a latrine in Bangladesh
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Schroeder, Don
Constructing a warehouse in Ethiopia
Men outside the almost completed warehouse in Wukro; branches above windows and doors provide scaffolding for workers.
Hostetler, John
This is a photo of (left to right): MCCers Harry Froese and Larry LaRash replacing the corrugated roof on a classroom at Dalo School in Nigeria.
Ford, Paul
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Doerksen, Al