This is a photo of the church where people sheltered when their homes were blown away. All cattle drowned by the tidal flooding and all crops were destroyed.
This is a photo of children and their teacher in a classroom at Khelaghar. The classroom is a round structure with a low wall, open sides and a thatch roof supported on bamboo poles. The teacher is sitting on a chair and the children are on the low wall.
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.
This is a photo of Hena Dutta teaching a class at the mission school where she is employed. With the help of the Child Sponsorship Program she was able to complete a teachers training course.
This is a photo of craftsmen sitting on the floor of their workshop, in the Northern India village of Saharanpur, producing shesham wood articles which MCC's SELFHELP Crafts program markets. The program sold a million and a half dollars worth of items in 1980.
This is a photo of (left to right): MCCer Fred Kaufman of West Point, Neb. and Dr. Mir Ali Akbar Khan, chairman of India's Village Reconstruction Organization, during Khan's visit to MCC's Calcutta office.
This is a photo of MCCer Cathy Weaver, of Hesston, Kan., distributing Christmas gifts to children at one of several homes and institutions in India that benefit from MCC's Material resource Assistance Program.
This is a photo of (left to right): Mrs. Sambrajyam, assistant, and MCCer Minh Kauffman presenting the Balwadi program (chart on right) to an Indian village. The two women, wearing saris, are standing in front of a group of women seated on the floor.
This is a photo of a family standing outside one of the 99 houses, at a village in Orissa State, India, built with MCC help following a disastrous flood in September, 1980.
