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Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection Refugee camps
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Lebanon

This is a photo of a refugee camp near Sidon. There is a motor bike, a vehicle and two boys in the foreground. In the middle are rows of tents and in the distance some buildings.

Miller, Ralph

Thailand

This is a photo of thatch-roofed temporary housing for Vietnamese refugees at Songkhla. The dwellings are right next to each other with a narrow walkway between the rows.

Kauffman, Minh Nguyen

Victor Neumann in Thailand

This is a photo of MCCer Victor Neumann of Abbotsford, BC, with refugee workers processing mail at Songkhla camp, Thailand. Letters from relatives already settled abroad tell of televisions and other luxuries, but also of problems adjusting to a new and complex society.

Krasker, Annie

Honduras

This is a photo of children in Mesa Grande refugee camp collecting water at one of the camp pumps. Honduran Mennonites and MCC are in charge of water as well as the other technical aspects of camp life.

Hofer, Philip

Honduras

This is a photo of wood-sided houses that are replacing the tents that Salvadoran refugees have lived in for several years in Mesa Grande Camp in Honduras. There are some children standing on the bare ground in front of the houses. In the background are hills.

Shelly, Linda

Honduras

This is a photo of new housing for refugees built under Mennonite supersision is on the left and UN tents are on the right . In the background the mountains of El Salvador are visible.

Miller, Stan