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 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 children sitting on the ground at Demaily School. The school was established by Brethren in Christ Development Society, an organization supported by Brethren in Christ and by MCC.
This is a photo of Yee Sui Wah, a 17-year-old Chinese boy, whom MCC sponsors in India, is standing in front of his home with other members of his family. Ruth Detweiler, coordinator of the MCC sponsorship program, is standing in the back on the right.
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 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 (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 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 a leprosy victim spinning thread that will be woven into blankets.MCC purchases these blankets and then distributes them to other institutions in India through its Material Resources Assistance Program.
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.
This is a photo of men digging trenches. Some of the men are carrying the earth away in wicker baskets on their heads. This is a food-for work project.