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Untitled

• CA MHC 280-90.0-010
• Item

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

"Buy a brick" volunteers in Botswana

• CA MHC 280-182.0-016
• Item
• 1986

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of two "buy a Brick" volunteers helping to rebuild a house that was bombed in Botswana.

Babcock, Shirley

A "Thank-you" feast

• CA MHC 280-215.0-001
• Item
• 1987

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of (left to right): Adla Issa, administrative assistant for the MCC West Bank country representative; kathy Bergen, MCC worker from Coaldale, AB and Paul Myers, MCC secretary for the Middle East, preparing to eat the "thank-yo...

Brubaker, Charmayne Denlinger

A baptism in Bolivia

• CA MHC 280-146.0-007
• Item
• 1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of Leonides Saucedo kneeling on the ground while Roberto Sequiera , a Bolivian Mennonite brother, baptized him. There are several people watching . (2 copies)

Hofer, Joy

A classroom at Khelaghar, India

• CA MHC 280-50.0-002
• Item
• 1979

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

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 lo...

Burnett, Tina Mast

A cooking nutrition class

• CA MHC 280-5.0-012
• Item
• 1977

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of Esther Olfert (right) holding a cooking nutrition class. She is attempting to give these Brazilian women a high regard for themselves as homemakers.

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A family in Lesotho

• CA MHC 280-190.0-006
• Item
• 1986

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a family consisting of mother, father, five boys and three girls posing outside their home.

MacBride, Richard

A food-for-work project in Nepal

• CA MHC 280-75.0-002
• Item
• 1980

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a Nepalese man standing by a canal that was dug in a Food-For-Work project partially funded by MCC.

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A group of long-term MDSers

• CA MHC 280-34.0-010
• Item
• 1978

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a group of long-term MDSers standing outside First Mennonite Church Johnstown, PA. They are (left to right): Ruth Hess, Paul Hess, Joan Barkman, Lawerence Toews, Gary George, Arnie Lehn, Elon Beck, Ocala Beck, Bessie Miller and ...

Barkman, Joan

A laborer in the Philippines

• CA MHC 280-158.0-004
• Item
• 1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a labourer, wearing heavy gloves and hat with a mesh face covering, picking pineapples on Del Monte's 48,000 acre pineapple plantation.

Epp-Tiessen, Esther

A meeting at headquarters

• CA MHC 280-30.0-011
• Item
• 1978

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of two women and Earl Martin sitting at a table.

Goossen, Steve

A mobile saw in Zaire

• CA MHC 280-23.0-001
• Item
• 1977

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of three men using a mobile saw, at Tshikapa, to cut a log. This is inexpensive and efficient for developing countries. Horizontal and vertical blades move on a frame while the log remains stationary. The saw is powered by a VW eng...

Dyck, Ernest, 1922-2009

A peace sculpture

• CA MHC 280-196.0-013
• Item
• 1986

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a sculpture in Juba, southern Sudan, built after the 1955 to 1972 war between north and south. The sculpture shows an Arab Muslim northerner shaking hands with a Christian African southerner and is a reminder of hope for reconci...

Yusavitz, Carl

A peasant farmer in El Salvador

• CA MHC 280-184.0-003
• Item
• 1986

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a determined Salvadoran peasant with his home in the background. Farmers such as he are a sign of hope as they plant and harvest their corn in war-torn El Salvador.

Acosta, Elias

A potter in India

• CA MHC 280-50.0-001
• Item
• 1979

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a potter in a VRO village showing his creative side.

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