This is a photo of John F. Lapp, centre, listening to two clients. MCCer Lapp works at the Mediation Centre Office of the Washington, D. C. Citizens' Complaint Centre.
This is a photo of (left to right): Izyya, a West bank widow with five children, and Jacoub Amer, Mennonite Central Committee staff person, standing in a rocky field. MCC helped her reclaim and terrace this land.
This is a photo of Edmund Janzen, centre, and other volunteers cutting peaches and removing the pits to prepare them for drying. The MCC peach drying project, located at Ted Friesen's and Justina Friesen's farm near Reedley, Calif. processes nearly 10,000 pounds of dried peaches annually. The peaches are sold at relief sales and SELFHELP shops and the profits go to support MCC programs.
This is a photo the crumbling mudblock walls of homes in Chad. During the 1982 war in Chad, looters took roofs, windows and doors, leaving the walls vulnerable to the rains. An interchurch committee, with help from international donors including MCC, helped families rebuild.
This is a photo of Howard Zehr, MCC Criminal Justice office, is sitting at a table, speaking into a microphone. He is urging a congressional committee to consider the value o reconciliation in the criminal justice process.
This is a photo of a Salvadoran refugee mother standing by a counter stacked with canned food.She is preparing food for malnourished children in a feeding centre near San Salvador. An inter-church food aid program, which has distributed MCC beef and other donated food, is helping 60,000 refugees.
This is a photo of a Guatemalan Kekchi Indian mother helping to weigh an infant in a hanging scale while the brother and sister watch. There are some women and children in the background watching as well.
This is a photo of (left to right): John Lapp, executive secretary-elect of MCC; Elmer Neufeld, MCC Chairman; Hoang Bich Son, Vietnam Ambassador to the U. N. and interpreter Vu Quang Diem.
This is a photo of Peter Elias, Mennonite Brethren, in a discussion with several other men at Mennonite Christian Service Fellowship of India (MCSFI) consultation in Calcutta, March 84. There is another group in the background.
This is a photo of Mary Burkholder visiting with Indonesian students who are assisted by the Mennonite Central Committee Sponsorship Program. These students attend one of the Christian schools which is operated by the Java and Muria Mennonite-affiliated synods.
This is a photo of IVEP participants sharing their experiences after six months in North America. (Left to right): Hannelore Harder from W. Germany, Gudrun Fellmann from W. Germany, Ingrid Voth (standing) from Paraguay, Frederique Delhaye from France and Neftali Lemus-Magana from El Salvador.
This is a photo of departing "trainees" watching others play volleyball at the MCC Akron office the evening before their trip home. Back row (left to right): Philip Su from Taiwan and Rigoberto Degaiza from Panama. Front row (left to right): Martin Fischer from Switzerland, Jean-Luke Hussar from France, Albert Tseng from Taiwan and Pierre-Andre Geiser from Switzerland. Standing in the background on the far left is James Gonsalves from Bangladesh.
