This is a photo of two Manobo men splitting bamboo to repair a community meeting hall. The Manobo are one of the many tribal groups in the Philippines who are losing land to wealthy neighbours through force and political influence.
This is a photo of staff at Gonoshasthaya ("People,s Health") Pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh prparing materials for the first production of paracetemol tablets. The non-profit factory is selling basic drugs at 20 to 50 percent lower than those of commercial manufacturers in Bangladesh.
This is a photo of a Salvadoran peasant standing in the ruins of his home. The army had burned it and others nearby out of suspicion that area residents sympathized with guerrilla opposition. Women, children and elderly died. "The Face of Change in Central America" is a new MCC study resource that focuses on the needs and sufferings of Central America's poor.
This is a photo of Steve Caldwell, an MCCer who served in Indonesia, holding the perpetual siphon that is part of the water purification system he developed for residents of Rasau Jaya, a transmigration site in West Kalimantan.He is posing in a workshop.
This is a photo of the Rural Development Centre Director Stu Clark, working for MCC in Nepal, helping Nepali farmers harvest rice. Clark and a farmer are twisting the stocks into a rope.
This is a photo of student teachers from Xieng Khouang Junior High Teachers' Training School gathered at a picnic-style table outside a thatch-roofed building. They are preparing to practice their teaching skills at a local junior high school.
This is a photo of students, wearing uniforms, at St. Rose Convent School in Gouyave. They are outside the building. This is one of the church schools where MCCers taught before MCC ended its program in Grenada.
