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This is a photo of (left to right): Russ Toevs, Derek D'Silva, an extension assistant to Khokon, Khabirul Islam Khokon, Paul Shires and Lee Brockmueller standing in a soybean field in Kushtia District of western Bangladesh.

This is a photo of a Bangladesh woman cleaning hemp fibres on device made of bamboo. These fibres are then twisted into ropes and twine in a Mennonite Central Committee job creation project.

This is a photo of a mason in Bangladesh building a low-cost latrine for a family in Saidpur. In the background a simple dwellings made of matting with thatch roofs. In 1983 MCC built and converted more than 400 latrines as part of its Saidpur sanitation program.

This is a photo of a Bangladeshi farmer using a rower pump to irrigate a small field.

This is a photo of two Bangladesh women sitting on the floor and carefully crafting gift cards using small strips of wheatstraw at the Mirpur Wheatstraw Centre. This is one of MCC's job creation projects to provide jobs and income for poor women of Bangladesh.

This is a photo of two boys who collect paper for the MCC paper plant at Feni, Bangladesh. They do not go to school but work all day gathering scrap paper to help support their families.

This is a photo of (left to right): Mushtaque Ahmed, Mirpur official, and Ernest Kaethler angling at a fish pond opening ceremony. There is a crowd of people with them.

This is a photo of curious children attracted to the new complex that brought relief agencies and the people of Saidpur in a joint effort to better the community's living conditions.

This is a photo of (left to right): Mohammed Hossain, field worker and MCCer Susan Clark, M. D. They are discussing a family planning project in Bangladesh.

This is a photo of women in Mirpur making straw art pictures. MCC has helped impoverished Bangladeshi women become self-sufficient through its job creation programs.

This is a photo of MCC Bangladesh agricultural coordinator Siraj Uddowla explaining soybean cultivation to a farmer, while MCCer Duane Auch of Lesterville, S. D., looks on.

This is a photo of women sitting on the floor at a small bench and preparing wheat straw cards in their Mirpur, Bangladesh, home. The Mirpur wheat straw project provides primary income for 400 families in this slum on the northern edge of Dhaka, Bandladesh's capital city.

This is a photo of a woman squatting on the ground behind a large bowl, grating a spice into the bowl. Behind her are cabinet-type solar dryers used to dry ginger, turmeric, coriander and red chili peppers. These spices, an essential part of Bengali cooking, are sold in Bangladesh and to alternative trading organizations in Europe.

This is a photo of crude dwellings made of corrugated metal. The people in the photo are victims of the April 20 fire in Geneva Camp, a Bihari refugee camp in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

This is a photo of Abzillar Rahman, rural savings co-op member, in the Dharmapur, Bangladesh, shop that his co-op has set up with savings they accumulated through MCC's Rural Savings Program.