- CA MHC 280-59.0-001
- Item
- 1979
This is a photo of a truck being unloaded at "Garbage Mountain", the dump adjacent to a slum whose residents pick through the piles for materials to recycle. 2 copies
Ediger, Max
This is a photo of a truck being unloaded at "Garbage Mountain", the dump adjacent to a slum whose residents pick through the piles for materials to recycle. 2 copies
Ediger, Max
Factory workers in Thailand at a seminar
This is a photo of Thai factory workers sitting at long tables during a seminar sponsored by Church of Christ in Thailand. Mennonite Central Committee supports this project.
Buhler, Jacob, 1943-
This is a photo of Handicapped Resources Services Resource Person Henry Enns examining an artificial limb made of bamboo and other materials with Dr. Jean-Baptiste Richardier at a refugee camp in Thailand.
Buhler, Jacob, 1943-
Jake Buhler with four Sinhalese Buddhist monks
This is a photo of Jake Buhler, MCC representative in Thailand, right, meeting with four Sinhalese Buddhist monks. The four are (left to right) Rev. Wilegoda Ariyadeva, Rev. Mandawala Pannawansa, Rev. Pituwala Dammakitti and Rev. Buddiyagama Chandaratana. The monks, visiting Thailand, are working in their native Sri Lanka to combat the growing violence there between the majority Sinhalese people and the minority Tamil people.
Kampuchean child born in Surin Refugee Camp (Thailand)
This is a photo of a Kampuchean child, born in Surin Refugee Camp in Thailand, in the arms of a man. Refugees spend months and sometimes years in the camps waiting for resettlement or repatriation. A few face the prospect of becoming permanent "camp People".
Hess-Yoder, John
Kampucheans praying for their homeland (Thailand)
This is a photo of a large crowd of Kampucheans praying for their homeland on a special day of prayer.
Kehler, Larry, 1933-2015
This is a photo of a woman and children, Laotian refugees in Thailand, making rice paste for rice cakes.
Hess-Yoder, John
Laotians In a refugee camp in Thailand
This is a photo of three Lao women and a child in a refugee camp in Thailand. They are sewing traditional needlework. They are members of the Hmong tribe, who left Laos in large numbers because of unhappiness over Lao government policies.
Hess-Yoder, John
Map of Kampuchea, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
King, Jim
This is a photo of Southeast Asia leaders and the MCC team from Thailand sitting outside a building. They have gathered for meetings in March.
MCC
Scouring Garbage Mountain in Thailand
This is a photo a person going through the garbage in woven baskets in Garbage Mountain, Thailand. Many slum dwellers come here to find still-usable items to sell for their daily bread. There is a truck (filled with garbage?).
Unknown
This is a photo of a mother and her new baby with Shirley Redekop and her son, Lucas Redekop, sitting at her side. There are a number of children also visiting.
Redekop, Fred (Frederick Harvey), 1958-
Songkhla camp for Vietnamese boat people (Thailand)
This is a photo of Songkhla camp for Vietnamese boat people. This camp on the southern panhandle of Thailand, intended for 4,000 people, has a population of 7,000.
Kehler, Larry, 1933-2015
This is a photo of nurses and a patient rolling bandages at Bangkok's Thanyarak Hospital.
Ediger, Max
This is a photo of a refugee child sitting in a hammock.
Ediger, Max