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.
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.
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.
This is a photo of a small boat measuring 4 feet by 36 feet which landed on Thai shores on January 4, 1985, with 35 Vietnamese aboard. Posing with the boat are (left to right): MCCer Victor Neumann, himself a World War II refugee; boat children and the Vietnamese chief of the Songkhla Camp.
This is a photo of two Hmong women sitting on short stools on the edge of a hard-packed alley, doing embroidery, in the Ban Nam Yao refugee camp in northeast Thailand. Traditional Hmong designs such as the snail (protection), heart (good health) and elephant's foot (wealth) are crafted into saleable items such as potholders and aprons for sale in North America.
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.
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?).
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
