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This photo is of Paul Leatherman who was the Associate Director of Volunteer Service for MCC in Akron, Pennsylvania.

This photo is of a small child in Indonesia. The photo is taken outdoors. The child is reaching to touch a leaf on a shrub/tree which is partly visible on the right side of the photo. The child is dressed in a long shirt over a pair of pants and is wearing a small bracelet on the right wrist.
Text on the back says: "Today in Indonesia many more children live because of modern medicine, but food production has not kept up with population growth. Thus family planning is being stressed as a way to break the cycle of over-population, hunger and poverty."

This photo is of Michael Friedman painting an inside window frame. Tne description on the back says," Michael Friedman, team leader, painting the inside window frame in a house the Peace team worked on for Menno Housing during the week."

This photo is of two children in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. A young girl is holding her younger brother. On the left side of the photo are more children.

This photo is of three men, Paul Horala, Ray Brubacher, and Gilbert Klopfenstein , in eastern Chad.
The description at the back of the photo says, "At Matadjene, a 'water hole' in eastern Chad, Paul Horala, a French missionary, dispenses medical supplies and performing (sic) the services of nurse and doctor to six thousand persons of that community. MCC was encouraged to assist in building water reservoirs which could then be used for human purposes as well as livestock and irrigation. Horala has done pioneer work in this area. Here he is demonsrtating to Ray Brubacher of the MCC Africa department and to Gilbert Klopfenstein, French Mennonite missionary in Chad, the effects of water on the soil in that area.

This photo is of the Hotel Moscow in Moscow. In front of the hotel is large empty square. There are fancy street lights on the square. The hotel is more than ten storeys tall.The centre section of the hotel is taller and larger than the wings on either side. A number of buses can be seen in front of the hotel, as well as on the streets beside it. On either side of the hotel are lower buildings.

This photo is of Joan Righton, an Australian missionary, who is distributing millet, purchased with MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) funds, to destitute women in Abéché, eastern Chad. There are four women in the photo with Joan Righton.

This photo is of a refugee camp near Amman, Jordan. There are a few temporary metal structures in the photo. Most of the shelters are tents. The ground is bare. The terrain in the background is very gently rolling.
On the back of the photo it says, "Temporary shelters replace tents in Jordanian refugee camps near Amman."

This photo is of tribal chiefs at Matadjene in eastern Chad, who are meeting with MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) representatives. The photo shows men in mainly light-coloured robes wearing turbans on their heads.
On the back of the photo it says, "At Matadjene, a 'water hole' in eastern chad, MCC representatives met with local tribal chiefsto discuss their needs. Water is obviously the number one problem. Crops have not matured because the rains stopped early. Cattle are dying and hyenas kill many of the remaining, weakened beasts. Tea and sugar is necessary, but difficult to obtain. In times of severe food shortage, these people can survive for a time on two bowls of tea with sugar each day. They would readily evaporate with any efforts to build dams or make ponds in order to preserve water. As solid Muslim leaders, they regard drought and aid alike as the will of Allah.

This photo is of Sophie Farran and one of her assistants who is weighing the needlework brought in by a refugee woman in the West Bank in order to determine how much she should be paid for her work. In the background are two other women, one of whom is also holding some needlework.

This photo is of Richard Labun of Steinbach, Manitoba serving with MCC (Mennonite Central committee) in Lancaster, PA. The photo shows Richard volunteering his labour as a carpenter on one of the Tabor Community Services' houses.

This photo is of Gerald Short on the right standing beside a storekeeper in Mexico who is pouring something onto a scale. A woman, carrying a pail on her shoulder, is standing in front of the counter. The description on the back says, " Gerald Short, Archbold, Ohio, a Paxman in Mexico, works with storekeepers in small villages. He has set up a pig fattening project behind each store. The storekeepers take care of the pigs and thus demonstrate to their customers how to produce a fat pig in a short time."

This photo is of a group of three men standing around a chain saw. Russell Stauffer, a volunteer from Fredericktown, Ohio, is on the right side of the photo. He is showing San Julian colonists in Bolivia how to file the chain in a chain saw maintenance class.

This photo is of homes in southern California that are surrounded by water. In the background, a few cars can be seen on the street. A person can be seen approaching the first house walking through water that is quite shallow. A car is parked on the first driveway. The description on the back reads, "Streets are natural channels for the surplus waters. These photos were taken when access by car was still possible. Later, police citing sightseers."