Advocating for the homeless in Louisiana
This is a photo of the New Orleanians, singing and playing the autoharp and guitar, in front of a sign that reads "TO BE HOMELESS IS NOT A CRIME" during a December 21 rally protesting New Orleans' laws that prohibit sleeping on public property, thereby making it illegal to be homeless.
Detweiler, Donna
This is a photo of two Afghan refugee women in Pakistan washing their dishes outside their tent.
Neufeld, Martha
This is a photo of a destroyed tank left at the roadside in Uganda. It is silent testimony to the destruction caused by spending money for arms rather than human needs.
King, Jim
After hurrican Greta in Honduras
This is a photo of Honduran women and men clearing away debris of a Moravian church after Hurricane Greta.
Driedger, Arthur, 1933-
This is a photo of Al Schellenberg, MCC U. S. volunteer from Calgary, AB, on the phone at his desk at Tabor Community Services, Inc., in Lancaster, Pa. Schellenberg is a mortgage counselor there for the less privileged in Lancaster County.
Lehman, Glenn M.
This is a photo of Alan Landis, MCC volunteer, and a Zairean working in a field with two bulls yoked together.
Yoder, Carroll
This is a photo of Annie Drudge and Albert Drudge.
Goossen, Steve
This is a photo of Alberto Quintela.
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This is a photo of people on a road in Algeria. There is a horse and a motor bike. The thick tree groves in the background show the results of MCC's reforestation project.
Allen Martin operating the loom for rug-making
This is a photo of Allen Martin, a local volunteer at MCC's Material Aid Centre in Ephrata, Pa., operating the loom for the rug-making project.
King, Jim
Alta Erb of Scottdale knotting a comforter
This is a photo of Alta Erb of Scottdale, Pa., knotting a comforter at MCC's Material Aid Centre. There is a quilt hanging on the wall behind her.
King, Jim
Among the ruins of the Ben Hai Hospital in Vietnam
This is a photo of a boy and an older man walking among the ruins of the Ben Hai Hospital in Vietnam, which was damaged by a typhoon in October 1985. In the background are buildings that appear undamaged.
Buhler, Louise (Wiebe), 1945-
This is a photo of (left to right): Lynn Roth, director of MCC U. S. Ministries, Albert Klein, academic dean, Eastern Mennonite College (EMC) and Ervin Mast, head of EMC's sociology/social work department talking over a cup of tea at the EMC/MCC consultation.
King, Jim
This is a photo of Zahirun Nesa squatting by wooden frames that hold bars of soap. These bars are drying in the sun at Shapla Soap Factory, Saidpur, Bangladesh. Nesa is one of the 15 people employed in this Mennonite Central Committee job creation project.
Dirks, Doug
An Indonesian mission houseboat
This is a photo of a houseboat called a bandung that Indonesians use for mission work.
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