Los Angeles. Calif. Both refugees and nonrefugees have benefited from the highprotein multivitamin food supplement developed by Meals for Millions. Statistics for the first half of 1963 showed that 201.870 pounds of multipurpose food (MPF) were distributed in depressed areas of the world. more than 50 percent of which went to areas with heavy concentrations of refugees. 120.845 pounds of MPF went to those areas. providing 966.760 meals. Mennonite Central Committee. 21 South 12th Street. Akron. Pa. The Mennonite Central Committee. the official agency of the North American Mennonites. conducted refugee relief operations in Asia and Africa. Last year the Committee assisted refugees in India. Hong Kong. Vietnam. Burundi and the Congo. The relief program in these areas consisted of: India: Administered a health program. selfhelp project and educational program in a government assigned refugee colony for East Pakistanis in Calcutta. Hong Kong: Served meals to 5.000 school children daily. gave educational and familychild assistance to 200 children and made general distributions of clothing. Vietnam: Assisted refugees from North Vietnam with donations of food. clothing and medicines. including treatment. Congo: Refugees from Angola benefited from shipments of food and clothing distributed through CPRA. Burundi: Refugees from Rwanda received food. clothing and medical supplies. This work was conducted in cooperation with Church World Service and the World Relief Commission. PolishAmerican Immigration and Relief Committee (PAIRC). 156 Fifth Avenue. New York. N.Y.
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