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: IndiaA health program. selfhelp project and educational program in a governmentassigned refugee colony for East Pakistanis in Calcutta. Hong KongMeals served to 3.500 school children daily. educational and familychild assistance to 450 children and general distribution of clothing. VietnamAssistance to refugees from North Vietnam with donations of food. clothing. and medicines. Medical treatment at Nha Trang was expanded. A doctor and nurse were sent to Plelku to initiate another medical project. CongoShipments of food and clothing distributed -through the Congo Protestant Relief Agency for refugees from Angola. BurundiFood. clothing and medical supplies for refugees from Rwanda and the Congo. This work was conducted in cooperation with Church World Service and the World Relief Commission. JordanDistribution of flour to 23.000 social cases and 44.000 persons in frontier villages. and distribution of clothing to governmentdesignated needy persons.
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