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P-32770

CHURCH-SPONSORED HONDURAS PROJECT

HOUSTON, Texas--The vanguard of some 250 volunteers in a church-

sponsored mass vaccination project in Honduras prepares to leave from

the Houston, Texas, home base. Photo at left shows three students

leading a truck with medicines and other supplies. They are Rick

Keener, 17; Ed Frank, 16; and Ken Lindow, 18. At right is Maj.

Ruben Villanueva of the Honduran Army entering a Scout, one of seven

vehicles driven by the teams to the Central American country. He is

acting as a government liaison officer. Participating in the inter-

religious and interracial "Amigos de Honduras" project are physicians

and specially trained adults and students. They are visiting

designated rural areas in the western Honduras to innoculate men,

women and children against such diseases as smallpox, tuberculosis,

typhoid, typhus and tetanus. Sponsor and originator of the project

is River Oaks Baptist church in Houston. The interracial teams of

volunteers include Protestant, Catholic and Jewish workers.

Credit Must Read:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JM-HOUS-6E-65-NAB)