Text transcribed from caption: P-31693 CHURCH CAMPS TO THE RESCUE NIIGATA, Japan -- Students participating in church-sponsored work camps clear away debris following a recent earthquake at Niigata, Japan. The young people also helped with the distribution of medical and relief supplies and conducted nursery schools for children in the stricken area. The camps are sponsored by the National Christian Council of Japan, the Japan Church World Service and the United Church of Christ in Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-10B-64-NAB)

Japan IRC (Tokyo, Japan) (publisher)

1964

still image

negatives

negative : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Nihon Kirisutokyō Kyōgikai.
Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan.
Church World Service.

Buildings--Earthquake effects--Japan--Niigata-ken.
Disaster relief--Japan--Niigata-ken.
Earthquake relief--Japan--Niigata-ken.
Youth in church work--Japan--Niigata-ken.
Christians--Japan.

Japan
Niigata-ken.
Japan.
Niigata-ken (Japan)
Asia--Japan--Niigata--Niigata

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. P-31693; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_P-31693

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