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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in foreign fields. Featured image: First team of Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries in Korea, November 1892.

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Title:
A woman repairs a pair of pants.
Description:
March 1951. No. 1387 (UNRWA 1015). Ain Helweh [Ain al-Hilweh] camp in Lebanon near Saida [Sidon]. There are 7676 persons living in this camp, 1418 families who all live in tents. This picture shows a mother repairing her little boy's clothes. It can be seen from the washing drying on the stones how ragged these clothes are.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Lebanon--Sidon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Sidon (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83433
Title:
Presbyterian run refugee camp in Lebanon.
Description:
March 1951. No. 1371 (UNRWA 1017). Mia Mia [Miye ou Miye] camp near Saida [Sidon] in Lebanon. This camp is a property belonging to the Presbyterian USA. 1400 refugees in this camp live in tents and the remainder of the total population of 3180 live in barracks. This picture shows a barrack room divided by sacking into several compartments in order to give a semblance of privacy to the families living here. Washing lines and cooking utensils are hanging round the walls.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Lebanon--Sidon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Sidon (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83432
Title:
Woman in refugee camp washing clothing.
Description:
March 1951. No. 1379 (UNRWA 1036). Ain Helweh [Ain al-Hilweh] camp near Saida [Sidon] in Lebanon. There are 7676 persons living in this camp, 1418 families who all live in tents. This picture shows a bit of the camp. The woman in the foreground is washing the ragged, patched trousers of the boy standing near her is a clear indication of their poverty.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Lebanon--Sidon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Sidon (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83388

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