Children at school with writing tablets, Basoko, Congo, ca.1900-1930

"La classe dans le chimbeck." A missionary sister stands in the back of a classroom with an open book. Twenty three children sit at wooden desks with writing tablets. Postcard issued by "Les Franciscaines Missionnaires de Marie en Mission. - Basoko (Congo belge)." The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the missionaries: "Les Franciscaines Missionnaires de Marie ont actuellement en pays de Mission 145 maisons avec 156 ecoles, plus 389 oeuvres pour l'enfance groupant 56.000 enfants. Elles ont en outre pour les malades 47 hopitaux avec 71.000 malades hospitalises dans l'annee, 7 leproseries avec 1.507 lepreux, 7 lazarets avec 1.873 contagieux et 107 dispensaires ou 2.100.000 soins ont ete donnes en 1926. -- Franciscaines Missionnaires de Marie - 7, Impasse Reille, Paris XIVe." ("The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary currently have in Mission countries 145 houses with 156 schools, plus 389 works for children consisting of 56.000 children. Moreover for the sick they have 7 hospitals with 71.000 patients hospitalized each year, 7 leper-houses with 1.507 leprous, 7 lazarets with 1.873 contagious and 107 dispensaries where 2.100.000 were given care in 1926. -- Franciscan Missionaries of Mary - 7, Impasse Reille, Paris XIVe." )