Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

217 stories

A Cambodian girl studies a book

Hello from Cambodia

Education

Cambodia

08/08/2019

Video story

Hello from Cambodia

A photo of a man with his arm around a woman

When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork

Migration and Refugees

New York

04/25/2019

Story

When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork

A young Kenyan student stands in front of a chalkboard. She is wearing a school uniform sweater with a yellow collar.

Reusable sanitary pads help keep girls in school in Kenya

Education, Health

Kenya

03/08/2019

Video story

Reusable sanitary pads help keep girls in school in Kenya

An overview perspective of a lake in northern Ontario

First Nations and the human right to water

Water, Indigenous Neighbors

Ontario

03/04/2019

Story

First Nations and the human right to water

A portrait of a Burundi woman with a colorful scarf around her head

"We are strong now"

Health, Education

Burundi

03/02/2019

Story

"We are strong now"

Group of three

MCC supports mental health care for poorest in Haiti

Health

Haiti

01/18/2019

Story

MCC supports mental health care for poorest in Haiti

A Rwandan woman in a chef hat whisks something in a bowl

Culinary arts for a brighter future

Education

Rwanda

12/28/2018

Story

Culinary arts for a brighter future

A Bolivan woman pulls baked goods out of an oven

Skills for life

Food

Bolivia

12/28/2018

Publication

Skills for life

A large cement looking block in the middle of the desert in Ethiopia

How it works: Steam wells

Water

Ethiopia

12/13/2018

Story

How it works: Steam wells

A man and woman sit in folding chairs in a small office. There is a woman sitting behind the desk.

New York Mennonite Immigration Program

Migration and Refugees

New York + 1 more

12/03/2018

Story

New York Mennonite Immigration Program

Kiernan Wright of Orrville, Ohio (left), who served in Quito, Ecuador through MCC's Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program in 2017/2018, helps a refugee family pack the stove they received. (The

Reaching out to refugees in Ecuador

Migration and Refugees

Ecuador

04/19/2018

Reaching out to refugees in Ecuador

A woman holding her child while a man measures the circumference of the child's arm

From malnutrition to strength in Burkina Faso

Health

Burkina Faso

12/22/2017

Story

From malnutrition to strength in Burkina Faso

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