What we do
For over 100 years, MCC has shared God’s love and compassion for all through relief, development and peace.
Whether assisting displaced families, helping farmers or teaching conflict transformation, MCC empowers communities to meet local needs and build peace.
All stats are from MCC's past fiscal year.
![Adama Sawadogo in Burkina Faso.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/RS112640_Burkina%20-%20Adama%20Sawadogo.jpg)
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![Nadiya* at her destroyed home.
*Her full name and location are not used for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_597x448/public/resource-space/UKR2022_widows_nadia_015.jpg.webp?itok=hrpsIRJx)
Relief
In conflict or disaster, MCC is there — providing funds for emergency food, shelter and supplies.
When the cameras leave, we stay to support long-term recovery projects like rebuilding livelihoods.
MCC also helps prepare for future disasters.
208K
people received food assistance globally
575K
pounds of MCC canned meat shipped worldwide
1,552
households received home repairs or reconstruction
4,003
people received financial support or rent assistance
Relief stories
Read about how MCC partners are meeting needs and sharing hope in the wake of disaster.
![Mother and teenage son looking in each other's eyes](/sites/default/files/2025-01/RS139960_IMG_1779_lpr.jpg)
Bringing comfort to weary Ukrainians
hygiene products and comforters- Disaster response
![People from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region display MCC comforters received during a distribution by MCC partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine.](/sites/default/files/2025-01/RS132708_viber_image_2023-10-11_16-47-03-002.jpg)
The gift of warmth through a needle and thread
- Disaster response
![A destroyed home and street](/sites/default/files/2024-10/3e0673af-2441-4c00-b0d9-5851a2f41ab7.jpg)
MCC partners in Lebanon provide emergency food
- Disaster response
Solar-powered relief
- Health,
- Climate Change, Hurricane, Disaster response
![A happy family reunited after over 12 months apart! Bizuayehu Abera, holding daughter Medan and standing with his wife Senayt, was project manager of Tigray relief for Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia when the border was blockaded and he was stuck in Addis Ababa, away from his family in Tigray.](/sites/default/files/2024-09/RS124823_P9740642_hpr.jpg)
First person: Bizuayehu Abera
- Disaster response
![A group of people, possibly in a gathering or queue, with some seated on the ground. They appear to be waiting, with a focus on a man in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/2024-09/RS135021_P9770468_lpr.jpg)
Unseen disasters
- Disaster response
![Muhammad Al Takatka harvests a pomello from the small orchard beside his wife Huda's wicking garden boxes introduced by MCC partner Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ). Huda is a participant](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_597x448/public/resource-space/20230321_114908.jpg.webp?itok=7CG6bvYX)
Development
MCC works with vulnerable communities to strengthen and sustain their access to:
- food and water
- better health
- education
- income generation.
With our partners, we help communities adapt to a changing climate, reduce vulnerability and increase resilience.
45K
people attended training in improved agriculture and animal production methods
66K
children and youth received education supplies, including MCC school kits
38K
People received direct clinical care
55K
People now have access to an improved water source
Development stories
Explore the personal stories behind MCC’s work. Read about how we’re working for lasting change in communities around the world.
![Rajendra Sah (31), a staff of SAHAS is in Jahada Rural Municipality-5, Morang, Nepal on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Rajendra was a formar participant of VTP, now he gives training to other participants.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/NPL2024_LIFE_ub136.jpg)
First person: Rajendra Sah
- Education,
- Food
![From left: Shova Beshra (33), Kalpana Kumari Marandi(30) and Chanmuni Tudu Satar (31) are showing fish before taking them to the local farmers’ market at Santhal Tole, Jahada Rural Municipality- 5,](/sites/default/files/resource-space/NPL2024_LIFE_ub202.jpg)
Boosting income and voices
- Food
![Members of a farmer field school in Rwanda’s Burera District greet staff from MCC, Peace and Durable Development (PDD) and Peace and Development Network (PDN) with song and dance.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/1026_Rwanda_Fairpicture__25.jpg)
Cultivating peace through food security
- Climate Change,
- Food
![Andy Arthur with Sam Eibu Okiror](/sites/default/files/2024-10/20240918_121253.jpg)
Notes from Uganda
Volunteer with MCC Thrift- Peace,
- Education, Food
"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"
- Food,
- Climate Change
![man in hard hat stands in front of a wall of steel studs under construction](/sites/default/files/2024-07/Dylan%20cannery%20July%202024.jpeg)
If you build it, we will Can
- Food
![Aya Abdullah Fadi, 21, with her painting, ”Two Prisoners” that appeared in the Beyond Colors art exhibition in Homs, Syria.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_597x448/public/resource-space/SYR2022_harmony_ra_dsc03542.jpg.webp?itok=v06HIcnr)
Peace
MCC actively works for peace as we:
- Teach conflict transformation and peacebuilding skills
- Address systemic injustices that can lead to violence
- Respond to psychological needs through trauma healing
- Facilitate dialogue where conflict divides.
30K
people trained in conflict transformation, peacebuilding or mediation
15K
people participated in peace clubs or other peace education
8,737
people involved in networks to prevent violence and promote peace
4,312
individuals trained in trauma awareness and resilience
Peace stories
Read about how one MCC partner is meeting local needs and building peace.
![MCCS Program Coordinators](/sites/default/files/2025-01/Coordinators%20at%2020th%20anniv%20Dec%202024.jpg)
Meadowgreen Youth Program: 20 Years of Community and Connection
- Peace
![two women smiling, one is holding a camera](/sites/default/files/2025-01/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
Reflecting on 2024 with Christy and Meghan
Listen now- Peace
MCC UN Student Seminar plants seeds of hope and change
- Peace,
- Education
![Christmas lights and decorations in a court yard](/sites/default/files/2024-12/RS84140_IMG_0054_1.jpg)
Good news, great joy, and cookies
- Peace
![Christ in the rubble display](/sites/default/files/2024-11/RDPcoverimage%202_0.jpg)
Relief, Development and Podcast | Christ (still) under the rubble / Reverend Munther Isaac and Anthony Khair
Listen here- Peace
Crossing seas, planting seeds
- Education,
- Peace
![A man standing in a field](/sites/default/files/styles/pp_580x380_/public/2023-07/rs115750_img_1334.jpg.webp?itok=BhVkAZ2j)
Our yearly impact report
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