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Imagine risking everything

A mother and her children take refuge in a camp in Kampuchea (now Cambodia) in 1979.MCC began working in Kampuchea in 1979 as it emerged from four years of devastation brought about by Khmer Rouge

Today, millions of people around the world are crossing treacherous rivers, traversing vast deserts, and facing countless dangers—all in the hope of finding peace.

Your thoughtful gift today will help MCC provide the crucial support for helping refugees start their new lives in Canada. You generosity will give them ensure MCC BC’s life-changing Refugee Sponsorship Program continues to provide essential support and a new beginning to those in need.

 

Mabel Paetkau, one of MCC BC's first Refugee Program Coordinators, pictured in her backyard. Mabel Paetkau, one of MCC BC's first Refugee Program Coordinators, pictured in her backyard.
The legacy that the MCC community helped build so many years ago still thrives, and now I’m asking you to be part of it. Your generosity can make stories like Muoi’s possible for the families waiting today

Mabel Paetkau

MCC BC Refugee Program Coordinator, 1979 - 1988

 

You can welcome families who have endured unimaginable hardship and give them the tools to build a future full of hope.

Your generosity can make stories like Muoi’s possible for the families waiting today — families who need the same warmth and promise that our community offered all those years ago.

The cost of bringing a family to safety is high, but so is the cost of doing nothing. Families are waiting, and every day they wait, their lives remain in danger. 

Will you give today to make sure more stories end in hope?

Help newcomers build a new life

When you support MCC, you give displaced people hope.