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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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What does peace need to thrive?
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Peace
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Colombia
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Story
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One letter and an advocacy win? Is that possible?
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Canada
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Media Type
Story
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![Graphic of green leaves with words Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and Planet](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/TendingTomorrow_600x600.jpg.webp?itok=BpOg0Cy0)
Ep 26 - Tending Tomorrow with Leah-Reesor-Keller
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Canada
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Podcast/audio
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![The 2024 Seek cohort in front of the Banteay Srey temple in northern Siem Reap province, Cambodia.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/The%202024%20Seek%20cohort%20in%20front%20of%20the%20Banteay%20Srey%20temple%20in%20northern%20Siem%20Reap%20province%2C%20Cambodia.JPG.webp?itok=xQeaWPYR)
Threads – Seek program unites young adults in culture and faith in Cambodia
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Connecting students in Chad and Pennsylvania
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Education
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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A place to call home
Location
Alberta
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A group of two adults and seven children pose together, smiling on a wooden play structure in an outdoor setting with trees in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_9916.jpg.webp?itok=Xptq7C65)
Planting the seeds of a life of giving
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United States
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Media Type
Story
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World leaders fail to act as Israeli invasion of Rafah worsens humanitarian catastrophe
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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The Enneagram Prison Project
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Restorative Justice
Location
Canada + 1 more
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Marking 75 years of MCC in Palestine and Israel
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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Threads - Connection and kindness, one stitch at a time
Piece it Together Quilt and Craft SaleLocation
Manitoba
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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When communities grow together
Location
Rwanda
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Publication
book
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