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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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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
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
headphones
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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
menu_book
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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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
menu_book
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![A Ugandan man stands in his field](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/samson.jpg.webp?itok=miTtb3oh)
When rain doesn’t fall like it used to
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Uganda
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![farmer walking through dry grass in Uganda](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/uganda_scenery_1.jpg.webp?itok=Uiu0a_dN)
Quand la pluie ne tombe plus comme avant
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Food, Climate Change
Location
Uganda
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Relief, Development and Podcast: The hunger crisis / Andy Harrington from CFGB
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Food
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A group of young children stand in front of a shipping container](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs113576_dsc_0766-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=JZEyhY0b)
The complex realities of a global hunger crisis
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Disaster response
Location
South Sudan
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A bucket full of peaches](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115737_img_1293-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ExVZoDTN)
Sur un terrain instable
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
Date
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![A large group of people in coats and winter hats gather around a table and eat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs116368_uman-30_big.jpg.webp?itok=mkfQ1XAg)
Des pertes incalculables
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A group of Sudanese students sit at their desks in a small classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/egypt_al_hajana.jpg.webp?itok=19QVYjG8)
Forced from home but still learning
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Education, Migration and Refugees
Location
Egypt
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A man stands between two trays of cacao seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs102919_colombia_-_choco-_day_7_-81-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=3I8y3I7G)
Peace and chocolate
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Peace, Food
Location
Colombia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Morning dew on grass sparkles in the morning light](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/morninglightdew.jpg.webp?itok=znF_jdRs)
Staff insight: To everything there is a season
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young man in a floral shirt sits in front of a computer](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/danielotoideatdellalamb.jpg.webp?itok=GIa_AVGN)
Participant insight: Learning through service and grief
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Three young adults from Africa take a photo with their host parents from the United Stated. They are standing behind a pink flowering bush.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/gregbethchristianrufaroluis.jpg.webp?itok=6plNZk4U)
Host insight: Our adopted family of IVEPers
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young man and woman wearing orange t-shirts stand in front of a wall where black and white photos hang as well as a large "M" logo.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/placidomarisol.jpeg.webp?itok=lxqS4GHV)
Partner insight: Our IVEPer really got in the mix
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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