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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
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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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A mother-daughter reflection on transformative IVEP journeys
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young woman in traditional Indonesian garb smiles in front of a group of people](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/Top%20photo%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=la8UlQKN)
Sunshine in the rain
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![MCC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-12/photo_placeholder.png.webp?itok=Rrsi_2DZ)
Distributing aid in Myanmar at great risk / "Mr. Khong"
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Disaster response
Location
Myanmar (Burma)
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![Three people walk down a road](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS82131_CVAN4223.jpg.webp?itok=E9oczrKa)
Peace is more than a wish with some strangers
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![building with people walking past it](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/image.jpeg.webp?itok=BPq3wmcT)
Threads - "Now you have not just friends, you have family here."
Location
Manitoba + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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MCC program in Appalachia changes name
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A smiling woman with glasses holds up a copper penny](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/20240327_223919.jpg.webp?itok=DzZeoefK)
A penny for your peace
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Saulo Padilla standing in front of the Israel-Palestine border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS134064_20180107_133354%20%281%29_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=jNKJAdc2)
Buscando la paz en Palestina e Israel
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Man planting olive tree](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/Websitethumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=T6vbWLiO)
Nonviolent resistance: Just peace in Palestine and Israel (Part 2)
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A person wearing a a vest with an MCC logo in a warehouse](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS134050_20240222_113041_lpr_wide.jpg.webp?itok=7oqP3fmv)
MCC shipment of food crosses border into Gaza
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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Floating gardens in Bangladesh
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Climate Change
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Video story
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Gaza: Airdrops and sea routes are no alternative to aid delivery by land
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Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
Pagination
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