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Threads – From Winnipeg to Zambia: Connecting Across Continents with Compassion
Learn more about MCC kitsManitoba + 1 more
Sep 2024
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Doctrines & Discoveries: Mistasinīy | Buffalo Child Stone
- Indigenous Neighbors
Saskatchewan
Aug 2024
Podcast/audio
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![Women sitting in a community building](/sites/default/files/2024-08/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
The lost story of Dr. Dismukes - Black history in Appalachia
Listen now- Justice and Equity
United States + 1 more
Aug 2024
Podcast/audio
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Celebrating decades of partnership and impact
Ontario
Aug 2024
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Threads – Faith and Farming Bring Communities Together to End Hunger
Learn more about Grow HopeManitoba
Aug 2024
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"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Aug 2024
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From soil to solidarity
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Food, Climate Change
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Puerto Rico
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Desde el suelo a la solidaridad
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Food, Climate Change
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Puerto Rico
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Connecting students in Chad and Pennsylvania
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Education
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Pennsylvania + 1 more
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MCC program in Appalachia changes name
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Poverty Reduction
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Great Lakes + 2 more
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Old memories and new memories
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Education
Location
Virginia
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Story
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Building a roof while breaking down walls
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Poverty Reduction
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Great Lakes + 3 more
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![Children at Lindale Mennonite Church present their finished comforters.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-12/Children%20comforter_Lindale_1.jpg.webp?itok=EiNT7oAZ)
Children knot warmth and hope
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East Coast
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A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program
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Migration and Refugees, Education
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Maryland
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![David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/IMG_5904.JPG.webp?itok=Qh0lx3El)
"In the name of Christ"
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Food
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Pennsylvania + 1 more
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Beyond raised beds
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Climate Change
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New York + 1 more
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Peace for the Weary
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Peace
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New York
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Women’s Global Village:
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Education, Peace
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Location
Pennsylvania
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