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Threads – From Winnipeg to Zambia: Connecting Across Continents with Compassion
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Sep 2024
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Doctrines & Discoveries: Mistasinīy | Buffalo Child Stone
- Indigenous Neighbors
Saskatchewan
Aug 2024
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The lost story of Dr. Dismukes - Black history in Appalachia
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United States + 1 more
Aug 2024
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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
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Aug 2024
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"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Aug 2024
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila
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Water
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington
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Food
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Ukraine
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Telling the Palestinian story in the U.S. / Anthony Jeer
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Peace
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Palestine and Israel + 1 more
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Relief, Development and Podcast | State of Exception in El Salvador
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Conflict
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El Salvador
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Women's literacy in Afghanistan
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Education, Conflict
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Afghanistan
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, Development and Podcast: A conversation with Malcolm Gladwell
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Justice and Equity, Climate Change
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Canada
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, Development and Podcast: MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria / Petra Antoun
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Disaster response, Earthquake
Location
Syria
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![Storyteller recording an interview with men participating in a program from Zimbabwe.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS121676_CJK09904-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=c-Avmp2B)
Relief, Development and Podcast: Men Can Cook / Zimbabwe
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Food
Location
Zimbabwe
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Audio diaries from Ukraine / Emily Loewen
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Disaster response
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Ukraine
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Peace pigs / With Mary Ilero and Sam Eibu
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Food
Location
Uganda
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Giving gifts of music / Girl Named Tom
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United States
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Podcast/audio
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