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A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
Podcast/audio
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
Story
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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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Undercurrents - Soup
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Making decisions day by day / Checking in with partner in Ukraine
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Podcast/audio
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Undercurrents - Update: "Checkpoint" with Izzy Hawamda
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Disaster response
Location
Ontario + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![A man sits in a classroom and talks. There are computers behind him](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/RS117069_UGA20220207_education_ml0205-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=uzAvDfaz)
Relief, development and podcast: Empowering refugee children through education / Daniel Ameny in Uganda
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Education
Location
Uganda
Date
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Wisdom within Indigenous roots / MCC staff Ricardo Salinas in Guatemala
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Guatemala
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, Development and Podcast: Emergency supplies arrive in Ukraine / MCC staff Nadiya*
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Undercurrents - "You need to chill!" and other lessons from SALT
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Relief, Development and Podcast: The hunger crisis / Andy Harrington from CFGB
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Food
Location
Canada
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, Development and Podcast: Imagining better futures / Sibonokuhle Ncube on climate change and faith
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Climate Change
Location
Zimbabwe
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Podcast/audio
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Undercurrents - Lay of the Land
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![Indigenous Neighbours icon](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Indigenous_Neighbours_Icon_Teal_Circle-50x50.png)
Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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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: Pressure on top of pressure in Haiti / Conversation with Rony and Naomi, MCC staff in Haiti
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Climate Change
Location
Haiti
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Undercurrents - Bidder Sweet: A Quilt to Remember
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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