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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
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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
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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 group of three people chatting together in the Global Center](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/kvp5254.jpg.webp?itok=qnl3xjRc)
Something Old, Something New, & Something Borrowed
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Education, Peace
Location
California
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A crumbling building in Syria](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs124256_img_20230209_143502_302_1-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=hfWyDvRq)
MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria
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Disaster response
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Syria
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Michael J. Sharp, second from left, participates in a 2013 meeting at camp for internally displaced people in the town of Shasha, North Kivu, Eastern Congo.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/mj.jpg.webp?itok=1tIKqIi6)
Honoring peacebuilders
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Peace
Location
Africa
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Office building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/colliers_330-stmary-resize.jpg.webp?itok=0oEVOf-V)
MCC Canada relocates head office to downtown Winnipeg
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Peace
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Group of forty-three students who participated in the UN Student Seminar stand in front of the United Nations building in New York City.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/studentseminarun.png.webp?itok=HGyq02ug)
Students dig into global issues at UN Student Seminar
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Drone photo showing flooded roads and homes from overhead](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/elkhorn_city_drone_footage.jpg.webp?itok=8ardekoI)
SWAP program changes locations in response to flooding and needs
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Disaster response
Location
Kentucky + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Young woman sits with a group of people](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118292_photo_2022-06-22_11-04-33-scr_1.jpg.webp?itok=EjL55Ctc)
MCC Canada named top 10 by Charity Intelligence
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Danika Warkentin, a junior at Canadian Mennonite University, is the grand prize winner of the 2022 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs120097danikewarkentinheadshot-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ATh71SgB)
Speech contest winner invites us to join the feast
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Food distribution in South Sudan](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs118509_img_8338-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=YuWDGUYQ)
MCC responds to devastating hunger crisis in South Sudan
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Disaster response
Location
South Sudan
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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Sculpture honoring the memory of Michael J. Sharp & Zaida Catalán
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Ribbon cutting at Woodland store](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/thrift-woodland.jpeg.webp?itok=im-mKNCe)
Thrift at Woodland Crossing is MCC's newest thrift shop
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Peace
Location
Indiana + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Ukrainian citizens getting relief](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs116382_uman-16-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=-rDCAsYE)
MCC raises $8.8 million USD in response to crisis in Ukraine
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
News
newspaper
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