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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
headphones
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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
menu_book
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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
menu_book
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![A woman cooking outside of her home in Zimbabwe](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs120520_saw_8725-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=4TqBmp5K)
The powerful change that technology can bring
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Education, Food
+1 more
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A woman standing in front of a rocky hill](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs120156_saw_2139-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ggWSjmPB)
First person: Caroline Pugeni
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Education
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A woman sitting on a floor beading a necklace.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/nepal_header_photo.jpg.webp?itok=6WjHsZe_)
New hope and a chance to heal
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Health
Location
Nepal
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Patricia Nyandoro, 25 and her son, Taropafadzwa Blessing Shumba. They had both been rejected by their village and their family because Taropafadzwa had been born with spinal problems.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS120940_SandraJones-5.jpg.webp?itok=So2tIrm_)
Love for all who enter
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Education
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A Bolivian man in a white stocking hat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/first_person-gabriel_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=NIR_AdNH)
First person: Gabriel Acarapi Chuca
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Climate Change, Water
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A Bolivian farmer stands with his back to the camera. He is holding onions behind is back.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115879_img_1376-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=n6uIZrvH)
Changing weather, changing lives
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Climate Change
Location
Bangladesh + 13 more
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A large group of people at a graduation ceremony. They are all holding their diplomas.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs114309_155f396a-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=woraBHSO)
Caring for people on the move
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Migration and Refugees, Food
Location
Latin America
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A portrait of a Haitian man in a blue plaid shirt](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/jean-remyazor-acommonplacefall2021.jpg.webp?itok=gFo8hi_m)
First person: Jean-Remy Azor
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Food
Location
Haiti
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A close up of a man's hands holding a bundle of seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/storingseedsforthefuture-acommonplacefall2021.jpg.webp?itok=cOyYa43q)
Storing seeds for the future
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Food
Location
Haiti
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A Bolivian Indigenous person stands on a mountainside.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/aharvestofwater-acommonplacefall2021.jpg.webp?itok=PYL5V3m6)
A harvest of water
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Water, Climate Change
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Hands holding grain stocks](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/a_new_way_to_grow_cover_photo.jpg.webp?itok=TXP3Wz_9)
A new way to grow
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Food
Location
India + 5 more
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Woman and two men sit together, smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs108712_cod20200225_peace_ml2007-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=FEp-vDVO)
Women working for peace
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Peace
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Media Type
Publication
book
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