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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
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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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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
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Food
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Bangladesh
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Media Type
Story
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![A woman standing in front of lush green trees](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/RS136841_IMG_8433_lpr.JPG.webp?itok=HLT94qVk)
From soil to solidarity
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Food, Climate Change
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Puerto Rico
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Media Type
Story
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![Family of eight stand with an IVEP participant in front of a Christmas tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Zimmerman%20family%20with%20Innocent.jpg.webp?itok=w__lv30f)
The nudge
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United States + 1 more
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![IVEP participants stand together in a grassy field.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Top%20photo.JPG.webp?itok=2AxdQRZn)
Freely you have received; freely give
Location
United States + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Six women wearing ethnic attire stand in front of an arc of blue and yellow balloons.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Maria.jpg.webp?itok=5Xe7f8AZ)
God always shows His care
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Guatemala + 1 more
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Story
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=8pI18qoo)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
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United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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MCC responds to disastrous floods in Burundi with local partners
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Disaster response
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Burundi
Date
Media Type
Story
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The path to peace
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) + 2 more
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Media Type
Story
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![Group photo during a field trip to Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Group%20photo-field%20trip%20to%20chingis%20khan%20%281%29.JPG.webp?itok=obou2a4W)
A reconciliation-centered foreign policy
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) + 2 more
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Media Type
Story
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What does peace need to thrive?
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Peace
Location
Colombia
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Media Type
Story
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![A dart is in the centre of a dartboard.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/anne-nygard-HD2MMUEQ5MM-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=VvYDb3ho)
One letter and an advocacy win? Is that possible?
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Canada
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Media Type
Story
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Connecting students in Chad and Pennsylvania
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Education
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
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