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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
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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
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![Cyclone damange to a roof](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs98854_img_8386-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=9QNBTG8L)
Food brings 'hope' and 'promise'
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Disaster response
Location
Mozambique
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![Sylvie Plante speaking at the symposium on the work of the House of Sophia with homeless women.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/55540632_2829629707077304_2515194472728363008_o_1.jpg.webp?itok=C3x2ElxV)
The House of Sophia
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Québec
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![A photo of a man with his arm around a woman](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/luissilvianymip.jpg.webp?itok=8fHrMNP5)
When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork
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Migration and Refugees
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New York
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Story
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![A woman sits on a couch](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs97382_severns_mcc_february_2019-055.jpg.webp?itok=KTZZ5Xx7)
Reclaiming life
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Justice and Equity
Location
Illinois + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
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![An overview perspective of a lake in northern Ontario](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/img0694.jpg.webp?itok=7V0jC9X4)
First Nations and the human right to water
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Water, Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Story
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![A portrait of a Burundi woman with a colorful scarf around her head](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/burundi_4.jpg.webp?itok=xzdFXsLW)
"We are strong now"
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Health, Education
Location
Burundi
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Media Type
Story
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![Group of three](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/haiti_mental_health_high_rez.jpg.webp?itok=vOw5C3L4)
MCC supports mental health care for poorest in Haiti
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Health
Location
Haiti
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Story
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![A Rwandan woman in a chef hat whisks something in a bowl](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/imgp8127_web.jpg.webp?itok=FHNh7ph2)
Culinary arts for a brighter future
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Education
Location
Rwanda
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Story
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![Three women pose with a quilt](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/quilt_-_landis_sisters_and_mom.jpg.webp?itok=8sGLzYpj)
Turning stitches into love and generosity
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
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Story
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![A large cement looking block in the middle of the desert in Ethiopia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs90481_img_2927%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=0gv_kzX1)
How it works: Steam wells
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Water
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Ethiopia
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Media Type
Story
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![A man and woman sit in folding chairs in a small office. There is a woman sitting behind the desk.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs91884_usa20180821_immigrat_fy_2625.jpg.webp?itok=Of3tu3K9)
New York Mennonite Immigration Program
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Migration and Refugees
Location
New York + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
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![A young girl pushes cans down a wooden conveyer](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/canning_2_year_old.jpg.webp?itok=K2CPYuev)
See what a day of canning meat is like!
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Disaster response
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United States + 1 more
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