Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

331 stories

Zebron Mwale holds his badge to signify his Peace Club membership in April 2021. Mwale joined a Peace Club program while serving his sentence in a Zambian prison. He credits Peace Clubs with changing

Peace behind prison bars

Peace

Zambia

06/06/2021

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Peace behind prison bars

Bill Siemens volunteers two days a week at the MCC Saskatchewan Centre in Saskatoon, cutting up old jeans and weaving the strips of fabric into small rugs that are sold to support MCC programs. The 70

Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry

Peace, Food +3 more

Syria + 3 more

05/03/2021

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Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry

A family of four kneal together in the sand at the beach. The ocean is behind them.

So romantic…

Migration and Refugees

Florida

04/28/2021

Story

Shadi Alkhannous runs the take-out and delivery counter at the Alnoor Halal Food Market in St. Catherines, Ont., serving meals like shish tawook, chicken shawarma and beef kabab. He and his family hav

Resettled refugees support from the front lines during COVID-19

Migration and Refugees

Ontario + 1 more

04/27/2021

Story

Resettled refugees support from the front lines during COVID-19

A woman shopping in a thrift store

MCC Thrift shops

East Coast + 2 more

03/30/2021

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MCC Thrift shops

Ininew Friendship Centre Executive Director Susan Nelson (left) and Cultural Resource Coordinator Mary Jane Archibald.

Planting seeds of hope and empowerment

Indigenous Neighbors, Food +1 more

Ontario

02/26/2021

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Planting seeds of hope and empowerment

A number of piles of folded comforters sit on different surfaces in a warehouse.

Comforters: from creation to distribution

Disaster response

Pennsylvania + 2 more

02/25/2021

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Comforters: from creation to distribution

This mystery building, and the adjacent land, was the site of Henrietta Dismukes Hospital and Nurses’ Home, one of the largest privately owned African American hospitals in the country.

History unveiled in Appalachia

Learn about SWAP in Appalachia

Justice and Equity

West Virginia + 1 more

02/23/2021

Story

History unveiled in Appalachia

MCC Guatemala/El Salvador staff and volunteers prepared relief kits to be sent to the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala after Hurricane Eta hit the country on November 4th and 5th, 2020.

Keeping calm and shipping on through COVID-19

Disaster response

United States + 1 more

02/09/2021

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Keeping calm and shipping on through COVID-19

A young woman in a face mask stands next to a wall covered with colorful learning materials in a classroom

Creating a second home: From cradle to career

Illinois + 1 more

01/28/2021

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Creating a second home: From cradle to career

A preview of quilts and other online auction items for the Ohio Mennonite Relief Sale coincided with a drive-thru food event in Kidron, Ohio, in September 2020.

Ingenuity at work

Disaster response

United States

01/14/2021

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Ingenuity at work

A woman in a ball cap and a face mask stands in front of a table full of baked goods

Virtual Relief Sales Exceed Goals

United States

11/02/2020

Story

Virtual Relief Sales Exceed Goals

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