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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
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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
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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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Leadership development through Summer Service
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Great Lakes + 1 more
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Second chances
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Education
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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![Children play in the kindergarten operated by MCC partner Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp next to Bethlehem.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/20230118_110911.jpg.webp?itok=Sx2r3LXy)
Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture
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Peace, Education
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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![Caridad Rodríguez Gonzalez received an MCC relief kit through MCC partner CCRD (Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo, Christian Center for Reflection and Dialogue) after Hurricane Ian, which she](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_5721.jpg.webp?itok=XfPiu0L0)
El CCM trabaja a través de la Iglesia en Cuba para responder a las crisis
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Disaster response
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Cuba
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Story
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Peace for the Weary
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Peace
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New York
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Story
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![child and adult working in garden](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2817%29.png.webp?itok=bCYZyu0D)
If we change policies but not our hearts, will it make a difference?
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A portrait of a woman in blue](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/lrm_picture_002.jpeg.webp?itok=SilXoRZy)
Beyond Trauma Care
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Health
Location
Kentucky + 1 more
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![A young woman carrying two buckets of water](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS125069_COD202303_water_jm_IMG_1789-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=5chBxt2W)
“With this water, there is a great change.”
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Water
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Story
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![Four women working in a kitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/dsc04714a_small.jpeg.webp?itok=yLCHXDUX)
The Raw Carrot at MCC is celebrating five years!
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
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Media Type
Story
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Women, food security and the U.S. Farm Bill
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Justice and Equity
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Nigeria
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Story
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![A Palestinian woman stands with six of her grandchildren in a garden. She is holding a bunch of onions](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/palestine_wicking_bed_family.jpg.webp?itok=TEcUSF2H)
Wicking gardens in Palestine
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
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![A young woman sitting in the Bolivian hillside](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img-20220428-wa0003.jpg.webp?itok=R94SzqH9)
Why language matters
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Education
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Bolivia
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