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These featured stories highlight partners and communities that inspire, inform and drive meaningful change across the globe.
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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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First person: Eleonora
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Disaster response, Education
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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Carrying on in Ukraine
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Disaster response, Education
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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Women’s Global Village:
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Education, Peace
+1 more
Location
Pennsylvania
Date
Media Type
Story
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Women's literacy in Afghanistan
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Education, Conflict
Location
Afghanistan
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Graphic design and cooking pave the way to emotional resiliency
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Education
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Women learning in a school in Afghanistan](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/afghanistan_header_image.jpg.webp?itok=iV_gn8ww)
The situation in Afghanistan
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Education
Location
Afghanistan
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A group of people posing for a photo by a set of puzzle.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/glretreatpuzzle.jpg.webp?itok=mqzv94tS)
Seeing wisdom reciprocated
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Education
Location
Indiana
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A man standing in front of a border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/danielpachecoflorez.jpg.webp?itok=uQ4ZHdIM)
Challenges, goals and dreams as a volunteer
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Education, Peace
+1 more
Location
New York
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A group of four people smiling for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/phildillon1.jpeg.webp?itok=JmNBhV_m)
The value of life together with the IVEPers
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Education
Location
Missouri
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman smiling for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/miriamnita.jpg.webp?itok=gkHT7Sy3)
The tenderhearted and gracious presence
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Migration and Refugees, Education
Location
Arizona
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A man and two women stand with three children](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/sokfamilyandsabrina_0.jpeg.webp?itok=7E2DPgtl)
From guest to host
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Education
Location
Cambodia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A group of children playing with clay](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs124426_group_large_file%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=Uw2lVXKC)
Children's war stories
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Disaster response, Education
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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