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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
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
menu_book
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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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![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
Date
Media Type
Story
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![a group of participants in a vocational training session surround an engine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/vocational%20training%201.JPG.webp?itok=pUhs8LVV)
Reflections on Christian Community Development in Rwanda
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Peace, Poverty Reduction
Location
Rwanda
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Seamstress holding child's dress](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS133420_120_Mariyum%20desplaying%20her%20dress.jpg.webp?itok=hHZY3NcH)
Stitching an income together
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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MCC program in Appalachia changes name
Learn about MCC Appalachia Build (formerly SWAP)Image
Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Two story apartment building under construction with a blue crane in front](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/sprucelawn%20construction%20beyond%20housing.jpg.webp?itok=22FF2w8F)
Undercurrents - Affordable housing part 2
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Ep 24 - (un)affordable housing
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![group of people stand in front of house with new metal roof](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS121102_Encienda%2017%20Peg.jpg.webp?itok=ID3-oUDW)
Building a roof while breaking down walls
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 3 more
Date
Media Type
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
menu_book
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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
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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Boring, but crucial: Indexing social assistance
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![The exterior of MCC BC's office in Abbotsford near a road with many tents pitched to the side](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/2023-04mccbcgladysaveabbotsfordedited.jpg.webp?itok=JCMh849M)
Homelessness prevention and outreach
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Poverty Reduction
Location
British Columbia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![An illustration of scales with a wallet on one side and a family under a roof on the other. Underneath the scale it says, "Living wage"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/je-livingwageicon-v2-1.jpeg.webp?itok=tVJ5YbRt)
Working at policy advocacy... sideways
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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