Our stories
Stories bring our work to life.
These featured stories highlight partners and communities that inspire, inform and drive meaningful change across the globe.
Lean in and read personal accounts of resilience and hope.
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Children's drawings encourage peace at UN assembly
- Peace
United States
Dec 2025
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Cooking lessons
- Peace
Virginia + 1 more
Dec 2025
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From war in Gaza to safety in Winnipeg
Give to the Gaza Family Initiative- Migration and Refugees
Manitoba
Dec 2025
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Change happens. Love holds.
- Peace
Canada
Dec 2025
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Kitchen table advocacy
- Peace
Canada
Dec 2025
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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A year of service, a lifetime of transformation
Learn moreUnited States
Dec 2025
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A decade later: The lasting impact of IVEP on my life and faith
Peace
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Kansas
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IVEP shaped my vocational journey
Peace
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Tanzania + 1 more
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Rediscovering purpose and finding growth through IVEP
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Pennsylvania
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Expanding global friendship through IVEP
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Pennsylvania
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Welcoming an IVEPer: A journey of learning, growth and connection
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Pennsylvania
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
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United States + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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A mother-daughter reflection on transformative IVEP journeys
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United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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IVEP fosters mutual learnings
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Indiana + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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IVEP wasn’t in my plans
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Ohio + 1 more
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IVEP reunion: A journey across continents, cultures and decades
Education
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Europe + 1 more
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A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program
Migration and Refugees, Education
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Maryland
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IVEPer is helpful in a “helpful” kind of way
Education, Peace
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Indiana
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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