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.

570 stories

A young doctor sits at a table and fills out a form. A patient sits across the table from her

Called to care, equipped to serve

Guatemala

05/04/2021

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Called to care, equipped to serve

Woman and two men sit together, smiling.

Women working for peace

Peace

Democratic Republic of the Congo

05/03/2021

Publication

Women working for peace

A young child stands outside her hut in the DR Congo. She is wearing a yellow shirt.

Hello from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Migration and Refugees

Democratic Republic of the Congo

05/03/2021

Video story

Hello from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Story

Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry

In 2010, Mampuján community leader Juana Alicia Ruíz Hernández displays a partially completed 10-year historic quilt project in Colombia celebrating the Mampuján community's past before they were disp

A journey of bold listening

Peace, Justice and Equity

Colombia

04/30/2021

Perspectives and Viewpoints

A journey of bold listening

Police reform and racial justice by Mackenzie Mast (Excerpts)

United States

04/29/2021

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Police reform and racial justice by Mackenzie Mast (Excerpts)

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 from the DR Congo is being interviewed. She has a white shirt with a red collar.

A women's peace movement | DR Congo

Peace

Democratic Republic of the Congo

04/26/2021

Video story

A women's peace movement | DR Congo

A view from above of a large group of adults made up of many different ethnicities. A bald man with a white beard wearing a black top stands in the middle.

Interview with Stanley Hauerwas:

United States

03/31/2021

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Interview with Stanley Hauerwas:

A woman shopping in a thrift store

MCC Thrift shops

East Coast + 2 more

03/30/2021

Story

MCC Thrift shops

Two men sit near the railing of a boat. They are talking to each other.

Strengthening racial equity

United States

03/29/2021

News

Strengthening racial equity

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