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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
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
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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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![A group of woman smiling standing in a line](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/climate_change_el_salvador_drought_1.jpg.webp?itok=fwFwzhBa)
'We don't have to stop just because someone says no'
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Climate Change
Location
El Salvador
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Story
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![A screenshot from a video of a Cambodian man and woman holding chickens](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/sustainable.jpg.webp?itok=yBt8JXVv)
Chickens, fish and veggies – a sustainable relationship
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Food
Location
Cambodia
Date
Media Type
Video story
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![A group of Zambian correctional officers pose for a photo with visitors from Canada.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc_0052.jpg.webp?itok=hakknQZB)
A culture of peace
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Peace
Location
Zambia
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Media Type
Story
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![A Cambodian man and woman each hold a chicken. The woman is laughing.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs101768_khm20190322_agriculture_ml0487-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=Ob1PdozM)
Farmers helping farmers
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Food
Location
Cambodia
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Media Type
Story
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![A protrait of a Cambodian man in a blue button-down shirt and glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs101412_khm20190322_agriculture_ml0004-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=OpdfLfOd)
First person: Tes Sopheat
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Food
Location
Cambodia
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A Cambodian girl studies a book](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/screen_shot_2019-08-08_at_9.49.28_am.jpg.webp?itok=fJqtedyP)
Hello from Cambodia
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Education
Location
Cambodia
Date
Media Type
Video story
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![A young adult stands in front of a yellow wall and holds a sign that says, "SALT was stretching"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/katie.jpg.webp?itok=nh45GU_3)
SALT to me was…
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Cyclone damange to a roof](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs98854_img_8386-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=9QNBTG8L)
Food brings 'hope' and 'promise'
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Disaster response
Location
Mozambique
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A medieval city wall surrounding a city that has been damaged from bombing](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/88011_aleppo_citadel.jpg.webp?itok=ZfRpfboj)
The Syrian Peace Process
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Peace
Location
Syria
Date
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![Sylvie Plante speaking at the symposium on the work of the House of Sophia with homeless women.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/55540632_2829629707077304_2515194472728363008_o_1.jpg.webp?itok=C3x2ElxV)
The House of Sophia
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Québec
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Story
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![A photo of a man with his arm around a woman](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/luissilvianymip.jpg.webp?itok=8fHrMNP5)
When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork
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Migration and Refugees
Location
New York
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A woman sits on a couch](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs97382_severns_mcc_february_2019-055.jpg.webp?itok=KTZZ5Xx7)
Reclaiming life
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Justice and Equity
Location
Illinois + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
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