Health
Burkina Faso
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… notes Aminate Ouedraogo, a community health worker and volunteer leader in the MCC-supported program. “This project … from local community health workers and midwives who volunteer in the program. Mothers learn how to make …
Landing page
… your staff and the community. Dream big about the type of volunteer opportunities you can provide! Intersted in …
Justice and Equity
Ontario
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… led to Mark Yantzi’s placement as an MCC-supported volunteer with the Waterloo Region Probation Department in … Snyder. Yantzi's work at this stage focused on organizing volunteers to help in probation. Within a year of starting …
Peace
Ohio
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… could come along. In response to her recognizing that her volunteer job, our family nucleus, and Sunday morning … her off after the events. Even getting to and from her volunteer job has been a community effort, as the people she …
Pennsylvania
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Editor’s note: Dan Zook is a finance associate/accountant in Mennonite Central Committee U.S.’s Financial Services department, and is based in Akron, Pennsylvania. He supervises 2024-2025 IVEP participant Ester Joel from Tanzania. The past two months …
Peace
Ohio
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… dubbed the thrift shop “the king of ribbon cuttings,” said volunteer coordinator Brenda La Tulippe. In addition to a legacy of generous donors and volunteers, Stauffer credits the success of the shop to the …
Disaster response
Louisiana, Kenya
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… and used here with permission. International exchange volunteer Jack Odhiambo is making a difference for Lousiana … Program (IVEP), which offers a yearlong opportunity for volunteers to engage in meaningful work and develop or expand …
Migration and Refugees
Manitoba, Canada
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… was interested in finding a job. He originally applied to volunteer at the thrift shop as a way to earn some experience … an employer would want to see. “When Youssef started volunteering, even though we couldn’t communicate that …
British Columbia
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… community. The goal of the Community Connections staff and volunteer team is to come alongside residents and engage them … in life's challenges. Currently, we connect residents and volunteers in ESL classes, seniors’ lunches, social events, …
Puerto Rico
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… in the United States. … … As the number of Mennonite volunteers at the La Plata Unit increased, they organized … the separation of the church and government. Even so, each volunteer worker was strongly motivated by their religious …
South Dakota
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… … At 100 years old, Alice Graber volunteers twice a week at the Freeman Et Cetera Shoppe in … product on the shop floor to wiping down counters, each volunteer is helping to change the world.” … 165 … 25 … …