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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
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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
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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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Stories of cultural exploration in the U.S.
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United States
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Pourquoi les chrétiens sont-ils de bons acteurs du climat
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Climate Change
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United States + 1 more
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![Adonis Kodjihiti engages with students during break at Esperanza Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/Adonis%20serving%20refreshements%20for%20the%20break%20during%20classes.jpg.webp?itok=eTpDV4-E)
A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program
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Migration and Refugees, Education
Location
Maryland
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Story
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![Jason Schmidt (IVEP Supervisor 2022-23) at his farm, Grazing Plains Farm, in Whitewater, Kansas.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/jason.jpg.webp?itok=6x8yk7DP)
Cultivating friendship and community
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Food
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Kansas
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Story
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![Daisy Toews, Cadence Miller, Keilana Miller, Rod Miller and Melanie Miller visit Niagara Falls](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/familypicture.png.webp?itok=FQIzI_E2)
A journey of mutual enrichment and community support
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Peace
Location
Ohio
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Story
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![Drawn picture of a tree with green pasted leaf cutouts](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/MicrosoftTeams-image%20-%202023-11-10T111022.949_0.png.webp?itok=Zgz-8sxn)
Planting New Seeds
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Education
Location
California
Date
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![Sign in window that says FOR RENT](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/robert-linder-kFr1bwuHC24-unsplash_0.jpg.webp?itok=sCCmMrZW)
Six ways to solve homelessness (and a few ways to make it worse).
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Canada
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![A woman receiving an MCC relief kit](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/RS125553_8S4A9989.jpg.webp?itok=d74zw4BF)
MCC Canada named top 10 international impact and top 100 rated charity for fourth consecutive year
Location
Canada
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News
newspaper
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![A bridge that crosses a dam](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/090912ms534.jpg.webp?itok=_sWAHwaA)
"That grief that never goes away"
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Climate Change
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Canada + 1 more
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Threads - Nov 2023 Welcome the Stranger
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Migration and Refugees
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Manitoba
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Podcast/audio
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![Incarcerated men gather in semi circle sitting at tables.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS112500_Jason%20at%20Workshop.jpeg.webp?itok=eS5fhzGY)
Witnessing the seeds of peace blossom
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Peace
Location
Zambia + 2 more
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Story
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![David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/IMG_5904.JPG.webp?itok=Qh0lx3El)
"In the name of Christ"
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Food
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
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