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.

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Patricia Nyandoro, 25 and her son, Taropafadzwa Blessing Shumba. They had both been rejected by their village and their family because Taropafadzwa had been born with spinal problems.

Love for all who enter

Education

Zimbabwe

12/28/2022

Publication

Love for all who enter

Office building

MCC Canada relocates head office to downtown Winnipeg

Peace

Manitoba

12/20/2022

News

MCC Canada relocates head office to downtown Winnipeg

A photo of a colorful quilt made with squares and triangles.

The gift of warmth through a needle and thread

Disaster response

Ukraine

12/19/2022

Story

The gift of warmth through a needle and thread

A woman in a winter coat stands by the open truck of a hatchback car. Inside the car are piles of colorful comforters.

Colouring a white winter

Disaster response

Manitoba

12/15/2022

Story

Colouring a white winter

pair of beaded earrings

Relief, development and podcast: Giving gifts of music / Girl Named Tom

United States

12/08/2022

Podcast/audio

Relief, development and podcast: Giving gifts of music / Girl Named Tom

An older mother and son sit next to each other. The son is looking at the camera. The mother is looking at the son.

Generations of generosity, a family legacy

Ontario

12/08/2022

Story

Generations of generosity, a family legacy

Myrrl Byler (right) converses with a government official (name withheld for security reasons) over a shared meal in Beijing, China in 2015.

The dangers of a "China vs U.S." worldview

Justice and Equity

United States + 1 more

12/06/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

The dangers of a "China vs U.S." worldview

Group of forty-three students who participated in the UN Student Seminar stand in front of the United Nations building in New York City.

Students dig into global issues at UN Student Seminar

Justice and Equity

United States

12/06/2022

News

Students dig into global issues at UN Student Seminar

A man holds up honeycomb he pulled out of a beehive.

Peace is More than a Wish in a Field of Bees

Peace

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) + 1 more

12/01/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Peace is More than a Wish in a Field of Bees

Val Hiebert, program co-coordinator for MCC Manitoba’s abuse response and prevention program and professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba, lectures one of her classes at the University of Manitoba.

Breaking the cycle of abuse

Manitoba

11/30/2022

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Breaking the cycle of abuse

Woman with short silver hair and glasses stands behind a tray of boots and shoes. In the background is a warehouse with clothing and other items.

Standing by for peace

Justice and Equity

Ontario

11/29/2022

Story

Standing by for peace

Drone photo showing flooded roads and homes from overhead

SWAP program changes locations in response to flooding and needs

Disaster response

Kentucky + 1 more

11/28/2022

News

SWAP program changes locations in response to flooding and needs

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