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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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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
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
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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![A young man wearing a white polo, a black cap, a face mask and a whistle around his neck stands in front of a group of children leading them in an activity.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/michaelpicturewithkids.jpg.webp?itok=ID64yG7o)
Alumni insight: God's plans to prosper
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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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)
The pitfalls of hydropower as a “clean” energy source
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![Indigenous Neighbours icon](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Indigenous_Neighbours_Icon_Teal_Circle-50x50.png)
Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Story
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Relief, Development and Podcast: Imagining better futures / Sibonokuhle Ncube on climate change and faith
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Climate Change
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A bucket full of peaches](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115737_img_1293-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ExVZoDTN)
On shaky ground
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Ukrainian citizens getting relief](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs116382_uman-16-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=-rDCAsYE)
MCC raises $8.8 million USD in response to crisis in Ukraine
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![An Indigenous woman with black hair, bangs and glasses](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/webinar_0.png.webp?itok=Uvxu9sid)
Interview with Lucie Iserhoff, artisan
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Canada
Date
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Undercurrents - Lay of the Land
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Solar panels on the roof of Gift & Thrift, an MCC Thrift shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in May 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/solar_panel.jpg.webp?itok=TPvYdvvi)
Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support
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Climate Change
Location
Virginia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Statement on MCC’s Historical Entanglements with National Socialism
Location
Canada + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![An older woman in a floral shirt stands in front of a wall of thrift shop donations](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/RS118048_IMG_8740-lpr.JPG.webp?itok=dIlf5EeY)
Pricing for a purpose: One volunteer’s story
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A Bolivian man wearing a blue jacket and a white hat that covers his ears. Mountains are in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/webinar_1.png.webp?itok=Cs9H_skD)
Gardening for good
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Food, Climate Change
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Webinar
computer
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![A Bolivian woman in a blue cardigan with a blanket draped on her hair stands in a cow pasture on a mountainside. There is a cow in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115837_img_1571-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=vGjUTpD6)
Reclaiming an old tradition to meet a new challenge
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
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Media Type
Story
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Pagination
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