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![Two people sit facing each other, mirroring body language of hands pressed together in a Nepalese greeting.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/377874774_712420904260885_745544933749777228_n.jpg)
A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
Podcast/audio
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
Story
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Bill Janzen, directeur fondateur du Bureau à Ottawa, nommé à l’Ordre du Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![A woman stands in front of a bookcase](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/Mary%20Laat%20_2%2016-9.jpg.webp?itok=T6BljQBf)
Elle s’appelle Ding
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Education
Location
South Sudan
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Story
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![Picture of Amida Yunis James, student at Rumbek Comboni Primary School, holds her new dignity kit and school kit she just recieved.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/MediaSpace_SouthSudan_Resouce%20ID%20129093.jpg.webp?itok=owcLPRNq)
General impact report - Winter 2024
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Education
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
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Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![Mary Nyashin Tsief (70) stands in front of her home in Rubkona camp for people displaced by flooding and violent conflict. She is accompanied by her two grandchildren, Nyamen Iuok Ram (age 5) and Nyawich Iuok Ram (age 3), who live in a tent adjacent to hers.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/20231025-DSCF3366.jpg.webp?itok=CnPEuC1V)
Food impact report - Winter 2024
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Food
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
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Media Type
Impact report
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![Rebecca Amok Marial, student at Saint Mary’s Primary School in South Sudan, holds her MCC school kit filled with pencils, paper and other essential items she needs to learn.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/RS127510_SSD202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_054.jpg.webp?itok=U8dON2dA)
Education impact report - Winter 2024
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Education
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
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Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![Picture of Amida Yunis James, student at Rumbek Comboni Primary School, holds her new dignity kit and school kit she just recieved.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/MediaSpace_SouthSudan_Resouce%20ID%20129093.jpg.webp?itok=owcLPRNq)
Material resources impact report - Winter 2024
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Health
Location
South Sudan + 2 more
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Media Type
Impact report
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![Mother holding her infant and smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/Infant%20care%20kit%20thumbnail.png.webp?itok=BpksO91x)
Giving babies a boost
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Health
Location
South Sudan
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Media Type
Video story
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![Millicent Teresa Otieno, 42, Loreto Rumbek School sewing instructor, holds an example of the reusable menstrual pad finished by the school dignity kit sewing project.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/DSC02930.jpg.webp?itok=dOhs5XMk)
Sewing dignity in South Sudan
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Education
Location
South Sudan
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Media Type
Video story
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Dignity kits part 2: Sewing for home / Rebecca Deng
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Health, Education
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![A woman holding an infant receiving a vaccine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/RS127671_SSD202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_378-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=FoR-0UFk)
Giving babies a fair shot
Location
South Sudan
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Media Type
Publication
book
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Keeping girls in school with dignity kits in South Sudan
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Education, Health
Location
South Sudan
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Media Type
Video story
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![Anne Kuria holding a Dignity Kit bucket](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/WebsitethumbnailDignityKits.jpg.webp?itok=j3zBbz-a)
Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria
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Health, Education
Location
South Sudan
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Students in line to receive school kits](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs127478_ssd202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_498-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=oq3Z2_f6)
Comment le don de fournitures scolaires transforme-t-il une vie
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Education
Location
South Sudan
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Pagination
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