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Threads – From Winnipeg to Zambia: Connecting Across Continents with Compassion
Learn more about MCC kitsManitoba + 1 more
Sep 2024
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Doctrines & Discoveries: Mistasinīy | Buffalo Child Stone
- Indigenous Neighbors
Saskatchewan
Aug 2024
Podcast/audio
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![Women sitting in a community building](/sites/default/files/2024-08/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
The lost story of Dr. Dismukes - Black history in Appalachia
Listen now- Justice and Equity
United States + 1 more
Aug 2024
Podcast/audio
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Celebrating decades of partnership and impact
Ontario
Aug 2024
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Threads – Faith and Farming Bring Communities Together to End Hunger
Learn more about Grow HopeManitoba
Aug 2024
Podcast/audio
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"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Aug 2024
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Overcoming obstacles
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Disaster response, Conflict
+1 more
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Palestine and Israel
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Behind-the-scenes with emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
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Palestine and Israel + 5 more
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Podcast/audio
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg.webp?itok=-R3xZnBM)
General impact report - Summer 2024
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Palestine and Israel + 2 more
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Impact report
summarize
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg.webp?itok=-R3xZnBM)
Relief impact report - Summer 2024
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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World leaders fail to act as Israeli invasion of Rafah worsens humanitarian catastrophe
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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Le MCC commémore 75 ans de service en Palestine et en Israël
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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Children get involved with MCC partner in Gaza to feed the hungry
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Food
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Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
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Food distribution in Gaza continues under famine conditions
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Saulo Padilla standing in front of the Israel-Palestine border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS134064_20180107_133354%20%281%29_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=jNKJAdc2)
Nouveau regard sur le conflit et la paix en Palestine et Israël
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Relief, Development and Podcast | Nonviolent resistance: Just peace in Palestine and Israel (Part 2)
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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MCC shipment of food crosses border into Gaza
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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Gaza : les largages aériens et les routes maritimes ne peuvent être une alternative à l’acheminement d’aide humanitaire par voie terrestre
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Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
Pagination
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