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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
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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![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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![three volunteers from Edmonton Thrift](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-05/RS121715_MCCThrift_Edmonton-25%201.jpg.webp?itok=fAgKnplI)
A place to call home
Location
Alberta
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A group of two adults and seven children pose together, smiling on a wooden play structure in an outdoor setting with trees in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_9916.jpg.webp?itok=Xptq7C65)
Planting the seeds of a life of giving
Location
United States
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Story
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![Refugee camp for Palestines fleeing 1967 war](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-05/RS106555_JOR1968_refugeecamp_0104_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=hLoNEGLi)
Le MCC commémore 75 ans de service en Palestine et en Israël
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
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![Two children work on laptops](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-05/JudyandQusai.jpg.webp?itok=yLzMUA7Y)
Children get involved with MCC partner in Gaza to feed the hungry
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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![a group of participants in a vocational training session surround an engine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/vocational%20training%201.JPG.webp?itok=pUhs8LVV)
Reflections on Christian Community Development in Rwanda
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Peace, Poverty Reduction
Location
Rwanda
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Seamstress holding child's dress](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS133420_120_Mariyum%20desplaying%20her%20dress.jpg.webp?itok=hHZY3NcH)
Stitching an income together
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Two men hold a box together](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/wide_RS135179_433600626_380461854789566_4127559302458118309_n_scr.jpg.webp?itok=b-0hOX1l)
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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![person packaging food for distribution in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS134102_signal-2023-12-18-074144_024.jpeg.webp?itok=ZCwi1ZZs)
'Being riskless is not always the will of God'
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Food, Peace
Location
Myanmar (Burma)
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Media Type
Story
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![group of people sitting on roof](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS127954_1%20IMG_7347%20Rich.jpg.webp?itok=YimLJr8U)
MCC program in Appalachia changes name
Learn about MCC Appalachia Build (formerly SWAP)Image
Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 2 more
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Media Type
Story
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![A smiling woman with glasses holds up a copper penny](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/20240327_223919.jpg.webp?itok=DzZeoefK)
A penny for your peace
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A person wearing a a vest with an MCC logo in a warehouse](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS134050_20240222_113041_lpr_wide.jpg.webp?itok=7oqP3fmv)
MCC shipment of food crosses border into Gaza
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A green, lush, jungle](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS130898_IMG_0261_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=Vhs3msG4)
Guérir les terres et les communautés
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Climate Change
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Colombia
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Media Type
Story
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