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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
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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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Growing passion and leadership through Summer Service
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Justice and Equity
Location
Ohio + 1 more
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Story
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Becoming beautiful trees
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Education, Migration and Refugees
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Uganda
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Media Type
Story
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![Woman with blue and white dress holds a refurbished lamp.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc05266.jpg.webp?itok=nkXcNC77)
Reclaiming Beauty
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
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Media Type
Story
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![Three Honduran men stand on a rocky hillside](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs117774_hnd2022_codeso_ac_020.jpg.webp?itok=kI6uWFt0)
Farming in the rain's shadow
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Food, Climate Change
Location
Honduras
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A large pile of boxes](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/casaalitasdonations.png.webp?itok=iFsEjDr0)
A Small Gesture Goes a Long Way
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Arizona
Date
Media Type
Story
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![An unexploded rocket in a rose garden in Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118973_ukr2022_widows_nadia_014-scr.jpg.webp?itok=ZszdDNi1)
Rockets, rosebushes and relief
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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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)
Les lacunes de l’hydroélectricité
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![Indigenous Neighbours icon](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Indigenous_Neighbours_Icon_Teal_Circle-50x50.png)
Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Manitoba
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Story
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![A group of young adults stand in front of orange cones](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118449_img_9885-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=dslldcoo)
The next generation of peacebuilders:
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Migration and Refugees, Peace
Location
California
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Media Type
Story
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![A mural of a child playing soccer. There are also birds taking flight.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/calwaartpiece.png.webp?itok=ZdUxSSzh)
Contributing to Neighborhood Pride
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Peace
Location
California
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Media Type
Story
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![A woman stands next to a bike. Behind her is a wall of bike parts.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img_5592.jpg.webp?itok=KObI6TcR)
'A bike can change somebody’s life'
Location
Kansas
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Media Type
Story
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![A Ugandan man stands in his field](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/samson.jpg.webp?itok=miTtb3oh)
When rain doesn’t fall like it used to
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Uganda
Date
Media Type
Story
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![farmer walking through dry grass in Uganda](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/uganda_scenery_1.jpg.webp?itok=Uiu0a_dN)
Quand la pluie ne tombe plus comme avant
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Food, Climate Change
Location
Uganda
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Media Type
Story
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