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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
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
headphones
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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
menu_book
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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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![A Ukrainian man and woman stand together. He has his arm around her.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/picture_max_and_anya_2_002.jpg.webp?itok=7B_ojTr7)
Message from Ukraine
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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![An older Cuban woman stands in a yard and holds two cans of meat with green labels.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/RS113686_2021CubaWhatsApp-Image_02-scale-3_00x-lrg-lpr%20%282%29.jpg.webp?itok=WN6M0The)
MCC sends food and relief to Cubans in crisis
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Disaster response
Location
Cuba
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Media Type
Story
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![Bidali Augustine playing ludo with his siblings.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/mr._bidali_augustine_and_his_siblings_playing_ludo_game-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=In2Id40r)
New life after leaving home
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Migration and Refugees
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A mother holds her baby](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/burkina_faso_-_zalissa_sawadogo_w_raheem_abdoul%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=5Pp9IQ0Z)
Saving babies’ lives, mending relationships
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Health
Location
Burkina Faso
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Bees coming out of their hive](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/bees.jpg.webp?itok=gQoRdm4L)
Finding hope in buzzing and laughter
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Food
Location
Nicaragua
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A man and a woman stand in front of a brick church](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/2018_-_sophie_revisiting_her_church_mpopoma_while_in_zimbabwe.jpg.webp?itok=9h6trwXq)
A little SALT goes a long way
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A Nepali woman sits on the ground and feeds a baby with a spoon. Another child is sitting to the left of her.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/feeding-enhanced.jpg.webp?itok=TxDr3MKj)
Super flour saves the day for children in Nepal
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Health, Food
Location
Nepal
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Media Type
Story
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![An older woman and man stand in a grassy space](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/20thanniversary-billednajilldetweilerbreckbill.jpg.webp?itok=Jn-4kXUa)
MCC Connections lives up to its name through Bill & Edna Ressler
Location
Ohio + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A lush garden](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/stinkysticky-acommonplacefall2021_0%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=BlblL4k0)
Stinky sticky: An organic approach to managing pests
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Food
Location
Tanzania
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A group of six plates filled with a variety of food](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/jawanda_clemence_s_final_product_dish.jpg.webp?itok=Yxtlxzrv)
The great Mwenezi cook-off
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Food
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A packed refrigerator](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img-0335.jpg.webp?itok=aUwXWcUG)
"We can't afford to stockpile food"
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Poverty Reduction, Food
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Volunteers can meat in a warehouse](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs111948_us2021111_canning_hh_1.jpg.webp?itok=ZwdybbGz)
Canning meat for the world
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Food
Location
Syria + 1 more
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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