Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

305 stories

A lush garden

Stinky sticky: An organic approach to managing pests

Food

Tanzania

09/27/2021

Story

Stinky sticky: An organic approach to managing pests

A group of six plates filled with a variety of food

The great Mwenezi cook-off

Food

Zimbabwe

09/08/2021

Story

The great Mwenezi cook-off

A packed refrigerator

"We can't afford to stockpile food"

Poverty Reduction, Food

Ontario

09/06/2021

Story

"We can't afford to stockpile food"

Volunteers can meat in a warehouse

Canning meat for the world

Food

Syria + 1 more

08/18/2021

Story

Canning meat for the world

A father and son sit together on a bunch. The son is holding a carved pumpkin

Community Connections Program

British Columbia

08/01/2021

Story

Community Connections Program

Apartment buildings destroyed from Beruit explosion.

Beirut explosion: one year later

Disaster response

Lebanon

06/29/2021

Story

Beirut explosion: one year later

A grey and yellow quilt

Breaking stereotypes one quilt at a time

Ohio

06/28/2021

Story

Breaking stereotypes one quilt at a time

Zebron Mwale holds his badge to signify his Peace Club membership in April 2021. Mwale joined a Peace Club program while serving his sentence in a Zambian prison. He credits Peace Clubs with changing

Peace behind prison bars

Peace

Zambia

06/06/2021

Story

Peace behind prison bars

Bill Siemens volunteers two days a week at the MCC Saskatchewan Centre in Saskatoon, cutting up old jeans and weaving the strips of fabric into small rugs that are sold to support MCC programs. The 70

Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry

Peace, Food +3 more

Syria + 3 more

05/03/2021

Story

Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry

A family of four kneal together in the sand at the beach. The ocean is behind them.

So romantic…

Migration and Refugees

Florida

04/28/2021

Story

Shadi Alkhannous runs the take-out and delivery counter at the Alnoor Halal Food Market in St. Catherines, Ont., serving meals like shish tawook, chicken shawarma and beef kabab. He and his family hav

Resettled refugees support from the front lines during COVID-19

Migration and Refugees

Ontario + 1 more

04/27/2021

Story

Resettled refugees support from the front lines during COVID-19

A woman shopping in a thrift store

MCC Thrift shops

East Coast + 2 more

03/30/2021

Story

MCC Thrift shops

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