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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
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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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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
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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What does peace need to thrive?
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Peace
Location
Colombia
Date
Media Type
Story
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Freeman Academy student wins MCC essay contest
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Peace
Location
United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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Reflections on Christian Community Development in Rwanda
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Peace, Poverty Reduction
Location
Rwanda
Date
Media Type
Story
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'Being riskless is not always the will of God'
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Food, Peace
Location
Myanmar (Burma)
Date
Media Type
Story
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Peace is more than a wish with some strangers
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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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
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
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![Melanie Mafinga, 53 years old, trader, center, resolved a financial issue that Beatrice Kulenga Makasi (not pictured) had with her daughter. Mafinga and Patience Tomboka, right, are members of the Wom](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/_MG_0973.jpg.webp?itok=Do6zFuoe)
Call the peacebuilder
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Peace
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date
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Men listening; men talking
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Cultural event dancers](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-29%20at%2011.04.07%20AM.png.webp?itok=f4p9mMpG)
Moving together for peace in Bangladesh
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Peace
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Video story
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Sixteen leading humanitarian organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
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Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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Inaugural MCC-led course on abuse in the church provides roadmap to healthier churches
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Peace
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Story
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