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Overcoming obstacles
- Conflict
Palestine and Israel
Jul 2024
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![A group of smiling young adults stand posed while wrapped in flags from various nations.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Group%20-%20flags_1.jpg)
A season of growing and learning
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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![An MCC staff member observes workers packing emergency food packages in Amman, Jordan.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/podcast%20thumbnail.jpg)
Behind-the-scenes with emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
Palestine and Israel + 5 more
Jul 2024
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![A portrait of two-year-old Basthian Raul Alborta Rodriguez makes a game of rolling a tire at Samuelito Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia](/sites/default/files/2024-06/RS132619_2022_0113_07493600.jpg)
Education impact report - Summer 2024
- Education
Bolivia + 1 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg)
Relief impact report - Summer 2024
- Disaster response
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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![Nyiranshuti Atanaziya speaks with MCC staff at Zambia's Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS132829_Copy%20of%20IMG_2445_hpr.jpg)
Material resources impact report - Summer 2024
Zambia + 2 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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Overcoming obstacles
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Conflict
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Palestine and Israel
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg.webp?itok=-R3xZnBM)
Relief impact report - Summer 2024
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel + 1 more
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Impact report
summarize
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MCC responds to disastrous floods in Burundi with local partners
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Disaster response
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Burundi
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Story
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World leaders fail to act as Israeli invasion of Rafah worsens humanitarian catastrophe
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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News
newspaper
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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
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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Food distribution in Gaza continues under famine conditions
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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Distributing aid in Myanmar at great risk / "Mr. Khong"
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Disaster response
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Podcast/audio
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![Saulo Padilla standing in front of the Israel-Palestine border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS134064_20180107_133354%20%281%29_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=jNKJAdc2)
Nouveau regard sur le conflit et la paix en Palestine et Israël
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Man planting olive tree](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/Websitethumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=T6vbWLiO)
Nonviolent resistance: Just peace in Palestine and Israel (Part 2)
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Podcast/audio
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Gaza Crisis Response update
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Conflict
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Webinar
computer
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![A group of four people smiling for a photo as they pack relief kits](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/KitsEvent-MFM-25nov2023.jpg.webp?itok=0vntazBn)
De Montréal avec amour : envoi de trousses de secour dans le monde entier
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Disaster response
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Canada
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Story
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![Volunteers* with All Ukrainian Platform for the Improvement of Society (KECB), an MCC partner in Ukraine, help distribute much-needed humanitarian assistance in a village in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, i](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/DSC02545.jpg.webp?itok=QDZrBMzt)
MCC's work in Ukraine continues after two years of conflict
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Ukraine
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