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![Two people sit facing each other, mirroring body language of hands pressed together in a Nepalese greeting.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/377874774_712420904260885_745544933749777228_n.jpg)
A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
Podcast/audio
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
Story
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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
Bill Janzen, directeur fondateur du Bureau à Ottawa, nommé à l’Ordre du Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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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
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
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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Media Type
Story
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Food distribution in Gaza continues under famine conditions
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
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Distributing aid in Myanmar at great risk / "Mr. Khong"
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Disaster response
Location
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
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
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
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![Slide with three maps showing Palestinian land loss from 1946 to 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Webinar%201.jpg.webp?itok=m_6uU81-)
Gaza Crisis Response update
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Conflict
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
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
Location
Canada
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Media Type
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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Conflict
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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![Jonathan Kuttab](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/Websitethumbnail.jpg.webp?itok=RseO3Kb1)
Gaza update: Just peace in Palestine and Israel (Part 1)
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Bringing hope in Gaza
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
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