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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
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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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![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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![Odhiambo puts his skills to use on the construction of a house in Iowa, Louisiana, that was badly damaged during hurricanes Delta and Laura. He has worked on several different houses in areas including Jennings, Welsh and Iowa, Louisiana.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/8a728401-3bf0-4682-babf-e9442b588f4a.jpg.webp?itok=TNVJ7Ni0)
Building homes, breaking boundaries
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Disaster response
Location
Louisiana + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Recipients* display their MCC comforters. MCC partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine (AMBCU) distributed MCC humanitarian assistance to socially and economically vulnerable peop](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/viber_image_2023-10-11_16-47-03-002.jpg.webp?itok=OBsas85X)
Kindness in every twist of thread
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Conflict
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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Harrowing news from friends
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Conflict
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Paul Quiring (left) served as MCC representative in Palestine from 1976-1978. In this photo circa 1978, Quiring observes the distribution of olive tree seedlings to Palestinian farmers in the West Ban](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/West%20Bank%20circa%201978_olive%20seedlings002.JPG.webp?itok=CeiptH8b)
Gaza, catastrophe and 75 years of Mennonite witness in Palestine and Israel
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Conflict
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A headshot of Maria Dolores Perez Paez of Cuba in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/RS126428_IMG_5636-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=OHLt6P5Q)
Relief impact report - Winter 2024
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Disaster response
Location
Cuba + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![On October 17, 2023, Firas Hamlawi, right, a volunteer and Rifqah Hamlawi, center, a staff member, with Al-Najd Developmental Forum, helped distribute food packages to 35 families and bedding to 10 f](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/PAL2023_gaza_relief_adf009_HiRes.jpg.webp?itok=Op9M17cb)
Helping to help in Gaza
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![The damaged remains of the inside of a building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS131538_3_2_00x-hpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=5Uq0VNdR)
"Everyone is entitled to dignity and safety"
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Disaster response, Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A man praying over a group of men](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-10/RS131374_IMG_7120-lpr.JPG.webp?itok=Qh6RQVtg)
MCC’s 2023-2024 meat canning season gets underway
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Disaster response
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![An old yellow car is parked outside of a dated gas station.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-10/RS126496_IMG_6340-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=R0oIBjSY)
Cuba: A case study on sanctions
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Peace, Disaster response
Location
Cuba
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A ruined building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/RS130665_23.08.17%20Damaged%20housing%20in%20Mujiwa%20Village-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=kDl9fj7D)
Le MCC renouvelle son action face aux destructions causées par le cyclone Freddy au Malawi
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Disaster response
Location
Malawi
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Caridad Rodríguez Gonzalez received an MCC relief kit through MCC partner CCRD (Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo, Christian Center for Reflection and Dialogue) after Hurricane Ian, which she](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_5721.jpg.webp?itok=XfPiu0L0)
Nous sommes tous les mains et les pieds
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Disaster response
Location
Cuba
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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