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Overcoming obstacles
- Conflict
Palestine and Israel
Jul 2024
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A season of growing and learning
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
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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
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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
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"You're a small part of something wonderful"
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Canada
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Undercurrents - Water Walking
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Indiana + 1 more
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News
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Threads - Sept 2023 Kapabamayak Healing Forest
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Podcast/audio
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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British Columbia
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Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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Un autre refrain: la Saskatchewan en route vers la réconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Story
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More than a song: Saskatchewan's path to reconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Story
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Threads - Hydro over troubled waters
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Podcast/audio
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Relief, development and podcast: Wisdom within Indigenous roots / MCC staff Ricardo Salinas in Guatemala
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Guatemala
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Podcast/audio
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Les lacunes de l’hydroélectricité
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Story
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The pitfalls of hydropower as a “clean” energy source
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Story
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