Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

50 stories

A group of people stand in an airport with a Canadian flag and signs that read "Welcome to Canada"

Undercurrents - Ep 28 - Welcoming the stranger

Migration and Refugees

Ontario

11/01/2024

Podcast/audio

Undercurrents - Ep 28 - Welcoming the stranger

A group of people stand in an airport with a Canadian flag and signs that read "Welcome to Canada"

For we are strangers no more!

Migration and Refugees

Ontario

10/04/2024

Story

For we are strangers no more!

Alsar Zarour

Une nouvelle vie

Migration and Refugees

Syria + 1 more

03/04/2024

Story

Une nouvelle vie

A woman speaking to a group of people seated in a conference room

Learning to help migrants with trauma

Migration and Refugees

United States

01/30/2024

Story

Learning to help migrants with trauma

Relatives of disappeared people in Mexico hold hands, forming a heart, during the December 2023 national gathering of the Movement of Our Disappeared.

Why U.S. gun sales south of the border matter

Reduce trafficking of U.S. guns

Migration and Refugees

United States + 3 more

01/04/2024

Story

Why U.S. gun sales south of the border matter

A photo of the front of a house

Relief, Development and Podcast | Love is a house / featuring author Yann Martel

Migration and Refugees

Saskatchewan + 1 more

12/14/2023

Podcast/audio

Relief, Development and Podcast | Love is a house / featuring author Yann Martel

Adonis Kodjihiti engages with students during break at Esperanza Center.

A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program

Migration and Refugees, Education

Maryland

11/13/2023

Story

A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program

people standing in front of counter with food

Threads - Nov 2023 Welcome the Stranger

Learn more about the BVOR program

Migration and Refugees

Manitoba

11/06/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Nov 2023 Welcome the Stranger

Displaced people working in the fields of Kanzombi, a section of Kikwit, cheer Jacqueline Kafuti, who holds bunches of cassava leaves.

First person: Jacqueline Kafuti

Migration and Refugees

Democratic Republic of the Congo

10/03/2023

Publication

First person: Jacqueline Kafuti

A man in a high-visibility vest stand in front of a warehouse full of boxes

Finding new life at the Winnipeg thrift shop

Migration and Refugees

Manitoba + 1 more

09/29/2023

Story

Finding new life at the Winnipeg thrift shop

Undercurrents - Five lessons from refugee sponsorship

Migration and Refugees

Ontario

06/20/2023

Podcast/audio

Undercurrents - Five lessons from refugee sponsorship

A group of people stand facing the camera in a backyard with a table of treats in the foreground.

"Far from perfect, but so worth it."

Migration and Refugees

Ontario

05/30/2023

Story

"Far from perfect, but so worth it."

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