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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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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
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Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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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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Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria
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Health, Education
Location
South Sudan
Date
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Podcast/audio
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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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“When we love, everything blooms”
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A man and woman standing in front of a city skyline](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/Henry%20and%20Mary%20Rempel_MCC%20legacy%20gift_0.jpg.webp?itok=I09c_AwV)
Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property
Location
Canada + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/Potawatomi-Miami%20Trail%20sign%20w%20background.jpg.webp?itok=P3u6KvFf)
Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Indiana + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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Threads - Sept 2023 Kapabamayak Healing Forest
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![A collection of bomblets and other unexploded ordnance is ready for detonation in this 1992 photo. Addressing the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the more than 2.2 million tons of bombs](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/LAO1992_uxo_jk003.jpg.webp?itok=OVYSc2AZ)
No reasons that can justify their use
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Peace
Location
Ukraine + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Children play in the kindergarten operated by MCC partner Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp next to Bethlehem.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/20230118_110911.jpg.webp?itok=Sx2r3LXy)
Le Centre Lajee met en lumière la culture palestinienne
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Peace, Education
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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A Fresh Vision
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Peace
Location
Colombia
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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When new housing makes the housing crisis worse
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
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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
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![Group of people participating in the Kairos Blanket Exercise.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2827%29.png.webp?itok=EHtrUjlE)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
British Columbia
Date
Pagination
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