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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
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
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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![Nigerian landscape](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/nigeria_landscape.jpg.webp?itok=NJ5WqO2O)
Women, food security and the U.S. Farm Bill
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Justice and Equity
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Nigeria
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A Palestinian woman stands with six of her grandchildren in a garden. She is holding a bunch of onions](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/palestine_wicking_bed_family.jpg.webp?itok=TEcUSF2H)
Les jardins hydroponiques
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
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General impact report - Summer 2023
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Syria + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![A man in Cambodia carrying a large bundle of grass on his head](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS122265_MediaSpace_Uploads-6466-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=2p2z6ChS)
Food impact report - Summer 2023
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Food
Location
El Salvador + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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Water impact report - Summer 2023
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Water
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![School supplies in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS123904_0Z8A3223-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=clVUEMZA)
Education impact report - Summer 2023
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Education
Location
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![A woman holding cans of MCC canned meat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS128213_SSD202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_111-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=O2uer927)
Relief impact report - Summer 2023
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Disaster response
Location
Syria + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![A smiling young woman in front of relief buckets.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/p1010207-small.jpg.webp?itok=-UOF75bf)
Volunteer spotlight: Packing with a purpose
Location
British Columbia + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young adult stands in front of the U.S. capital building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%283%29_0.png.webp?itok=qDaDBPcj)
Telling the Palestinian story in the U.S. / Anthony Jeer
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Peace
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Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![A young woman sitting in the Bolivian hillside](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img-20220428-wa0003.jpg.webp?itok=R94SzqH9)
Why language matters
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Education
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
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Undercurrents - Five lessons from refugee sponsorship
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Belonging in peace
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Peace
Location
Republic of Korea (South Korea) + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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