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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
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
menu_book
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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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![Storyteller recording an interview with men participating in a program from Zimbabwe.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS121676_CJK09904-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=c-Avmp2B)
Relief, Development and Podcast: Men Can Cook / Zimbabwe
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Food
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A crumbling building in Syria](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs124256_img_20230209_143502_302_1-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=hfWyDvRq)
MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria
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Disaster response
Location
Syria
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A woman with long hair and glasses speaks into the camera during a video call](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/Webinar1.png.webp?itok=ho0RGtLc)
Beyond Incarceration webinar series: Proclaim
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Webinar
computer
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![White tractor trailer truck with modified trailer attached](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs93153_canner2_1.jpg.webp?itok=RiEsft28)
Together, we can!
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Disaster response
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Two women sitting on a red couch having a discussion. The woman on the left is speaking, while the woman on the right smiles and listens.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/best_photo_-_maryna_participant_and_stacy_dantsev_mcc_worker.png.webp?itok=LFSvqbZk)
From conflict to hope
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Migration and Refugees
Location
British Columbia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Michael J. Sharp, second from left, participates in a 2013 meeting at camp for internally displaced people in the town of Shasha, North Kivu, Eastern Congo.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/mj.jpg.webp?itok=1tIKqIi6)
Honoring peacebuilders
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Peace
Location
Africa
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Two people sit on the floor in front of a projector screen. Words on the screen reads, "Introduction to women peace makers."](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/img_1127.jpg.webp?itok=08yYz1ms)
February 2023: Peace is more than a wish with some creativity
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Peace
Location
Cambodia + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![50 colorful comforters draped over church pews](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/comforters_on_church_benches.jpg.webp?itok=0vVBPbcU)
50 comforters project: From spreadsheets to works of art
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Disaster response
Location
Ohio + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A group of people in a shelter](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/2k3a8536.jpg.webp?itok=aFEGZpo_)
À travers le conflit, la vie continue
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Residents living in a shelter on the second floor of a former hospital in Mukachevo, Ukraine, attend a meeting. Margaryta (right), whose full name is withheld for security reasons, is an AMBCU volunte](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/UKR2022__ambc_el_2k3a8536.jpg.webp?itok=lKLcL0Yp)
Relief, development and podcast: Audio diaries from Ukraine / Emily Loewen
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![People looking at a hanging quilt](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc08845.jpg.webp?itok=42QmLLUL)
"It has to be perfect."
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Disaster response
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A Ugandan woman holding a pig](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/a_pig_story.jpg.webp?itok=Bi_PWgjV)
Relief, development and podcast: Peace pigs / With Mary Ilero and Sam Eibu
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Food
Location
Uganda
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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