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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
headphones
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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
menu_book
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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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![Patricia Nyandoro, 25 and her son, Taropafadzwa Blessing Shumba. They had both been rejected by their village and their family because Taropafadzwa had been born with spinal problems.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS120940_SandraJones-5.jpg.webp?itok=So2tIrm_)
Love for all who enter
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Education
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Office building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/colliers_330-stmary-resize.jpg.webp?itok=0oEVOf-V)
MCC Canada relocates head office to downtown Winnipeg
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Peace
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A photo of a colorful quilt made with squares and triangles.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/story-header-image.jpg.webp?itok=dJxaAJoZ)
The gift of warmth through a needle and thread
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A woman in a winter coat stands by the open truck of a hatchback car. Inside the car are piles of colorful comforters.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/elfrieda_tiessen.jpg.webp?itok=yckC_YbI)
Colouring a white winter
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Disaster response
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Relief, development and podcast: Giving gifts of music / Girl Named Tom
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![An older mother and son sit next to each other. The son is looking at the camera. The mother is looking at the son.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/ken_and_mariko2.jpg.webp?itok=8a_jQQ5l)
Generations of generosity, a family legacy
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Myrrl Byler (right) converses with a government official (name withheld for security reasons) over a shared meal in Beijing, China in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/myrrlandwangxiuling.jpg.webp?itok=r2vrDf47)
The dangers of a "China vs U.S." worldview
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Group of forty-three students who participated in the UN Student Seminar stand in front of the United Nations building in New York City.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/studentseminarun.png.webp?itok=HGyq02ug)
Students dig into global issues at UN Student Seminar
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A man holds up honeycomb he pulled out of a beehive.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/img_2631.jpg.webp?itok=oMG5werr)
Peace is More than a Wish in a Field of Bees
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Peace
Location
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Val Hiebert, program co-coordinator for MCC Manitoba’s abuse response and prevention program and professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba, lectures one of her classes at the University of Manitoba.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/valhiebertuofmclassroomlivenov2022.jpg.webp?itok=0dGswJMi)
Breaking the cycle of abuse
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Woman with short silver hair and glasses stands behind a tray of boots and shoes. In the background is a warehouse with clothing and other items.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/dsc08527a.jpg.webp?itok=yicBnxdp)
Standing by for peace
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Justice and Equity
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Drone photo showing flooded roads and homes from overhead](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/elkhorn_city_drone_footage.jpg.webp?itok=8ardekoI)
SWAP program changes locations in response to flooding and needs
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Disaster response
Location
Kentucky + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
Pagination
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