General impact report - Winter 2026

An update on MCC projects

People in Ukraine stand in line to receive MCC material resources like canned meat.

Ukraine Zambia India — jan 2026

janvier 30, 2026

A helping hand for vulnerable families in Ukraine

Your support is reaching those who need it most

Ukraine continues to endure a devastating war, shattering lives, homes and livelihoods. In both Cherkasy and Kherson, families face relentless displacement, destroyed homes and deepening economic hardship.

Amidst the devastation, you are giving families hope.

With local MCC partner Uman Help Center Charitable Foundation, 3,532 people received practical support to help them through the winter.

From April 2024 through March 2025:

840 relief kits, 1,447 hygiene kits and 242 infant care
kits were distributed providing families with essentials
like toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand soap, dish soap,
towels and more.
2,323 warm comforters stitched by MCC volunteers
from across Canada and the U.S. are now keeping
families warm in damaged or poorly insulated homes.
886 individuals received non-perishable, protein-rich
canned meat.

To learn more about MCC material resources initiatives visit mcc.org/kits

Banner photo caption: Your support is reaching families* across Ukraine. Canned meat is a critical component of MCC’s relief to countries in conflict because of its high nutritional value and long shelf life that doesn’t require refrigeration. (Photo courtesy of Uman Help Center) *Names of people pictured are withheld for security reasons.

Nutritious food closer to home

Short-term relief has led to long-term recovery for families in rural Zambia

A woman in Zambia stands in a field of Maize crops that she grew. — Angelina Kanyaali is a maize farmer in Simunzele village. Her family received monthly food baskets to help them through the drought season when food was scarce. Your compassionate support helped farmers have the resources and strength to focus on their crops — leading to a bumper harvest of staple and cash crops. (MCC photo/Euphrasia Njobvu)

The Ng’onga Ward in southern Zambia is facing severe drought, leading to widespread crop failure and food insecurity. Its remote location makes it difficult for families to access markets and supplies that are 18 kilometres away in Mbabala, the closest town.

Thank you, BIC Church, for the food rations during the most difficult time of ou lives. It was not easy to find food—we spent most of our time walking long distances and queuing for just a bag of mealie meal. You made that difficult time easier by bringing food closer to our homes. We are truly grateful.

Sela Mudenda

Ng'onga Ward, Zambia

With support from MCC donors like you, Brethren in Christ Church (BICC) provided eight months of emergency food relief to 620 households — about 4,200 people — focusing on the elderly and the most vulnerable households.

*To learn more about MCC relief initiatives visit mcc.org/disaster-response

Satisfaction from a life of service

An MCC volunteer puts together hygiene kits at a center in Ontario. — Three days a week, Virginia – known as Ginny to her friends – volunteers with MCC in Ontario assembling items like reusable menstrual pads as a part of dignity kits provided to people around the world. (MCC photo/Mackenzie Schwarz)

For Virginia Kreitz, volunteering with MCC has been a regular part of her life for five years. In New Hamburg, Ontario, Virginia has been a part of the volunteer team at The Hub. The Hub is home to MCC’s Canadian canned meat processing facility as well as the national headquarters for the shipment of hygiene, dignity and relief kits that are sent to countries like Ukraine and
Zambia.

Every week, Virginia spends her Tuesdays and Thursdays packing and shipping comforters that have been stitched with love by MCC supporters across Canada. And on Wednesdays, she volunteers to assemble vital hygiene kits that include items like toothbrushes, combs, soap, towels, nail clippers and more.

“There’s great satisfaction knowing that you’ve made such a huge impact on the lives of other people. Because whether it’s in the comforter department or whether it’s in the dignity [kit] department, it’s giving people a better quality of life,” says Virginia.

A school of their own

Your support is empowering remote communities in India to take the lead on education

Two boys from India play with blocks in a bare room. — MCC has partnered with CHB-MRSK in India since 2017 to ensure young students can go to school and grow into confident young leaders with a vision for their community. Your recent support has reached 132 students like Jagadish Urlaka (left) and Ashish Mahanandia with learning tools like building blocks. (MCC photo/Arup Ghose)

In 1998, families from 16 remote villages in the Rayagada district in Odisha, India, came together to create a school rooted in their values. They envisioned a school that celebrated their indigenous culture, promoted gender equity and taught in the students’ mother tongues along with Odia and Kui.

Throughout the following 25 years, Christian Hospital Bissamcuttack’s Mitra Residential School Kachapaju (CHB-MRSK) has been a beacon of hope for the community. The school provides holistic, community-led education to children who have long faced marginalization and limited access to quality schooling.

In 2017, MCC partnered with CHB-MRSK. Most recently, in 2025, your generous support has ensured 132 students from Grades 1–5 have the supplies and access they need to learn: textbooks, uniforms, school kits and annual health check-ups. Your support has also empowered six teachers and four support staff with professional development in team-building and innovative teaching practices.

Thanks to your support, the future for these students is looking bright.

*To learn more about MCC education initiatives visit mcc.org/education

Rising to the (School Kit) Challenge!

As students around the world headed back to school in September, volunteers from across Canada and the U.S. rallied together to assemble learning supplies for MCC’s annual School Kit Challenge.

31,686 school kits were assembled by churches, youth groups, families and Sunday Schools. This is way more than our goal of 25,000 School Kits — thank you!
Donors very generously gave just over $21,000 CAD — that’s nearly twice as much as last year!

Each kit contains the essential learning supplies students need to succeed.

The supplies are lovingly packed into a colourful cloth bag that a child can use as a backpack for years to come.

Your impact around the world

With your support, MCC’s local partners are delivering critical, practical
support to people around the world. Here are a few recent examples of your
generosity at work:

Initiative: You’re helping 300 families access the training and resources they need to plant small home vegetable gardens. Today, families are putting fresh, healthy food on the table and extra income in their pockets.

Partner: Almanah Rescue Mission

Initiative: Your support has helped 1,990 people access clean, safe water through four new boreholes in Murraça and Caia Vila. Coupled with public campaigns on safe water use and hygiene, families are healthier and farms are growing.

Partner: Christian Council of Mozambique – Caia

Initiative: Your compassionate support through MCC’s account at Canadian Foodgrains Bank reached 503 vulnerable refugee families — 2,286 people — with monthly cash support to purchase food.

Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

Initiative: Your generosity has empowered 115 young Syrians to upgrade their skills. From learning Microsoft Excel to attending workshops on resume writing and LinkedIn, you’re ensuring Syria’s next generation is equipped to build a hope-filled future.

Partner: Christian Hope Center

A spirit of compassion and generosity

Two legacy donors sit on chairs posing for a portrait photo. — Bert and Evelyn Reimer are choosing to leave a legacy of compassion and support with a gift in their will to MCC. (MCC photo/Brad Quiring)

Fuelled by faith, generosity and compassion, Bert and Evelyn Reimer, of Chilliwack, B.C., have generously chosen to leave MCC a gift in their will. “We have included MCC in our will since we know that the money will go to a very good cause. We are not wealthy, but it is given in a spirit of love and compassion for the many who have so little.”

Learn more about how you can leave MCC a gift in your will at mcc.org/legacy