United States, Tanzania
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Editor’s note: Jacob Landis is co-manager at the Landis Farm in Sterling, Illinois. He supervises 2023-2024 IVEP participant Maswe Nyihongo from Tanzania. Partnering with IVEP on our farm had been discussed occasionally over the years. If you go back …
Disaster response
Ukraine
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Before the fighting escalated in Ukraine this year, Nadiya O.* and her husband lived near the city of Uman, Ukraine. Together they grew a vegetable garden and kept bees, selling their honey to make some extra cash. But shortly after the conflict worsened, …
Food
Manitoba
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… Engel (01:22): My name is Rebecca Engel and I am the Volunteer and Program coordinator for Sam's Place. Kyle … (05:09): We've split our program into two parts. So volunteers will come in and they'll stay on for about a three … Ten Thousand villages, MCC thrift. I had grandparents who volunteered at Akron year after year after year. And so I …
Education, Peace
California
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… programming will begin in April. Stay tuned for different volunteer or program opportunities to be part of. In the …
Education
Cambodia
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Seek is a discipleship program run by MCC that invites young adults to explore, engage and reflect more deeply on what it means to be an Anabaptist follower of Jesus in a complicated world. It’s a six-month program that will provide an opportunity to …
Ontario
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… paperwork to providing workshops and advocacy, staff and volunteers have been active in local communities working for … and for those who will receive it. Recently, MCC Ontario volunteer Nic Oshukany led the Lord’s Prayer in Ukrainian—an …
Guatemala, United States
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Editor’s note: Maria Isabel Fuentes Fuentes is a 2023-2024 IVEP participant from Guatemala who is serving as an Immigration Legal Services temporary program assistant at World Relief Sacramento (link opens new window) in North Highlands, California. My …
Education
Pennsylvania, Chad
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… “When students, like the ones at Lancaster Mennonite, volunteer to pack kits, it’s a connection to other children …
United States, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Editor’s note: Jacob Sankara served at The Conflict Center in Denver, Colorado, as program assistant through IVEP 2017-2018. He currently works as peacebuilding coordinator with MCC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Top photo: The IVEP 2017-2018 …
Ontario
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… were impressed by the generosity of supporters in both volunteer time and resources. Ken’s first introduction to MCC …
United States, Zambia
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… Editor’s note: Bethany and Jesse Zimmerman, along with their children, are hosting 2023-2024 IVEP participant Innocent Chuma, who is from Zambia. Our children’s school hosts an IVEPer every year. Due to COVID-19, they stopped for a little while. …