A Common Place | Mennonite Central Committee

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Farmers helping farmers in Zimbabwe

Climate Change,
Drought, Food

Zimbabwe

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Apr 2025

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From left: Shova Beshra (33), Kalpana Kumari Marandi(30) and Chanmuni Tudu Satar (31) are showing fish before taking them to the local farmers’ market at Santhal Tole, Jahada Rural Municipality- 5,

Boosting income and voices

Food

Nepal

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Dec 2024

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Rajendra Sah (31), a staff of SAHAS is in Jahada Rural Municipality-5, Morang, Nepal on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Rajendra was a formar participant of VTP, now he gives training to other participants.

First person: Rajendra Sah

Education,
Food

Nepal

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Dec 2024

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Mamata Parajuli (22) is at Shree Sabitri Secondary School, where the school installed electrical wire after participating in the awareness meeting organized by Mamata and her team to talk about the ri

Sparking change in rural Nepal

Nepal

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Jan 2025

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Rocio Valencia Islas(left) and Victor Lampón Leon (right), are pastors at La Mano de Dios en Apoyo al Migrante (God’s Hand in Support of Migrants) in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, a church ministry providin

For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat

Migration and Refugees

Mexico

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Jan 2025

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Unseen disasters

Disaster response

Ethiopia

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Oct 2024

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