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Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

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Stories bring our work to life.

These featured stories highlight partners and communities that inspire, inform and drive meaningful change across the globe.

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Anne Kuria holding a Dignity Kit bucket

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

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Health,
Education

South Sudan

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Sep 2023

Podcast/audio

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Read more about Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria | Listen now

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Second chances

Education

Palestine and Israel

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Sep 2023

Story

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A man and woman standing in front of a city skyline

Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property

Canada + 1 more

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Sep 2023

News

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A ruined building

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

Disaster response

Malawi

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Sep 2023

News

newspaper

Read more about MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi |

A young woman speaks a room full of adults

“When we love, everything blooms”

Bolivia

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Sep 2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Read more about “When we love, everything blooms” |

a team of cyclists

MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023

See who's participating

Alberta

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Sep 2023

Story

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Read more about MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023 | See who's participating

signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.

Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana

Indigenous Neighbors

Indiana + 1 more

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Sep 2023

News

newspaper

Read more about Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana |

A collection of bomblets and other unexploded ordnance is ready for detonation in this 1992 photo. Addressing the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the more than 2.2 million tons of bombs

No reasons that can justify their use

Peace

Ukraine + 2 more

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Sep 2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Read more about No reasons that can justify their use |

Children play in the kindergarten operated by MCC partner Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp next to Bethlehem.

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

Peace,
Education

Palestine and Israel

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Sep 2023

Story

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Anne Kuria holding a Dignity Kit bucket

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

Listen now

Health, Education

South Sudan

09/21/2023

Podcast/audio

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

selfie of girl in clown costume

Second chances

Education

Palestine and Israel

09/21/2023

Story

A young woman speaks a room full of adults

“When we love, everything blooms”

Bolivia

09/18/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

“When we love, everything blooms”

A ruined building

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

Disaster response

Malawi

09/18/2023

News

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

A man and woman standing in front of a city skyline

Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property

Canada + 1 more

09/18/2023

News

Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property

a team of cyclists

MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023

See who's participating

Alberta

09/15/2023

Story

MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023

signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.

Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana

Indigenous Neighbors

Indiana + 1 more

09/14/2023

News

Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana

A collection of bomblets and other unexploded ordnance is ready for detonation in this 1992 photo. Addressing the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the more than 2.2 million tons of bombs

No reasons that can justify their use

Peace

Ukraine + 2 more

09/12/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

No reasons that can justify their use

Children play in the kindergarten operated by MCC partner Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp next to Bethlehem.

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

Peace, Education

Palestine and Israel

09/08/2023

Story

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

A group in colourful pants sit on a brick wall.

A Fresh Vision

Peace

Colombia

09/06/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Apartment building under construction with exposed steel beams and concrete

When new housing makes the housing crisis worse

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Peace

Ontario

09/05/2023

When new housing makes the housing crisis worse

Caridad Rodríguez Gonzalez received an MCC relief kit through MCC partner CCRD (Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo, Christian Center for Reflection and Dialogue) after Hurricane Ian, which she

We are all the hands and feet

Disaster response

Cuba

08/28/2023

Story

We are all the hands and feet

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