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A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

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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

01/10/2025

Publication

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

People from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region display MCC comforters received during a distribution by MCC partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine.

The gift of warmth through a needle and thread

Disaster response

Ukraine

01/07/2025

Story

The gift of warmth through a needle and thread

sam's place participants and staff

Threads – Youth Find Space to Grow at Sam’s Place

Sam's Place Coffee Youth Program

Manitoba

01/06/2025

Podcast/audio

Threads – Youth Find Space to Grow at Sam’s Place

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

01/06/2025

Publication

Sparking change in rural Nepal

A bowl with different coloured plants in it

3 reasons I'm a bad vegetarian

Climate Change

Canada

01/02/2025

Perspectives and Viewpoints

3 reasons I'm a bad vegetarian

Two women standing in front of Christmas tree

A Warm Gathering

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Poverty Reduction

Ontario

01/02/2025

Story

A Warm Gathering

girl holding a bowl of strawberries

Cows and strawberries and young farmers in Nepal

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Climate Change

Nepal

01/01/2025

Video story

Cows and strawberries and young farmers in Nepal

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

12/30/2024

Publication

Boosting income and voices

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

12/30/2024

Publication

First person: Rajendra Sah

Members of a farmer field school in Rwanda’s Burera District greet staff from MCC, Peace and Durable Development (PDD) and Peace and Development Network (PDN) with song and dance.

Cultivating peace through food security

Climate Change, Food

Rwanda

12/20/2024

Story

Cultivating peace through food security

UN HQ Secretariat building in New York City

The United Nations is a Mission Field

New York

12/19/2024

The United Nations is a Mission Field

JPI reps Seth Malone and Sarah Funkhouser in the UN General Assembly Hall

MCC Brings Palestine and Israel Stories of Pain and Hope Alive to UN Leaders

New York

12/19/2024

MCC Brings Palestine and Israel Stories of Pain and Hope Alive to UN Leaders

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