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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![Five gallon buckets packed with hygiene supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs89149_can20180525_springfest_ms0067.jpg.webp?itok=LWPZKMxy)
Moving the needle
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Disaster response
Location
Manitoba
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Media Type
Story
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![A group of Indigenous Bolivans walk down a mountain side](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/ccdb3bb9-a94d-498b-b355-9e17b00d10a4.jpeg.webp?itok=PmyTCXlG)
Along for the ride
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Food, Water
+1 more
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Bolivia
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Story
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![Two people stand at podiums on stage](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/809ab625-17b7-4557-b941-fbd48fe7935b.jpg.webp?itok=1TdDqL9R)
Unexpected placement equips for future service
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Colombia
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Relief, development and podcast: Preventing and responding to abuse in the church / Jaymie Friesen and Val Hiebert
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Canada
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Children playing soccer/football in a school yard in Colombia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118491_photo_7_1.jpg.webp?itok=YTUv3gi7)
Making goals, building peace
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Peace
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Colombia
Date
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![Young woman sits with a group of people](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118292_photo_2022-06-22_11-04-33-scr_1.jpg.webp?itok=EjL55Ctc)
MCC Canada named top 10 by Charity Intelligence
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Piglets on a farm in Uganda](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/a-real-life-piggy-bank-01.jpg.webp?itok=tkOeImPO)
A real life piggy bank
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Food
Location
Uganda
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![An illustration of scales with a wallet on one side and a family under a roof on the other. Underneath the scale it says, "Living wage"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/je-livingwageicon-v2-1.jpeg.webp?itok=tVJ5YbRt)
Working at policy advocacy... sideways
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Ontario
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Two women, a man and child stand for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/emmanuelfamilyanddenise.jpg.webp?itok=LsAsiVww)
From participant to host, a life changing experience
Location
United States
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Seeing the value of intercultural connection
Location
United States
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Four women and a man standing in front of a house](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/keziawithhousemates.jpg.webp?itok=_8FDBMsL)
Building community with Shalom
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Headshots of five young people](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/ivepparticipants.jpeg.webp?itok=idRiol8V)
First impressions on life in the U.S.
Location
United States
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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