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These featured stories highlight partners and communities that inspire, inform and drive meaningful change across the globe.
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![Two people sit facing each other, mirroring body language of hands pressed together in a Nepalese greeting.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/377874774_712420904260885_745544933749777228_n.jpg)
A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Incarcerated men gather in semi circle sitting at tables.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS112500_Jason%20at%20Workshop.jpeg.webp?itok=eS5fhzGY)
Witnessing the seeds of peace blossom
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Peace
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Zambia + 2 more
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![child and adult working in garden](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2817%29.png.webp?itok=bCYZyu0D)
If we change policies but not our hearts, will it make a difference?
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Poverty Reduction
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Ontario
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![Four women working in a kitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/dsc04714a_small.jpeg.webp?itok=yLCHXDUX)
The Raw Carrot at MCC is celebrating five years!
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Poverty Reduction
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Ontario
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![A man and woman planting a tree in front of an MCC sign](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs114606_img_6518a-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=Dtw0uURV)
One thousand, one hundred
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Peace
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Ontario
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![A group of people stand facing the camera in a backyard with a table of treats in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img85261.jpg.webp?itok=x9a6u_vx)
"Far from perfect, but so worth it."
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Migration and Refugees
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Ontario
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![women standing beside painting from Memduh Kuzay](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/margie1.jpg.webp?itok=SZIixPgS)
Art for Peace
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Peace
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Ontario
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![White tractor trailer truck with modified trailer attached](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs93153_canner2_1.jpg.webp?itok=RiEsft28)
Together, we can!
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Disaster response
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Ontario
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![People looking at a hanging quilt](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc08845.jpg.webp?itok=42QmLLUL)
"It has to be perfect."
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Disaster response
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Ontario
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![An older mother and son sit next to each other. The son is looking at the camera. The mother is looking at the son.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/ken_and_mariko2.jpg.webp?itok=8a_jQQ5l)
Generations of generosity, a family legacy
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Ontario
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![Woman with short silver hair and glasses stands behind a tray of boots and shoes. In the background is a warehouse with clothing and other items.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/dsc08527a.jpg.webp?itok=yicBnxdp)
Standing by for peace
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Justice and Equity
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Ontario
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![Woman with blue and white dress holds a refurbished lamp.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc05266.jpg.webp?itok=nkXcNC77)
Reclaiming Beauty
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Poverty Reduction
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Ontario
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Story
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![A woman with short, dark hair and a black shirt sits on a leather couch in her living room.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc025083.jpg.webp?itok=zoHpHj32)
“We welcomed them; now they welcome us.”
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Migration and Refugees
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Ontario
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Pagination
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