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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
headphones
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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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
menu_book
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![A woman standing in a room with a group of children sitting at a table](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-10/RS131858_YAMEN%20story%20photo-scale-4_00x.jpg.webp?itok=4kLwS1KB)
Meeting Jesus in another culture
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Education
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A young woman speaks a room full of adults](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/RS120417_213ED0BA-DB9F-432F-B443-6B87EDDE06ED_1_105_c.jpeg.webp?itok=wfqwTHfe)
“When we love, everything blooms”
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young woman sitting in the Bolivian hillside](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img-20220428-wa0003.jpg.webp?itok=R94SzqH9)
Why language matters
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Education
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A man holding a potato fruit](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/RS115825_IMG_1491_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=wseGZHRI)
A holistic approach to climate adaptation
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Climate Change
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Two people smiling for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/bolivia_0.jpg.webp?itok=P8VFQiDP)
Graphic design and cooking pave the way to emotional resiliency
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Education
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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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
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A bucket full of peaches](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115737_img_1293-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ExVZoDTN)
Sur un terrain instable
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
Date
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![A bucket full of peaches](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115737_img_1293-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ExVZoDTN)
On shaky ground
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A Bolivian woman in a blue cardigan with a blanket draped on her hair stands in a cow pasture on a mountainside. There is a cow in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115837_img_1571-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=vGjUTpD6)
Reclaiming an old tradition to meet a new challenge
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A man in a blue sweater vest and a cap stands in a garden on the mountainside of Bolivia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115748_img_1326-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=NKSRNe2T)
How it works
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Climate Change, Water
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A Bolivian man in a white stocking hat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/first_person-gabriel_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=NIR_AdNH)
First person: Gabriel Acarapi Chuca
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Climate Change, Water
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A Bolivian farmer stands with his back to the camera. He is holding onions behind is back.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115879_img_1376-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=n6uIZrvH)
Changing weather, changing lives
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Climate Change
Location
Bangladesh + 13 more
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Media Type
Publication
book
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