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Overcoming obstacles
- Conflict
Palestine and Israel
Jul 2024
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![A group of smiling young adults stand posed while wrapped in flags from various nations.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Group%20-%20flags_1.jpg)
A season of growing and learning
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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![An MCC staff member observes workers packing emergency food packages in Amman, Jordan.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/podcast%20thumbnail.jpg)
Behind-the-scenes with emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
Palestine and Israel + 5 more
Jul 2024
Podcast/audio
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![A portrait of two-year-old Basthian Raul Alborta Rodriguez makes a game of rolling a tire at Samuelito Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia](/sites/default/files/2024-06/RS132619_2022_0113_07493600.jpg)
Education impact report - Summer 2024
- Education
Bolivia + 1 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg)
Relief impact report - Summer 2024
- Disaster response
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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![Nyiranshuti Atanaziya speaks with MCC staff at Zambia's Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS132829_Copy%20of%20IMG_2445_hpr.jpg)
Material resources impact report - Summer 2024
Zambia + 2 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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![A portrait of two-year-old Basthian Raul Alborta Rodriguez makes a game of rolling a tire at Samuelito Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/RS132619_2022_0113_07493600.jpg.webp?itok=a2lCf0-q)
Education impact report - Summer 2024
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Education
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Bolivia + 1 more
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Impact report
summarize
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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
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Story
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“When we love, everything blooms”
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Bolivia
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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
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Bolivia
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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
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Bolivia
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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
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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
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Bolivia
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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
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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
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Story
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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
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Bolivia
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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
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Story
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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
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Bolivia
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Publication
book
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