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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
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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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Overcoming obstacles
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Conflict
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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Behind-the-scenes with emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
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Palestine and Israel + 5 more
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Podcast/audio
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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/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg.webp?itok=-R3xZnBM)
General impact report - Summer 2024
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Palestine and Israel + 2 more
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Impact report
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Relief impact report - Summer 2024
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel + 1 more
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Impact report
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World leaders fail to act as Israeli invasion of Rafah worsens humanitarian catastrophe
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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News
newspaper
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![Refugee camp for Palestines fleeing 1967 war](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-05/RS106555_JOR1968_refugeecamp_0104_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=hLoNEGLi)
Marking 75 years of MCC in Palestine and Israel
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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Children get involved with MCC partner in Gaza to feed the hungry
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Food
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Palestine and Israel
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Food distribution in Gaza continues under famine conditions
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Story
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![Saulo Padilla standing in front of the Israel-Palestine border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS134064_20180107_133354%20%281%29_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=jNKJAdc2)
Seeking peace in Palestine and Israel through people-to-people connections
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Nonviolent resistance: Just peace in Palestine and Israel (Part 2)
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Disaster response
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Palestine and Israel
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Podcast/audio
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MCC shipment of food crosses border into Gaza
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Food
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Palestine and Israel
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Gaza: Airdrops and sea routes are no alternative to aid delivery by land
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Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel
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News
newspaper
Pagination
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