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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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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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Education impact report - Summer 2024
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Education
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Bolivia + 1 more
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Impact report
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The newness of this life
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Migration and Refugees
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Syria + 1 more
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General impact report - Summer 2023
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Syria + 1 more
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Impact report
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![A woman holding cans of MCC canned meat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS128213_SSD202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_111-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=O2uer927)
Relief impact report - Summer 2023
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Disaster response
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Syria + 1 more
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![A young woman standing in front of an art installation](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs123081_syr2022_harmony_ra_dsc03571.jpg.webp?itok=vAXTgy6o)
Creating and coming together
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Education
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Syria
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Story
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After the earthquakes in Syria
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Disaster response
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Syria
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Story
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From Aleppo, Syria:
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Disaster response
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Syria
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Relief, Development and Podcast: MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria / Petra Antoun
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Disaster response, Earthquake
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Syria
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Podcast/audio
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![A crumbling building in Syria](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs124256_img_20230209_143502_302_1-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=hfWyDvRq)
MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria
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Disaster response
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Syria
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News
newspaper
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![Children running onto a makeshift pitch in a school yard in Colombia.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/RS118486_Photo%205-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=XDXgFkbB)
Growing in mind, body and spirit
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Education
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Colombia + 5 more
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Story
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Canning meat for the world
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Food
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Syria + 1 more
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Story
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