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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
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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
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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
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![Nyiranshuti Atanaziya speaks with MCC staff at Zambia's Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS132829_Copy%20of%20IMG_2445_hpr.jpg.webp?itok=BIZo4Trn)
Material resources impact report - Summer 2024
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Zambia + 2 more
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Impact report
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![Family of eight stand with an IVEP participant in front of a Christmas tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Zimmerman%20family%20with%20Innocent.jpg.webp?itok=w__lv30f)
The nudge
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United States + 1 more
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Comforters, Corrections and Compassion
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Peace
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Zambia + 1 more
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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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![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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Seed participants answer "What is peace?"
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Peace
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Zambia
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![Zebron Mwale holds his badge to signify his Peace Club membership in April 2021. Mwale joined a Peace Club program while serving his sentence in a Zambian prison. He credits Peace Clubs with changing](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/peace%20club%20badge%20%283%29.jpg.webp?itok=aczweWrk)
Peace behind prison bars
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Peace
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Zambia
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![Bill Siemens volunteers two days a week at the MCC Saskatchewan Centre in Saskatoon, cutting up old jeans and weaving the strips of fabric into small rugs that are sold to support MCC programs. The 70](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/SK2011_05mrc_cb0159.JPG.webp?itok=yCkV3lAE)
Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry
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Peace, Food
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Syria + 3 more
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![A group of Zambian correctional officers pose for a photo with visitors from Canada.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc_0052.jpg.webp?itok=hakknQZB)
A culture of peace
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Peace
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Zambia
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