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![Two people sit facing each other, mirroring body language of hands pressed together in a Nepalese greeting.](/sites/default/files/resource-space/377874774_712420904260885_745544933749777228_n.jpg)
A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
Podcast/audio
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
Story
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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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![Emmanuel Billay Mussamba (right) of PPR (Programme for Peace and Reconciliation), who Michael Sharp worked with, talking with Mwasa Niyon Senga, a former rebel combatant who returned to Rwanda through a peacebuilding and repatriation program Mussamba worked with.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs48584rwa150322peaceml0406-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=UVy9H788)
Courageous Congolese uncover disturbing truths
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Justice and Equity
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A portrait of a man from the DR Congo. He is wearing a suit jacket and button down shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/katho_publicity_2.png.webp?itok=ZxoMTkYx)
Author interview: Bungishabaku Katho
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United States + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A book cover that says, "Reading Jeremiah in Africa: Biblical essays in sociopolitical imagination. Bungishabaku Katho"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/bookcoverphoto2.jpg.webp?itok=hIQ8KQeC)
When nations decay, the church cannot be a passive observer
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United States + 1 more
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A book cover that says, "Reading Jeremiah in Africa: Biblical essays in sociopolitical imagination. Bungishabaku Katho"](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/bookcoverphoto2.jpg.webp?itok=hIQ8KQeC)
Extracto del libro: Lectura de Jeremías en África
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United States + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Woman and two men sit together, smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs108712_cod20200225_peace_ml2007-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=FEp-vDVO)
Women working for peace
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Peace
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Publication
book
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![A young child stands outside her hut in the DR Congo. She is wearing a yellow shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/DRC.png.webp?itok=mQ402zh5)
Hello from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Media Type
Video story
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![A woman from the DR Congo is being interviewed. She has a white shirt with a red collar.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/DRC_0.png.webp?itok=_BBRMx09)
A women's peace movement | DR Congo
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Peace
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Media Type
Video story
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![A city landscape with mountains in the distance](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/view_from_window2.jpg.webp?itok=EnQZ5Bd5)
The view from my window
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Health
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Lebanon + 6 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A family of four in the DR Congo walk together in a field. A child is on the father's shoulders laughing and eating](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/rs108161_cod20200225_agriculture_ml0275-lpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=HNV5d9Lx)
Into the next century
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Migration and Refugees
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Media Type
Story
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![Dr. Mulanda Jimmy Juma is pictured with participants of the mediation process in Democratic Republic of the Congo.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/Mulanda%20article.jpeg.webp?itok=jXvXYYBY)
How the UN worked with Congolese pastors, NGO leaders, politicians, and MCC to avert a massacre
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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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
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![Marie Jeanne Kudimuka, 65, stands outside her home.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS125558_IMG_0618.jpg.webp?itok=fk-S3W_k)
Water impact report - Summer 2024
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Water
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
Pagination
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