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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
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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
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![Volunteers* with All Ukrainian Platform for the Improvement of Society (KECB), an MCC partner in Ukraine, help distribute much-needed humanitarian assistance in a village in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, i](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/DSC02545.jpg.webp?itok=QDZrBMzt)
MCC's work in Ukraine continues after two years of conflict
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Conflict
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Ukraine
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Story
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![Recipients* display their MCC comforters. MCC partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine (AMBCU) distributed MCC humanitarian assistance to socially and economically vulnerable peop](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/viber_image_2023-10-11_16-47-03-002.jpg.webp?itok=OBsas85X)
Kindness in every twist of thread
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Conflict
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Ukraine
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Story
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![Mary Nyashin Tsief (70) stands in front of her home in Rubkona camp for people displaced by flooding and violent conflict. She is accompanied by her two grandchildren, Nyamen Iuok Ram (age 5) and Nyawich Iuok Ram (age 3), who live in a tent adjacent to hers.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/20231025-DSCF3366.jpg.webp?itok=CnPEuC1V)
Food impact report - Winter 2024
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Food
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![A headshot of Maria Dolores Perez Paez of Cuba in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/RS126428_IMG_5636-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=OHLt6P5Q)
Relief impact report - Winter 2024
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Disaster response
Location
Cuba + 1 more
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Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![Picture of Amida Yunis James, student at Rumbek Comboni Primary School, holds her new dignity kit and school kit she just recieved.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/MediaSpace_SouthSudan_Resouce%20ID%20129093.jpg.webp?itok=owcLPRNq)
Material resources impact report - Winter 2024
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Health
Location
South Sudan + 2 more
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Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![Two women standing with three children looking at a horse and goat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS125609_23-AMBCU-1%20hippotherapy%20and%20rehabilitation%20for%20children_HiRes%20%281%29-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=bc0lqqhv)
Addressing the emotional pain of war
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Health
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Publication
book
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![A woman smiling standing with her hand resting on a horse](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-12/RS130805_Margaryta%27s%20photo-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=ewVMslPK)
First person: Margaryta
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Health
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Two boys holding cobs of corn](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS130850_IMG_0029-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=cQ6dwRZU)
Faith-based peace in an age of tumult
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Peace
Location
Canada + 4 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A collection of bomblets and other unexploded ordnance is ready for detonation in this 1992 photo. Addressing the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the more than 2.2 million tons of bombs](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/LAO1992_uxo_jk003.jpg.webp?itok=OVYSc2AZ)
No reasons that can justify their use
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Peace
Location
Ukraine + 2 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Unloading food from a truck in Zimbabwe](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%288%29.png.webp?itok=2nXIGHzG)
Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington
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Food
Location
Ukraine
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Podcast/audio
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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
Location
Syria + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
summarize
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![A woman standing for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs123273_ukr2022_blaho_el_2k3a8341.jpg.webp?itok=y4DFY01l)
First person: Eleonora
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Disaster response, Education
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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