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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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![Children sitting in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs123309_ukr2022_blaho_el_2k3a8473-denoise.jpg.webp?itok=nLwcfMVO)
Carrying on in Ukraine
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Disaster response, Education
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Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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![A group of children playing with clay](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs124426_group_large_file%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=Uw2lVXKC)
Children's war stories
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Disaster response, Education
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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![A man and woman sitting in a shelter](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/ambcu_-_ihor_and_natalia.jpg.webp?itok=dwwY5WPV)
Mennonite Brethren church responds to needs in Ukraine
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
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![A group of people in a shelter](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/2k3a8536.jpg.webp?itok=aFEGZpo_)
Through the conflict, life carries on
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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![Residents living in a shelter on the second floor of a former hospital in Mukachevo, Ukraine, attend a meeting. Margaryta (right), whose full name is withheld for security reasons, is an AMBCU volunte](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/UKR2022__ambc_el_2k3a8536.jpg.webp?itok=lKLcL0Yp)
Relief, development and podcast: Audio diaries from Ukraine / Emily Loewen
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Podcast/audio
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![A photo of a colorful quilt made with squares and triangles.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/story-header-image.jpg.webp?itok=dJxaAJoZ)
The gift of warmth through a needle and thread
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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![A group of people receiving cans of meat in Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS119265_UMAN%20-%20canned%20meat%20for%20cooks%20Ludmila%20and%20Valentina%20in%20Yahidne%20village_lpr%20%281%29.JPG.webp?itok=62W4rTC0)
Care and peace in a time of war
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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Relief, development and podcast: Making decisions day by day / Checking in with partner in Ukraine
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Podcast/audio
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Responding to crisis and conflict in Ukraine
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Conflict
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Ukraine
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Media Type
Video story
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![An unexploded rocket in a rose garden in Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118973_ukr2022_widows_nadia_014-scr.jpg.webp?itok=ZszdDNi1)
Rockets, rosebushes and relief
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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Relief, Development and Podcast: Emergency supplies arrive in Ukraine / MCC staff Nadiya*
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A large group of people in coats and winter hats gather around a table and eat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs116368_uman-30_big.jpg.webp?itok=mkfQ1XAg)
Des pertes incalculables
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
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Media Type
Story
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