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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
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Food, Climate Change
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Puerto Rico
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Connecting students in Chad and Pennsylvania
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Education
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Pennsylvania + 1 more
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MCC program in Appalachia changes name
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 2 more
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Story
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![From left: Eric Bendfeldt, Mary Bendfeldt and Hulda Sharon watch an NCAA college football game at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/7049b25a-f205-4fd8-abfc-cc33d6d403ec.jpg.webp?itok=esuIzxgZ)
Old memories and new memories
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Education
Location
Virginia
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Story
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Building a roof while breaking down walls
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 3 more
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Media Type
Story
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![Children at Lindale Mennonite Church present their finished comforters.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-12/Children%20comforter_Lindale_1.jpg.webp?itok=EiNT7oAZ)
Children knot warmth and hope
Location
East Coast
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Story
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![Adonis Kodjihiti engages with students during break at Esperanza Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/Adonis%20serving%20refreshements%20for%20the%20break%20during%20classes.jpg.webp?itok=eTpDV4-E)
A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program
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Migration and Refugees, Education
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Maryland
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![David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/IMG_5904.JPG.webp?itok=Qh0lx3El)
"In the name of Christ"
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Food
Location
Pennsylvania + 1 more
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Beyond raised beds
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Climate Change
Location
New York + 1 more
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Peace for the Weary
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Peace
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New York
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Story
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Women’s Global Village:
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Education, Peace
+1 more
Location
Pennsylvania
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CCM y los Menonitas en Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico
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