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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
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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
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MCC program in Appalachia changes name
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Poverty Reduction
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Great Lakes + 2 more
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Depot MCC Thrift Shops donates $1 million to MCC in 2023
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Great Lakes + 1 more
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![Charles, third from right, ice skates with the staff and children from Living Works’ after-school program.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/1e39226e-6f8e-4513-bdb3-fab4556a3eaf.jpg.webp?itok=IWOuTHc_)
Exciting, nerve-wracking, amazing, enriching
Location
Illinois + 1 more
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Story
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Building a roof while breaking down walls
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Poverty Reduction
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Great Lakes + 3 more
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Story
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![Daisy Toews, Cadence Miller, Keilana Miller, Rod Miller and Melanie Miller visit Niagara Falls](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/familypicture.png.webp?itok=FQIzI_E2)
A journey of mutual enrichment and community support
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Peace
Location
Ohio
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Story
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![group of young adults outside in front of mountains Colorado](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/group%20photo.jpg.webp?itok=82kYUJ4L)
Leadership development through Summer Service
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Great Lakes + 1 more
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Story
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Beyond Trauma Care
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Health
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Kentucky + 1 more
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Walking with newcomers
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Migration and Refugees
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Indiana
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Story
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![50 colorful comforters draped over church pews](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/comforters_on_church_benches.jpg.webp?itok=0vVBPbcU)
50 comforters project: From spreadsheets to works of art
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Disaster response
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Ohio + 1 more
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Story
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Growing passion and leadership through Summer Service
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Justice and Equity
Location
Ohio + 1 more
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![An older woman and man stand in a grassy space](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/20thanniversary-billednajilldetweilerbreckbill.jpg.webp?itok=Jn-4kXUa)
MCC Connections lives up to its name through Bill & Edna Ressler
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Ohio + 1 more
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Breaking stereotypes one quilt at a time
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Ohio
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