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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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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Four individuals are seated on the floor, surrounded by art supplies and colorful paper cutouts. They appear engaged in a creative activity, smiling at the camera in a room with a casual setting.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-07/RS136524_DSC_0174_lpr.JPG.webp?itok=vz01A-Qn)
Seeking Christ
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Education
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Cambodia
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Story
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![The 2024 Seek cohort in front of the Banteay Srey temple in northern Siem Reap province, Cambodia.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/The%202024%20Seek%20cohort%20in%20front%20of%20the%20Banteay%20Srey%20temple%20in%20northern%20Siem%20Reap%20province%2C%20Cambodia.JPG.webp?itok=xQeaWPYR)
Threads – Seek program unites young adults in culture and faith in Cambodia
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Podcast/audio
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![Picture of Mok Samun demonstrates how she feeds her chickens with feed that she makes herself from ingredients that she grows on her farm.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/RS130382_DSC_0358%20%281%29.JPG.webp?itok=_HJANkQV)
Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2024
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Food
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Cambodia
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Impact report
summarize
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![Two baby goats](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/RS116482_UGA20220208_agriculture_ml0008-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=NK-oCadQ)
Goats galore and more
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Lebanon + 5 more
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Publication
book
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![In February 2023, Cambodian IVEP and YAMEN alumni, current participants, and future participants gathered at the MCC Representatives' house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
From left, current YAMEN partic](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/DSC_0495%20%284%29.JPG.webp?itok=yuCh6XIL)
MCC Seek program helps young adults explore faith and culture
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Education, Peace
Location
Cambodia
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News
newspaper
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![School supplies in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/RS123904_0Z8A3223-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=clVUEMZA)
Education impact report - Summer 2023
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Education
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Palestine and Israel + 1 more
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Impact report
summarize
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![A man and two women stand with three children](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/sokfamilyandsabrina_0.jpeg.webp?itok=7E2DPgtl)
From guest to host
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Education
Location
Cambodia
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Story
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![A man and woman working in a field](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-02/RS122167_MediaSpace_Uploads-6020_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=eO6qazwy)
Climate adaptation and building peace
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Climate Change
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Cambodia
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Story
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![Two people sit on the floor in front of a projector screen. Words on the screen reads, "Introduction to women peace makers."](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/img_1127.jpg.webp?itok=08yYz1ms)
February 2023: Peace is more than a wish with some creativity
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Peace
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Cambodia + 1 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A Bolivian farmer stands with his back to the camera. He is holding onions behind is back.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115879_img_1376-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=n6uIZrvH)
Changing weather, changing lives
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Climate Change
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Bangladesh + 13 more
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Publication
book
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![A Cambodian man in a pink shirt being interviewed](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/Cambodia.png.webp?itok=rBaFxZCP)
What can you do with a loan? | Cambodia
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Food
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Cambodia
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Media Type
Video story
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![A screenshot from a video of a Cambodian man and woman holding chickens](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/sustainable.jpg.webp?itok=yBt8JXVv)
Chickens, fish and veggies – a sustainable relationship
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Food
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Cambodia
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Video story
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