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Overcoming obstacles
- Conflict
Palestine and Israel
Jul 2024
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![A group of smiling young adults stand posed while wrapped in flags from various nations.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Group%20-%20flags_1.jpg)
A season of growing and learning
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
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![An MCC staff member observes workers packing emergency food packages in Amman, Jordan.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/podcast%20thumbnail.jpg)
Behind-the-scenes with emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
Palestine and Israel + 5 more
Jul 2024
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![A portrait of two-year-old Basthian Raul Alborta Rodriguez makes a game of rolling a tire at Samuelito Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia](/sites/default/files/2024-06/RS132619_2022_0113_07493600.jpg)
Education impact report - Summer 2024
- Education
Bolivia + 1 more
Jul 2024
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg)
Relief impact report - Summer 2024
- Disaster response
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Jul 2024
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![Nyiranshuti Atanaziya speaks with MCC staff at Zambia's Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS132829_Copy%20of%20IMG_2445_hpr.jpg)
Material resources impact report - Summer 2024
Zambia + 2 more
Jul 2024
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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
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Cuba + 1 more
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Cuba: A case study on sanctions
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Peace, Disaster response
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Cuba
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A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy
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Peace
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Cuba + 2 more
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![Caridad Rodríguez Gonzalez received an MCC relief kit through MCC partner CCRD (Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo, Christian Center for Reflection and Dialogue) after Hurricane Ian, which she](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_5721.jpg.webp?itok=XfPiu0L0)
We are all the hands and feet
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Disaster response
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Cuba
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MCC sends food and relief to Cubans in crisis
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Cuba
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