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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
Impact report
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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
Impact report
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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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![Rebecca Amok Marial, student at Saint Mary’s Primary School in South Sudan, holds her MCC school kit filled with pencils, paper and other essential items she needs to learn.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/RS127510_SSD202304_loreto_rumbek_dl_054.jpg.webp?itok=U8dON2dA)
Education impact report - Winter 2024
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Education
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South Sudan + 1 more
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Goatcast
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Lebanon
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Podcast/audio
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Goats galore and more
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Lebanon + 5 more
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Publication
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![A woman in a purple hijab looks at the chicken section in a grocery store](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/chicken_photo_-_fred_approved.jpg.webp?itok=GVvVg-nA)
Amid economic disaster in Lebanon
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Disaster response
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Lebanon
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![Apartment buildings destroyed from Beruit explosion.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs110050_img_9211.jpg.webp?itok=WXY5E7PX)
Beirut explosion: one year later
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Disaster response
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Lebanon
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Story
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The view from my window
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Health
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Lebanon + 6 more
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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