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Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

Featured stories

Stories bring our work to life.

These featured stories highlight partners and communities that inspire, inform and drive meaningful change across the globe.

Lean in and read personal accounts of resilience and hope.

A group of people walk with a pail of water and an eagle staff alongside a river

"You're a small part of something wonderful"

Indigenous Neighbors

Canada

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Dec 2023

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David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.

"In the name of Christ"

Food

Pennsylvania + 1 more

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Nov 2023

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“Can you help us help?”

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Disaster response

Palestine and Israel

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Nov 2023

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Why Christians make good climate actors

Climate Change

United States + 1 more

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Nov 2023

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Mother holding her infant and smiling

Giving babies a boost

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Health

South Sudan

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Nov 2023

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Breaking the cycle

British Columbia

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Nov 2023

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A man handing relief supplies to a woman and two boys

MCC plans relief, advocates for just peace in Palestine and Israel

Palestine and Israel

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Oct 2023

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Message from Palestinian Christians

Peace

Palestine and Israel

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Nov 2023

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a series of bunk beds with MCC quilts as their bedding

Comforters, Corrections and Compassion

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Peace

Zambia + 1 more

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Nov 2023

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Two boys holding cobs of corn

Faith-based peace in an age of tumult

Peace

Canada + 4 more

11/27/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Faith-based peace in an age of tumult

A mural image of a yellow butterfly painted on a wall.

Peace in the time of yellow butterflies

Peace

Palestine and Israel + 1 more

11/20/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Peace in the time of yellow butterflies

Children playing by a river

Peace is more than a wish at the creek

Peace

Colombia

10/06/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Peace is more than a wish at the creek

A young woman speaks a room full of adults

“When we love, everything blooms”

Bolivia

09/18/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

“When we love, everything blooms”

A collection of bomblets and other unexploded ordnance is ready for detonation in this 1992 photo. Addressing the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the more than 2.2 million tons of bombs

No reasons that can justify their use

Peace

Ukraine + 2 more

09/12/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

No reasons that can justify their use

A group in colourful pants sit on a brick wall.

A Fresh Vision

Peace

Colombia

09/06/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

a young man sits at a picnic table outside and smiles at the camera

Right relationships through regenerative agriculture

Virginia

08/03/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Right relationships through regenerative agriculture

A smiling young woman in front of relief buckets.

Volunteer spotlight: Packing with a purpose

British Columbia + 1 more

06/30/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Volunteer spotlight: Packing with a purpose

Black and white illustration of flowers in the shape of the Korean peninsula

Belonging in peace

Peace

Republic of Korea (South Korea) + 1 more

06/20/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Belonging in peace

Purple petunias

Finding beauty and embracing wonder

Education, Peace

United States

06/20/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Finding beauty and embracing wonder

A woman working in a store

Embracing the unexpected

United States

06/20/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Embracing the unexpected

A woman, man child and young woman standing for a photo

Building home away from home

United States

06/20/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Building home away from home

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