Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

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.

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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.

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Beyond raised beds

Learn more about MCC Summer Service

Climate Change

New York + 1 more

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Oct 2023

Story

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Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop

Migration and Refugees

Canada

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Sep 2023

Story

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Leadership development through Summer Service

Learn about Summer Service

Great Lakes + 1 more

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Sep 2023

Story

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Keeping girls in school with dignity kits in South Sudan

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Education,
Health

South Sudan

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Sep 2023

Video story

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Rebecca Murereki holds an empty pail on her head that she uses to carry cow dung to her biodigester.

Mennonite Central Committee receives up to $15 million in funding for climate change work

Climate Change

Zimbabwe

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Sep 2023

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Second chances

Education

Palestine and Israel

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Sep 2023

Story

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Anne Kuria holding a Dignity Kit bucket

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

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Health,
Education

South Sudan

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Sep 2023

Podcast/audio

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A ruined building

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

Disaster response

Malawi

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Sep 2023

News

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A young woman speaks a room full of adults

“When we love, everything blooms”

Bolivia

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Sep 2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

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44 stories

Anne Kuria holding a Dignity Kit bucket

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

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Health, Education

South Sudan

09/21/2023

Podcast/audio

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

women carrying a jerrycan

Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila

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Water

Democratic Republic of the Congo

08/17/2023

Podcast/audio

Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila

Unloading food from a truck in Zimbabwe

Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington

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Food

Ukraine

08/09/2023

Podcast/audio

Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington

cyclists cycling down a road in a forest

Threads - Aug 2023 Cycles of MCC

Peace

Manitoba

08/04/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Aug 2023 Cycles of MCC

A woman sitting at a sewing machine

Threads - Jul 2023 Thrift and Peace

Peace

Manitoba

07/25/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Jul 2023 Thrift and Peace

A woman standing looking to the side

Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt

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Indigenous Neighbors

Ontario

07/20/2023

Podcast/audio

Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt

A young adult stands in front of the U.S. capital building

Telling the Palestinian story in the U.S. / Anthony Jeer

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Peace

Palestine and Israel + 1 more

06/22/2023

Podcast/audio

Telling the Palestinian story in the U.S. / Anthony Jeer

Undercurrents - Five lessons from refugee sponsorship

Migration and Refugees

Canada

06/20/2023

Podcast/audio

Undercurrents - Five lessons from refugee sponsorship

A man driving a boat

Threads - Hydro over troubled waters

Indigenous Neighbors

Manitoba

06/16/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Hydro over troubled waters

Fence in El Salvador

State of Exception in El Salvador

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Conflict

El Salvador

05/18/2023

Podcast/audio

State of Exception in El Salvador

A woman teaching a class of students at desks

Threads - May 2023 - SALT of the Earth

Education

Manitoba

05/11/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - May 2023 - SALT of the Earth

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Women's literacy in Afghanistan

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Education, Conflict

Afghanistan

04/20/2023

Podcast/audio

Women's literacy in Afghanistan

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