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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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MCC’s 2023-2024 meat canning season gets underway
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Disaster response
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A man handing relief supplies to a woman and two boys](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-10/2.jpeg.webp?itok=0KMuM5KB)
MCC plans relief, advocates for just peace in Palestine and Israel
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Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Rebecca Murereki holds an empty pail on her head that she uses to carry cow dung to her biodigester.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/SAW_9079.jpg.webp?itok=SoGibhYv)
Mennonite Central Committee receives up to $15 million in funding for climate change work
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Climate Change
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A ruined building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/RS130665_23.08.17%20Damaged%20housing%20in%20Mujiwa%20Village-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=kDl9fj7D)
MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi
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Disaster response
Location
Malawi
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![A man and woman standing in front of a city skyline](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/Henry%20and%20Mary%20Rempel_MCC%20legacy%20gift_0.jpg.webp?itok=I09c_AwV)
Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property
Location
Canada + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/Potawatomi-Miami%20Trail%20sign%20w%20background.jpg.webp?itok=P3u6KvFf)
Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana
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Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Indiana + 1 more
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Media Type
News
newspaper
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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
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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MCC Alberta welcomes Ryan Siemens as Executive Director
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Michelle Brenneman](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img6978acroppedwebres.jpg.webp?itok=yxLv9TOX)
MCC Ontario announces new executive director
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Peace
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Alina Bergstresser](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs126787alinabergstresser-hpr_0.jpg.webp?itok=m-5MTHVb)
Bethany Christian Schools student wins MCC essay contest
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Women learning in a school in Afghanistan](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/afghanistan_header_image.jpg.webp?itok=iV_gn8ww)
The situation in Afghanistan
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Education
Location
Afghanistan
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Allison sitting for a photo in front of a field](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/angelyn2023.jpg.webp?itok=1eC6WFl3)
"Modern Inequality" awarded top regional essay contest prize
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Justice and Equity, Peace
Location
South Dakota
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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