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.

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 woman holding an infant receiving a vaccine

Giving babies a fair shot

South Sudan

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

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Germaine Kambundi, a widow and mother of five children, shows the walking path she and her children needed to use to collect water from a contaminated spring.

What the gift of clean water brings

Water

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

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Displaced people working in the fields of Kanzombi, a section of Kikwit, cheer Jacqueline Kafuti, who holds bunches of cassava leaves.

First person: Jacqueline Kafuti

Migration and Refugees

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

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Goats galore and more

Lebanon + 5 more

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

Read more about Goats galore and more |

Old red car parked in front of block of residences.

A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace

Cuba + 2 more

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Oct 2023

Story

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Read more about A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy | Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

An old yellow car is parked outside of a dated gas station.

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace,
Disaster response

Cuba

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Oct 2023

Story

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Read more about Cuba: A case study on sanctions | Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

sage and other herbs grow in a raised bed

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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Read more about Beyond raised beds | Learn more about MCC Summer Service

A man in a high-visibility vest stand in front of a warehouse full of boxes

Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop

Migration and Refugees

Canada

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Sep 2023

Story

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group of young adults outside in front of mountains Colorado

Leadership development through Summer Service

Learn about Summer Service

Great Lakes + 1 more

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Sep 2023

Story

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165 stories

sage and other herbs grow in a raised bed

Beyond raised beds

Learn more about MCC Summer Service

Climate Change

New York + 1 more

10/02/2023

Story

Beyond raised beds

Old red car parked in front of block of residences.

A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace

Cuba + 2 more

10/02/2023

Story

A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy

An old yellow car is parked outside of a dated gas station.

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace, Disaster response

Cuba

10/02/2023

Story

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A man in a high-visibility vest stand in front of a warehouse full of boxes

Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop

Migration and Refugees

Canada

09/29/2023

Story

Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop

group of young adults outside in front of mountains Colorado

Leadership development through Summer Service

Learn about Summer Service

Great Lakes + 1 more

09/28/2023

Story

Leadership development through Summer Service

selfie of girl in clown costume

Second chances

Education

Palestine and Israel

09/21/2023

Story

a team of cyclists

MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023

See who's participating

Alberta

09/15/2023

Story

MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023

Children play in the kindergarten operated by MCC partner Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp next to Bethlehem.

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

Peace, Education

Palestine and Israel

09/08/2023

Story

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

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

We are all the hands and feet

Disaster response

Cuba

08/28/2023

Story

We are all the hands and feet

A group of young adults gather for a photo.

Peace for the Weary

Peace

New York

08/18/2023

Story

Peace for the Weary

child and adult working in garden

If we change policies but not our hearts, will it make a difference?

Poverty Reduction

Ontario

08/10/2023

Story

If we change policies but not our hearts, will it make a difference?

A portrait of a woman in blue

Beyond Trauma Care

Health

Kentucky + 1 more

07/31/2023

Story

Beyond Trauma Care

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