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.

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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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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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

News

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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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15 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

A group of young adults gather for a photo.

Peace for the Weary

Peace

New York

08/18/2023

Story

Peace for the Weary

a group of six women smile in a classroom

Women’s Global Village:

Education, Peace +1 more

Pennsylvania

04/25/2023

Story

Women’s Global Village:

a group of people in the 1940s in front of a clinic in puerto rico

Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonites in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

04/03/2023

Story

Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonites in Puerto Rico

Solar panels on the roof of Gift & Thrift, an MCC Thrift shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in May 2022.

Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support

Climate Change

Virginia

06/02/2022

Story

Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support

A family of four kneal together in the sand at the beach. The ocean is behind them.

So romantic…

Migration and Refugees

Florida

04/28/2021

Story

A woman shopping in a thrift store

MCC Thrift shops

East Coast + 2 more

03/30/2021

Story

MCC Thrift shops

A number of piles of folded comforters sit on different surfaces in a warehouse.

Comforters: from creation to distribution

Disaster response

Pennsylvania

02/25/2021

Story

Comforters: from creation to distribution

This mystery building, and the adjacent land, was the site of Henrietta Dismukes Hospital and Nurses’ Home, one of the largest privately owned African American hospitals in the country.

History unveiled in Appalachia

Learn about SWAP in Appalachia

Justice and Equity

West Virginia + 1 more

02/23/2021

Story

History unveiled in Appalachia

Two women hold plates of rice over a large pot of beans cooking on an industrial sized stove

Puerto Rican-style canned meat

Disaster response

Puerto Rico

10/28/2019

Story

Puerto Rican-style canned meat

A photo of a man with his arm around a woman

When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork

Migration and Refugees

New York

04/25/2019

Story

When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork

Three women pose with a quilt

Turning stitches into love and generosity

Pennsylvania + 1 more

12/19/2018

Story

Turning stitches into love and generosity

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