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.

313 stories

A display with art, a lamp, candles and flowers. The art is a picture of a mother holding a baby.

Breaking the cycle

British Columbia

11/28/2023

Story

Breaking the cycle

People who survived Hurricanes Eta and Iota and recived supplies to rebuild their houses from CASM, Comisión de Acción Social Menonita, an MCC partner.

Loss and damages is a climate justice response

Climate Change

Canada + 5 more

11/24/2023

Story

Loss and damages is a climate justice response

Group of IVEPers

Stories of cultural exploration in the U.S.

United States

11/14/2023

Story

Stories of cultural exploration in the U.S.

sunshine shimmering through trees

Why Christians make good climate actors

Climate Change

United States + 1 more

11/14/2023

Story

Why Christians make good climate actors

Adonis Kodjihiti engages with students during break at Esperanza Center.

A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program

Migration and Refugees, Education

Maryland

11/13/2023

Story

A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program

Jason Schmidt (IVEP Supervisor 2022-23) at his farm, Grazing Plains Farm, in Whitewater, Kansas.

Cultivating friendship and community

Food

Kansas

11/13/2023

Story

Cultivating friendship and community

Daisy Toews, Cadence Miller, Keilana Miller, Rod Miller and Melanie Miller visit Niagara Falls

A journey of mutual enrichment and community support

Peace

Ohio

11/13/2023

Story

A journey of mutual enrichment and community support

Sign in window that says FOR RENT

Six ways to solve homelessness (and a few ways to make it worse).

Canada

11/10/2023

Story

Six ways to solve homelessness (and a few ways to make it worse).

Drawn picture of a tree with green pasted leaf cutouts

Planting New Seeds

Education

California + 1 more

11/10/2023

Story

Planting New Seeds

A bridge that crosses a dam

"That grief that never goes away"

Climate Change

Canada + 1 more

11/07/2023

Story

"That grief that never goes away"

Incarcerated men gather in semi circle sitting at tables.

Witnessing the seeds of peace blossom

Peace

Zambia + 2 more

11/06/2023

Story

Witnessing the seeds of peace blossom

David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.

"In the name of Christ"

Food

Pennsylvania + 1 more

11/06/2023

Story

"In the name of Christ"

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