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.

327 stories

Solar panels on roof of church

Churches go solar with tax credits

Urge Congress to protect clean energy tax credits

Climate Change

Kansas + 1 more

05/13/2025

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Churches go solar with tax credits

Three individuals sit closely on a stone bench, smiling and posing together. They wear casual clothing and appear relaxed.

Out of Egypt: Refugee voices from Cairo

Migration and Refugees

Egypt

05/07/2025

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Out of Egypt: Refugee voices from Cairo

two women preparing food in front of stacks of boxes

MCC responds to Myanmar earthquake amid political violence

Disaster response

Myanmar (Burma)

04/24/2025

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MCC responds to Myanmar earthquake amid political violence

Man sitting at a desk

IVEP shaped my vocational journey

Peace

Tanzania + 1 more

04/15/2025

Story

IVEP shaped my vocational journey

Group of young people standing around a Chicago sign

Stepping out in faith

Peace

Ohio

04/15/2025

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Stepping out in faith

Prison inmates sit at tables listening to someone speak

MCC U.S. and Canada release additional funding to support partners affected by government cuts

Canada

04/14/2025

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MCC U.S. and Canada release additional funding to support partners affected by government cuts

Family picture from a birthday party.

Borderless love of God

Ohio

04/11/2025

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Borderless love of God

Seed participant Lilibeth Guzmán Macea leads a lesson on Jesus' teaching on ethics and Dirk Willems' compassion for his enemy at Central Mennonite Church of Carchà in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

On serving and seeing God everywhere

Guatemala

04/11/2025

Story

On serving and seeing God everywhere

White daisies with a bee on one of the flower's yellow center

Peacemaking through native plants

Climate Change

Pennsylvania

04/10/2025

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Peacemaking through native plants

woman standing with comforter over her shoulders

Comforters keep refugee children, elderly people warm on cold Zambian nights

Disaster response

Zambia + 1 more

04/03/2025

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Comforters keep refugee children, elderly people warm on cold Zambian nights

woman with back to camera looking through a space where a wall used to be at the broken building, rubble around her at rubble

Family in Gaza returns home only to be forced out again

Disaster response

Palestine and Israel

04/01/2025

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Family in Gaza returns home only to be forced out again

A photo of dawn over mountains in Korea, there is a layer of fog at the mountaintops and soft orange and yellow light as the sun peeks through.

On Being People of the Dawn

New York

03/20/2025

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On Being People of the Dawn

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