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Our stories

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

Stories bring our work to life.

These featured stories highlight partners and communities that inspire, inform and drive meaningful change across the globe.

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135 stories
Zebron Mwale holds his badge to signify his Peace Club membership in April 2021. Mwale joined a Peace Club program while serving his sentence in a Zambian prison. He credits Peace Clubs with changing

Peace behind prison bars

Peace
Zambia
Story
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Peace behind prison bars
Woman and two men sit together, smiling.

Women working for peace

Peace
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Publication
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Women working for peace
In 2010, Mampuján community leader Juana Alicia Ruíz Hernández displays a partially completed 10-year historic quilt project in Colombia celebrating the Mampuján community's past before they were disp

A journey of bold listening

Peace, Justice and Equity
Colombia
Perspectives and Viewpoints
A journey of bold listening
A woman from the DR Congo is being interviewed. She has a white shirt with a red collar.

A women's peace movement | DR Congo

Peace
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Video story
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A women's peace movement | DR Congo
A family of six pose for a photo

IVEP host insight

Peace
United States
Perspectives and Viewpoints
IVEP host insight
A screenshot from a video of a young Syrian girl. There is next on the screen that reads, "The war in Syria has been going on for 8 years."

Child-Friendly Spaces during war

Education, Peace
Syria
Video story
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Child-Friendly Spaces during war
Several people stand close together on a blanket. They aren't wearing shoes.

In response to blockades:

Peace
Canada
Perspectives and Viewpoints
In response to blockades:
Objects like dolls, snowshoes and a pumpkin are used in the Blanket Exercise to illustrate the complexity of land issues.

"Walk with Me"

Peace, Indigenous Neighbors
Manitoba
Story
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"Walk with Me"
Two different footage side-by-side. The image on the left is man examining crops with three other men. The image on the right is the top a corn stalk.

MCC is 100

Disaster response, Peace +2 more
United States
Video story
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MCC is 100
A group of Zambian correctional officers pose for a photo with visitors from Canada.

A culture of peace

Peace
Zambia
Story
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A culture of peace

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