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

77 stories

Candrer Chasombwa inspects a beehive at the youth beekeepers' group's apiary in Samende village

How beehives help communities thrive

Food, Climate Change

Zimbabwe

10/06/2025

Publication

How beehives help communities thrive

Strawberries from Puja’s farm in Kerabari Rural Municipality-3 in Morang, Nepal on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Puja sells strawberries in the nearby market

Puja’s plentiful patch

Food

Nepal

10/01/2025

Story

Puja’s plentiful patch

A can of meat makes its way along a conveyor belt at the meat cannery.

Made Right Here: MCC's Meat Cannery Feeding Families Worldwide

Food

Ontario

09/24/2025

News

Made Right Here: MCC's Meat Cannery Feeding Families Worldwide

Ishwor Man Magar with his son Funcha Magar (15 months) in Kerabari Rural Municipality-3 in Morang, Nepal on Saturday, April 20, 2024. He lives with his son, wife, and parents.

Homegrown climate action in Nepal

Climate Change, Food

Nepal + 1 more

08/11/2025

Story

Homegrown climate action in Nepal

A woman from South Sudan named Martha squats in an open area next to a food distribution. She's holding food she recently received.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank impact report - Summer 2025

Food

South Sudan + 1 more

08/01/2025

Impact report

Canadian Foodgrains Bank impact report - Summer 2025

Parma Bardaset, a farmer from Bhutadi, India smiles as he stands in front of bean plants he grew in his kitchen garden.

Food impact report - Summer 2025

Food

India + 1 more

08/01/2025

Impact report

Food impact report - Summer 2025

Zim family - horizontal - drought 2024

Emergency food helps families survive drought

Food

Zimbabwe + 1 more

07/16/2025

Story

Emergency food helps families survive drought

A pyramid of cans starts to grow at Bethesda Mennonite Church during a VBS fundraiser. Each can represented funds raised for one MCC food basket.

When generosity stacks up

Food

Nebraska

07/01/2025

Story

When generosity stacks up

An elderly woman stands beside a wooden fence in a rural setting, wearing a patterned top and a head covering, with trees in the background.

Farmers helping farmers in Zimbabwe

Climate Change, Drought +1 more

Zimbabwe

04/23/2025

Publication

Farmers helping farmers in Zimbabwe

June 2021 distribution of emergency relief items, including maize flour, beans, vegetable oil, salt, blankets, pots, plates and cups, to families in the Buhene and Bugeregere communities in Goma, Demo

MCC Canada awarded $4.7 million grant for humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Food

Democratic Republic of the Congo

04/10/2025

News

MCC Canada awarded $4.7 million grant for humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MCC partner Al-Najd Developmental Forum delivered 930 food parcels to the Holy Family Church in Gaza which were distributed on August 13–14, 2024.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2025

Food

Palestine and Israel + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2025

Sangita Soren (30) stands with her crops at her farm in Jahada Rural Municipality-5, Morang, Nepal. She got seasonal and off seasonal vegetable farming training from SAHAS.

Food impact report - Winter 2025

Food

Nepal + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Food impact report - Winter 2025

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