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Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

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See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

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

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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

From left: Shova Beshra (33), Kalpana Kumari Marandi(30) and Chanmuni Tudu Satar (31) are showing fish before taking them to the local farmers’ market at Santhal Tole, Jahada Rural Municipality- 5,

Boosting income and voices

Food

Nepal

12/30/2024

Publication

Boosting income and voices

Rajendra Sah (31), a staff of SAHAS is in Jahada Rural Municipality-5, Morang, Nepal on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Rajendra was a formar participant of VTP, now he gives training to other participants.

First person: Rajendra Sah

Education, Food

Nepal

12/30/2024

Publication

First person: Rajendra Sah

Members of a farmer field school in Rwanda’s Burera District greet staff from MCC, Peace and Durable Development (PDD) and Peace and Development Network (PDN) with song and dance.

Cultivating peace through food security

Climate Change, Food

Rwanda

12/20/2024

Story

Cultivating peace through food security

Andy Arthur with Sam Eibu Okiror

Notes from Uganda

Volunteer with MCC Thrift

Peace, Education +1 more

Uganda + 2 more

11/01/2024

Story

Notes from Uganda

Garden coordinator of a community garden in Caguas, Puerto Rico, give a tour of the garden.

"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"

Food, Climate Change

Puerto Rico

08/01/2024

"Creating an ecosystem of encounter"

man in hard hat stands in front of a wall of steel studs under construction

If you build it, we will Can

Food

Ontario

07/29/2024

Story

If you build it, we will Can

Rudi Niessen, warehouse manager at the MCC East Coast Material Resources Center (MRC) in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, loads a container of relief supplies destined for Gaza.

Overcoming obstacles

Disaster response, Conflict +1 more

Palestine and Israel

07/26/2024

Story

Overcoming obstacles

Taslima Khatun at her floating garden with plants growing in a hanging garden along the shore. She can harvest all year round and her garden is safe from floods. Project implemented by MPUS and funded by MCC. Bogura, Bangladesh.

Food impact report - Summer 2024

Food

Bangladesh + 1 more

07/17/2024

Impact report

Food impact report - Summer 2024

Md. Kabir Hossain (31) is collecting pesticide-free olives from his house lot gardens, which will be sold at freestanding displays in Bogura stores, known as super shops.

Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment

Food

Bangladesh

06/27/2024

Story

Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment

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