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.

Featured stories

Stories bring our work to life.

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

Lean in and read personal accounts of resilience and hope.

A ruined building

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

Disaster response

Malawi

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Sep 2023

News

newspaper

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A young woman speaks a room full of adults

“When we love, everything blooms”

Bolivia

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Sep 2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

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A man and woman standing in front of a city skyline

Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property

Canada + 1 more

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Sep 2023

News

newspaper

Read more about Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property |

a team of cyclists

MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023

See who's participating

Alberta

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Sep 2023

Story

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Read more about MCC Alberta's GO!100 2023 | See who's participating

signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.

Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana

Indigenous Neighbors

Indiana + 1 more

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Sep 2023

News

newspaper

Read more about Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana |

A collection of bomblets and other unexploded ordnance is ready for detonation in this 1992 photo. Addressing the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the more than 2.2 million tons of bombs

No reasons that can justify their use

Peace

Ukraine + 2 more

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Sep 2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Read more about No reasons that can justify their use |

Children play in the kindergarten operated by MCC partner Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp next to Bethlehem.

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

Peace,
Education

Palestine and Israel

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Sep 2023

Story

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A group in colourful pants sit on a brick wall.

A Fresh Vision

Peace

Colombia

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Sep 2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Read more about A Fresh Vision |

Apartment building under construction with exposed steel beams and concrete

When new housing makes the housing crisis worse

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Peace

Ontario

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Sep 2023

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59 stories

A ruined building

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

Disaster response

Malawi

09/18/2023

News

MCC renews its response to Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi

Caridad Rodríguez Gonzalez received an MCC relief kit through MCC partner CCRD (Centro Cristiano de Reflexión y Diálogo, Christian Center for Reflection and Dialogue) after Hurricane Ian, which she

We are all the hands and feet

Disaster response

Cuba

08/28/2023

Story

We are all the hands and feet

A woman holding cans of MCC canned meat

Relief impact report - Summer 2023

Donate today

Disaster response

Syria + 1 more

07/04/2023

Impact report

Relief impact report - Summer 2023

Fence in El Salvador

Relief, Development and Podcast: State of Exception in El Salvador

Conflict

El Salvador

05/18/2023

Podcast/audio

Relief, Development and Podcast: State of Exception in El Salvador

A collapsed building in Syria

After the earthquakes in Syria

Disaster response

Syria

05/03/2023

Story

After the earthquakes in Syria

A woman standing for a photo

First person: Eleonora

Disaster response, Education

Ukraine

05/03/2023

Story

First person: Eleonora

Children sitting in a classroom

Carrying on in Ukraine

Disaster response, Education

Ukraine

05/03/2023

Story

Carrying on in Ukraine

pair of beaded earrings

Relief, Development and Podcast: Women's literacy in Afghanistan

Education, Conflict

Afghanistan

04/20/2023

Podcast/audio

Relief, Development and Podcast: Women's literacy in Afghanistan

A group of children playing with clay

Children's war stories

Disaster response, Education

Ukraine

04/04/2023

Story

Children's war stories

A man and woman sitting in a shelter

Mennonite Brethren church responds to needs in Ukraine

Disaster response

Ukraine

04/04/2023

Mennonite Brethren church responds to needs in Ukraine

Young boys sitting in front of a ruined building

From Aleppo, Syria:

Disaster response

Syria

03/13/2023

From Aleppo, Syria:

pair of beaded earrings

Relief, Development and Podcast: MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria / Petra Antoun

Disaster response, Earthquake

Syria

02/24/2023

Podcast/audio

Relief, Development and Podcast: MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria / Petra Antoun

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