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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.

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

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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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A woman holding an infant receiving a vaccine

Giving babies a fair shot

South Sudan

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

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Germaine Kambundi, a widow and mother of five children, shows the walking path she and her children needed to use to collect water from a contaminated spring.

What the gift of clean water brings

Water

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

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Displaced people working in the fields of Kanzombi, a section of Kikwit, cheer Jacqueline Kafuti, who holds bunches of cassava leaves.

First person: Jacqueline Kafuti

Migration and Refugees

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

Read more about First person: Jacqueline Kafuti |

Goats galore and more

Lebanon + 5 more

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Oct 2023

Publication

book

Read more about Goats galore and more |

Old red car parked in front of block of residences.

A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace

Cuba + 2 more

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Oct 2023

Story

menu_book

Read more about A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy | Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

An old yellow car is parked outside of a dated gas station.

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace,
Disaster response

Cuba

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Oct 2023

Story

menu_book

Read more about Cuba: A case study on sanctions | Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

sage and other herbs grow in a raised bed

Beyond raised beds

Learn more about MCC Summer Service

Climate Change

New York + 1 more

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Oct 2023

Story

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Read more about Beyond raised beds | Learn more about MCC Summer Service

A man in a high-visibility vest stand in front of a warehouse full of boxes

Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop

Migration and Refugees

Canada

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Sep 2023

Story

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group of young adults outside in front of mountains Colorado

Leadership development through Summer Service

Learn about Summer Service

Great Lakes + 1 more

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Sep 2023

Story

menu_book

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60 stories

An old yellow car is parked outside of a dated gas station.

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

Learn more about U.S. advocacy campaigns.

Peace, Disaster response

Cuba

10/02/2023

Story

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

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

State of Exception in El Salvador

Listen now

Conflict

El Salvador

05/18/2023

Podcast/audio

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

Women's literacy in Afghanistan

Listen now

Education, Conflict

Afghanistan

04/20/2023

Podcast/audio

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:

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