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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![a group of six women smile in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img5538resized_0.jpg.webp?itok=TOBdc_Yj)
Women’s Global Village:
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Education, Peace
+1 more
Location
Pennsylvania
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A man standing in front of a border wall](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/danielpachecoflorez.jpg.webp?itok=uQ4ZHdIM)
Challenges, goals and dreams as a volunteer
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Education, Peace
+1 more
Location
New York
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman smiling for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/miriamnita.jpg.webp?itok=gkHT7Sy3)
The tenderhearted and gracious presence
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Migration and Refugees, Education
Location
Arizona
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A close-up photo of clasped hands. The photo is taken from an eagle-eye view above the person, with a dirt floor below their hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs46964_cod_150318_education_ml1088-scr_0.jpg.webp?itok=ADz6sQ7B)
Striving for reunion
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Migration and Refugees
Location
British Columbia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A group of people at an airport](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs68470elainstoryarrival2.jpg.webp?itok=BPHA0LFq)
Threads - Feb 2023 - Welcoming the stranger
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![Two women sitting on a red couch having a discussion. The woman on the left is speaking, while the woman on the right smiles and listens.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/best_photo_-_maryna_participant_and_stacy_dantsev_mcc_worker.png.webp?itok=LFSvqbZk)
From conflict to hope
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Migration and Refugees
Location
British Columbia
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![child raise hands for turn at whiteboard](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/p4t_older_preschool_with_white_board.jpg.webp?itok=fzdBiR15)
Becoming beautiful trees
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Education, Migration and Refugees
Location
Uganda
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A large pile of boxes](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/casaalitasdonations.png.webp?itok=iFsEjDr0)
A Small Gesture Goes a Long Way
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Arizona
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A group of young adults stand in front of orange cones](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs118449_img_9885-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=dslldcoo)
The next generation of peacebuilders:
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Migration and Refugees, Peace
Location
California
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A group of Sudanese students sit at their desks in a small classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/egypt_al_hajana.jpg.webp?itok=19QVYjG8)
Forced from home but still learning
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Education, Migration and Refugees
Location
Egypt
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A woman with short, dark hair and a black shirt sits on a leather couch in her living room.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc025083.jpg.webp?itok=zoHpHj32)
“We welcomed them; now they welcome us.”
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Through his facial expression, the portrait represents hope, dignity, joy, and courage. The eagle represents Omar's guidance and strength (Isaiah 40:31); they face the same direction to represent migration.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/victoromarmccart.jpg.webp?itok=Iz95p7Uj)
Bearing undeniable dignity
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Arizona
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Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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