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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.

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

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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

Read more about Giving babies a fair shot |

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

Read more about What the gift of clean water brings |

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

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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

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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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Read more about Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop |

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

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Read more about Leadership development through Summer Service | Learn about Summer Service

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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

10/03/2023

Publication

What the gift of clean water brings

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

10/03/2023

Publication

First person: Jacqueline Kafuti

A woman holding an infant receiving a vaccine

Giving babies a fair shot

South Sudan

10/03/2023

Publication

Giving babies a fair shot

Goats galore and more

Lebanon + 5 more

10/03/2023

Publication

Goats galore and more

sage and other herbs grow in a raised bed

Beyond raised beds

Learn more about MCC Summer Service

Climate Change

New York + 1 more

10/02/2023

Story

Beyond raised beds

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

10/02/2023

Story

A peaceful alternative? Examining U.S. sanctions policy

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 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

09/29/2023

Story

Finding new life at the Winnipeg Thrift shop

group of young adults outside in front of mountains Colorado

Leadership development through Summer Service

Learn about Summer Service

Great Lakes + 1 more

09/28/2023

Story

Leadership development through Summer Service

girl holds dignity kit

Keeping girls in school with dignity kits in South Sudan

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Education, Health

South Sudan

09/26/2023

Video story

Keeping girls in school with dignity kits in South Sudan

Rebecca Murereki holds an empty pail on her head that she uses to carry cow dung to her biodigester.

Mennonite Central Committee receives up to $15 million in funding for climate change work

Climate Change

Zimbabwe

09/25/2023

News

Mennonite Central Committee receives up to $15 million in funding for climate change work

selfie of girl in clown costume

Second chances

Education

Palestine and Israel

09/21/2023

Story

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