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A journey of service with Mennonite Central Committee
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
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Your impact in Ontario - Summer 2024
Ontario
Jul 2024
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"Put a little love in your yard"
- Peace
North Carolina
Jul 2024
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![Ko’ona Saber, Kerry Saner-Harvey and Jonathan Neufeld sitting together on a bench](/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240614%20-%20Threads%20Healing%20Forest.jpg)
Threads – Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties, shows Indigenous reparations in action.
Share the Gifts: Honour the Treaties websiteManitoba
Jul 2024
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Seeking Christ
- Education
Cambodia
Jul 2024
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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
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United States + 1 more
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Freely you have received; freely give
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United States + 2 more
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MCC responds to disastrous floods in Burundi with local partners
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Disaster response
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Burundi
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MCC statement in response to open letter and petition
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Canada + 1 more
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News
newspaper
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The path to peace
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) + 2 more
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Story
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A reconciliation-centered foreign policy
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) + 2 more
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What does peace need to thrive?
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Peace
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Colombia
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One letter and an advocacy win? Is that possible?
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Poverty Reduction
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Canada
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Story
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![Graphic of green leaves with words Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and Planet](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-06/TendingTomorrow_600x600.jpg.webp?itok=BpOg0Cy0)
Ep 26 - Tending Tomorrow with Leah-Reesor-Keller
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Climate Change
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Ontario
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Podcast/audio
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Threads – Seek program unites young adults in culture and faith in Cambodia
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Manitoba + 1 more
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Connecting students in Chad and Pennsylvania
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Education
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Pennsylvania + 1 more
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Story
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A place to call home
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Alberta
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