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.

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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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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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Leadership development through Summer Service

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Great Lakes + 1 more

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Sep 2023

Story

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Keeping girls in school with dignity kits in South Sudan

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Education,
Health

South Sudan

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Sep 2023

Video story

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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

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Sep 2023

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Second chances

Education

Palestine and Israel

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Sep 2023

Story

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Anne Kuria holding a Dignity Kit bucket

Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria

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Health,
Education

South Sudan

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Sep 2023

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A ruined building

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

Disaster response

Malawi

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Sep 2023

News

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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 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

09/12/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

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

09/08/2023

Story

Lajee Center shines a spotlight on Palestinian culture

A group in colourful pants sit on a brick wall.

A Fresh Vision

Peace

Colombia

09/06/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Apartment building under construction with exposed steel beams and concrete

When new housing makes the housing crisis worse

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Peace

Ontario

09/05/2023

When new housing makes the housing crisis worse

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

Group of people participating in the Kairos Blanket Exercise.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Indigenous Neighbors

British Columbia

08/23/2023

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

A group of young adults gather for a photo.

Peace for the Weary

Peace

New York

08/18/2023

Story

Peace for the Weary

women carrying a jerrycan

Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila

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Water

Democratic Republic of the Congo

08/17/2023

Podcast/audio

Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila

In February 2023, Cambodian IVEP and YAMEN alumni, current participants, and future participants gathered at the MCC Representatives' house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

From left, current YAMEN partic

MCC Seek program helps young adults explore faith and culture

Education, Peace

Cambodia

08/10/2023

News

MCC Seek program helps young adults explore faith and culture

child and adult working in garden

If we change policies but not our hearts, will it make a difference?

Poverty Reduction

Ontario

08/10/2023

Story

If we change policies but not our hearts, will it make a difference?

Unloading food from a truck in Zimbabwe

Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington

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Food

Ukraine

08/09/2023

Podcast/audio

Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington

cyclists cycling down a road in a forest

Threads - Aug 2023 Cycles of MCC

Peace

Manitoba

08/04/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Aug 2023 Cycles of MCC

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