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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.

Lean in and read personal accounts of resilience and hope.

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

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

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

menu_book

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

menu_book

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

407 stories

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

Listen now

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

Listen now

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

a young man sits at a picnic table outside and smiles at the camera

Right relationships through regenerative agriculture

Virginia

08/03/2023

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Right relationships through regenerative agriculture

A portrait of a woman in blue

Beyond Trauma Care

Health

Kentucky + 1 more

07/31/2023

Story

Beyond Trauma Care

A woman sitting at a sewing machine

Threads - Jul 2023 Thrift and Peace

Peace

Manitoba

07/25/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Jul 2023 Thrift and Peace

A woman standing looking to the side

Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt

Listen now

Indigenous Neighbors

Ontario

07/20/2023

Podcast/audio

Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt

A young woman carrying two buckets of water

“With this water, there is a great change.”

Water

Democratic Republic of the Congo

07/17/2023

Story

“With this water, there is a great change.”

Four women working in a kitchen

The Raw Carrot at MCC is celebrating five years!

Poverty Reduction

Ontario

07/12/2023

Story

The Raw Carrot at MCC is celebrating five years!

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