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.

703 stories

Johanna Sutter's photo from third grade.

Giving meaning to life

Indiana

02/25/2025

Story

Giving meaning to life

Gerry Kulp is presented with a big check from her pastors

Honoring an elder through intergenerational giving

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Pennsylvania + 2 more

02/21/2025

Story

Honoring an elder through intergenerational giving

Five-year-old Sudeyis Sherif, collects his award for standing 1st in his nursery school class from MCC staff Solomon along at the morning assembly cermony of RPC Preschool, Adama Ethiopia, March 2024.

Education impact report - Winter 2025

Education

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Education impact report - Winter 2025

Biskute Mengistu, 4th grade, left, and the newest member of the WASH Health club and Mihret Daba, 8th grade, and the leader of the WASH Health club in Ajiti Primary School in Batu, Ethiopia. March, 2024.

Water impact report - Winter 2025

Water

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Water impact report - Winter 2025

Sangita Soren (30) stands with her crops at her farm in Jahada Rural Municipality-5, Morang, Nepal. She got seasonal and off seasonal vegetable farming training from SAHAS.

Food impact report - Winter 2025

Food

Nepal + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Food impact report - Winter 2025

Atsede Tadesse, 46 years old, is a cash transfer beneficiary from Tsigereda, Gera Alta woreda in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Relief impact report - Winter 2025

Disaster response

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Relief impact report - Winter 2025

Monaliza Luel, center, and other children including Adonai Melese, left, and Melite Aregawi, right, at Daero Tekli Elementary School, hold their school supplies for a photo after receiving them in late September.

Material resources impact report - Winter 2025

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Material resources impact report - Winter 2025

MCC partner Al-Najd Developmental Forum delivered 930 food parcels to the Holy Family Church in Gaza which were distributed on August 13–14, 2024.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2025

Food

Palestine and Israel + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2025

Five-year-old Sudeyis Sherif, collects his award for standing 1st in his nursery school class from MCC staff Solomon along at the morning assembly cermony of RPC Preschool, Adama Ethiopia, March 2024.

General impact report - Winter 2025

Ethiopia + 6 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

General impact report - Winter 2025

Photo from leadership seminar.

Journeys of service

United States + 1 more

02/14/2025

Story

Journeys of service

woman facing two people with backs to the camera

MCC immigration staff in U.S. field urgent calls, questions

Migration and Refugees

United States + 2 more

02/14/2025

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MCC immigration staff in U.S. field urgent calls, questions

Jean d'Amour Iravuze, left, and Bruno Ineza Kabera read a book at the Gicumbi Children's Peace Library, operated by Transformational Leadership Center. Books are organized into categories like easy fi

Relief, Development and Podcast | Peace libraries in Rwanda

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Peace

Rwanda

02/12/2025

Podcast/audio

Relief, Development and Podcast | Peace libraries in Rwanda

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