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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
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![A woman smiling in front of a lush forest](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS134325_Bangladesh_Fairpicture_DSC07522%20%20crop.jpg.webp?itok=mb6GwaIl)
First person: Shamima Akter
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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Children get involved with MCC partner in Gaza to feed the hungry
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Food
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Chad and Kevin Stout smiling for a photo in front of a building](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS133719_IMG_4413_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=QZjAGUL-)
Growing a legacy of service in Bangladesh
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A woman standing in a raised garden](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-03/RS133587_120_Bangladesh_Fairpicture_578_lpr%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=6-6Yp3JF)
Above the floodwaters
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Climate Change
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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Freeman Academy student wins MCC essay contest
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Peace
Location
United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![a group of participants in a vocational training session surround an engine](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/vocational%20training%201.JPG.webp?itok=pUhs8LVV)
Reflections on Christian Community Development in Rwanda
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Peace, Poverty Reduction
Location
Rwanda
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Seamstress holding child's dress](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS133420_120_Mariyum%20desplaying%20her%20dress.jpg.webp?itok=hHZY3NcH)
Stitching an income together
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Story
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![group of people in a meeting viewed through frosted glass with the words Restorative Justice on the glass](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/IMG_2157.JPG.webp?itok=jgXYH8sQ)
MCC Ontario reintegration programs closing due to funding challenges
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Restorative Justice
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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Food distribution in Gaza continues under famine conditions
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Disaster response
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![person packaging food for distribution in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/RS134102_signal-2023-12-18-074144_024.jpeg.webp?itok=ZCwi1ZZs)
'Being riskless is not always the will of God'
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Food, Peace
Location
Myanmar (Burma)
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A young man smiles for a photo with an older couple](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/Top%20photo.jpg.webp?itok=6mHZhHQo)
IVEP fosters mutual learnings
Location
Indiana + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A man taking a selfie photo while feeding a cow milk from a bottle](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-04/Top%20photo%20Misael.jpg.webp?itok=hnR37nYT)
IVEP wasn’t in my plans
Location
Ohio + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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