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.

774 stories

A man and woman standing in front of a city skyline

Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property

Canada + 1 more

09/18/2023

News

Mennonite Central Committee receives $229.6 million legacy gift of property

signage for the Potawatomi-Miami Trail marker at AMBS in Elkhart, Indiana, that will be unveiled on Sept. 29.

Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana

Indigenous Neighbors

Indiana + 1 more

09/14/2023

News

Bodéwadmi-Myaamia (Potawatomi-Miami) Trail in Elkhart County, Indiana

people gathering around a fire

Threads - Sept 2023 Kapabamayak Healing Forest

Kapabamayak Healing Forest website

Indigenous Neighbors

Manitoba

09/13/2023

Podcast/audio

Threads - Sept 2023 Kapabamayak Healing Forest

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

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

Relief, Development and Podcast | Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila

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Water

Democratic Republic of the Congo

08/17/2023

Podcast/audio

Relief, Development and Podcast | 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

Perspectives and Viewpoints

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

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