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Overcoming obstacles
- Conflict
Palestine and Israel
Jul 2024
Story
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![A group of smiling young adults stand posed while wrapped in flags from various nations.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Group%20-%20flags_1.jpg)
A season of growing and learning
United States + 1 more
Jul 2024
Story
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![An MCC staff member observes workers packing emergency food packages in Amman, Jordan.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/podcast%20thumbnail.jpg)
Behind-the-scenes with emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
Palestine and Israel + 5 more
Jul 2024
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A portrait of two-year-old Basthian Raul Alborta Rodriguez makes a game of rolling a tire at Samuelito Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia](/sites/default/files/2024-06/RS132619_2022_0113_07493600.jpg)
Education impact report - Summer 2024
- Education
Bolivia + 1 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
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![Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS135147_PSE20240323_gaza_dist_al_016.jpeg)
Relief impact report - Summer 2024
- Disaster response
Palestine and Israel + 1 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
summarize
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![Nyiranshuti Atanaziya speaks with MCC staff at Zambia's Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/RS132829_Copy%20of%20IMG_2445_hpr.jpg)
Material resources impact report - Summer 2024
Zambia + 2 more
Jul 2024
Impact report
summarize
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Statement on MCC’s Historical Entanglements with National Socialism
Location
Canada + 1 more
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News
newspaper
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![An older woman in a floral shirt stands in front of a wall of thrift shop donations](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/RS118048_IMG_8740-lpr.JPG.webp?itok=dIlf5EeY)
Pricing for a purpose: One volunteer’s story
Location
Manitoba
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A Bolivian man wearing a blue jacket and a white hat that covers his ears. Mountains are in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/webinar_1.png.webp?itok=Cs9H_skD)
Gardening for good
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Food, Climate Change
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Webinar
computer
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![A Bolivian woman in a blue cardigan with a blanket draped on her hair stands in a cow pasture on a mountainside. There is a cow in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115837_img_1571-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=vGjUTpD6)
Reclaiming an old tradition to meet a new challenge
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Climate Change, Food
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A man in a blue sweater vest and a cap stands in a garden on the mountainside of Bolivia](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs115748_img_1326-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=NKSRNe2T)
How it works
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Climate Change, Water
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Story
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![A woman with short, dark hair and a black shirt sits on a leather couch in her living room.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/dsc025083.jpg.webp?itok=zoHpHj32)
“We welcomed them; now they welcome us.”
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![pair of beaded earrings](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-09/MCC%20-44.jpeg.webp?itok=4pFdCnFE)
Relief, Development and Podcast: Pressure on top of pressure in Haiti / Conversation with Rony and Naomi, MCC staff in Haiti
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Climate Change
Location
Haiti
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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![A large group of people in coats and winter hats gather around a table and eat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs116368_uman-30_big.jpg.webp?itok=mkfQ1XAg)
Loss that cannot be counted
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Disaster response
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Story
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![An Amish buggy that has been painted with a mural](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/side_1_and_back_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=Ti7UBzpZ)
The Landed Buggy
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![Indigenous Neighbours icon](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Indigenous_Neighbours_Icon_Teal_Circle-50x50.png)
Indigenous Neighbors
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A Bolivian man in a white stocking hat](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/first_person-gabriel_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=NIR_AdNH)
First person: Gabriel Acarapi Chuca
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Climate Change, Water
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Through his facial expression, the portrait represents hope, dignity, joy, and courage. The eagle represents Omar's guidance and strength (Isaiah 40:31); they face the same direction to represent migration.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/victoromarmccart.jpg.webp?itok=Iz95p7Uj)
Bearing undeniable dignity
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Migration and Refugees
Location
Arizona
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman* in a village recovered from Russian military control in Ukraine's Kherson region displays the MCC relief kit she received from MCC partner Charitable Foundation Uman Help Center (Uman Help Ce](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/8S4A8743.jpg.webp?itok=nbnjc571)
Special Issue: Russian military invasion of Ukraine
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Peace
Location
Ukraine
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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