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Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.
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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.
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A refuge in Cairo
- Migration and Refugees
Egypt
May 2025
Publication
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Out of Egypt: refugee voices from Cairo
- Migration and Refugees
Egypt
May 2025
Story
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First person: Asim*
- Migration and Refugees
Egypt
May 2025
Publication
book
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A mother’s persistence
- Poverty Reduction
Bangladesh
Apr 2025
Publication
book
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A maker mother’s journey
- Poverty Reduction
Bangladesh
Apr 2025
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Sustainable livelihoods for women create generational change in Bangladesh
Watch now- Poverty Reduction
Bangladesh
Apr 2025
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Sur un terrain instable
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Climate Change, Food
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Bolivia
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Des pertes incalculables
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Disaster response
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Ukraine
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Story
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Forced from home but still learning
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Education, Migration and Refugees
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Egypt
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Story
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Peace and chocolate
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Peace, Food
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Colombia
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Story
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Staff insight: To everything there is a season
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United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Participant insight: Learning through service and grief
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United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Host insight: Our adopted family of IVEPers
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United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Partner insight: Our IVEPer really got in the mix
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United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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Alumni insight: God's plans to prosper
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United States
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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The pitfalls of hydropower as a “clean” energy source
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Indigenous Neighbors
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Manitoba
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Story
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Relief, Development and Podcast: Imagining better futures / Sibonokuhle Ncube on climate change and faith
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Climate Change
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Zimbabwe
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Podcast/audio
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On shaky ground
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Climate Change, Food
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Bolivia
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Story
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