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Overcoming obstacles
- Conflict
Palestine and Israel
Jul 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Food brings 'hope' and 'promise'
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Disaster response
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Mozambique
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![A medieval city wall surrounding a city that has been damaged from bombing](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/88011_aleppo_citadel.jpg.webp?itok=ZfRpfboj)
The Syrian Peace Process
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Peace
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Syria
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![Sylvie Plante speaking at the symposium on the work of the House of Sophia with homeless women.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/55540632_2829629707077304_2515194472728363008_o_1.jpg.webp?itok=C3x2ElxV)
The House of Sophia
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Québec
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![A photo of a man with his arm around a woman](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/luissilvianymip.jpg.webp?itok=8fHrMNP5)
When love and online dating meet citizenship paperwork
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Migration and Refugees
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New York
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![A woman sits on a couch](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs97382_severns_mcc_february_2019-055.jpg.webp?itok=KTZZ5Xx7)
Reclaiming life
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Justice and Equity
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Illinois + 1 more
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![Two Indigenous Elders sit and talk with one another.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/reserve_107__0.jpg.webp?itok=eL7TpNOC)
Reserve 107
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![Indigenous Neighbours icon](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Indigenous_Neighbours_Icon_Teal_Circle-50x50.png)
Indigenous Neighbors
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Saskatchewan
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Video story
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![Three nurses in white work with a newborn baby](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/change3.jpeg.webp?itok=HdGWVTLI)
Lost in Translation
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Bangladesh
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Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A young Kenyan student stands in front of a chalkboard. She is wearing a school uniform sweater with a yellow collar.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/Kenya.png.webp?itok=ltkW2GG-)
Reusable sanitary pads help keep girls in school in Kenya
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Education, Health
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Kenya
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Video story
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![An overview perspective of a lake in northern Ontario](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/img0694.jpg.webp?itok=7V0jC9X4)
First Nations and the human right to water
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Water, Indigenous Neighbors
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Ontario
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Story
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![A portrait of a Burundi woman with a colorful scarf around her head](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/burundi_4.jpg.webp?itok=xzdFXsLW)
"We are strong now"
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Health, Education
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Burundi
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Story
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MCC supports mental health care for poorest in Haiti
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Health
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Haiti
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Story
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Rep recruitment video
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Canada
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Video story
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