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Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
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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
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Bangladesh
Jun 2024
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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
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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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Motivated by compassion for people in prison
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Justice and Equity
Location
United States + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Video story
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![A woman speaking to a group of people seated in a conference room](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/RS133282_20221213_112620_lpr.jpg.webp?itok=6RCD9UN_)
Learning to help migrants with trauma
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Migration and Refugees
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Cultural event dancers](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-29%20at%2011.04.07%20AM.png.webp?itok=f4p9mMpG)
Moving together for peace in Bangladesh
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Peace
Location
Bangladesh
Date
Media Type
Video story
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Sixteen leading humanitarian organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
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Peace
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![group of people stand in front of house with new metal roof](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-11/RS121102_Encienda%2017%20Peg.jpg.webp?itok=ID3-oUDW)
Building a roof while breaking down walls
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Poverty Reduction
Location
Great Lakes + 3 more
Date
Media Type
Story
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![Recipients* display their MCC comforters. MCC partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine (AMBCU) distributed MCC humanitarian assistance to socially and economically vulnerable peop](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/viber_image_2023-10-11_16-47-03-002.jpg.webp?itok=OBsas85X)
Kindness in every twist of thread
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Conflict
Location
Ukraine
Date
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Story
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![Scenes from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Rideau Canal.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/IMG_2382.jpg.webp?itok=Xr7a9pn2)
Let’s talk about climate change
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Climate Change
Location
Canada + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![A woman at her desk in an office](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-12/Janessa.jpg.webp?itok=aCru8k50)
Inaugural MCC-led course on abuse in the church provides roadmap to healthier churches
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Peace
Location
Manitoba
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Story
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Harrowing news from friends
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Conflict
Location
Palestine and Israel
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Cynthia in engineering coat smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/Websitethumbnailcynthia.jpg.webp?itok=n6NT6eTp)
Community built stoves / Tariro Cynthia Mutsindikwa
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Climate Change
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
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![Paul Quiring (left) served as MCC representative in Palestine from 1976-1978. In this photo circa 1978, Quiring observes the distribution of olive tree seedlings to Palestinian farmers in the West Ban](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/West%20Bank%20circa%201978_olive%20seedlings002.JPG.webp?itok=CeiptH8b)
Gaza, catastrophe and 75 years of Mennonite witness in Palestine and Israel
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Conflict
Location
Palestine and Israel
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Media Type
Story
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![Picture of Amida Yunis James, student at Rumbek Comboni Primary School, holds her new dignity kit and school kit she just recieved.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2024-01/MediaSpace_SouthSudan_Resouce%20ID%20129093.jpg.webp?itok=owcLPRNq)
General impact report - Winter 2024
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Education
Location
South Sudan + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Impact report
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