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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.

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A man is crouching while using an angle grinder on metal, causing bright sparks to fly in a workshop setting.

Lifting entrepreneurial spirits in Syria

Syria

Story

Lifting entrepreneurial spirits in Syria

Dr. Mulanda Jimmy Juma is pictured with participants of the mediation process in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

How the UN worked with Congolese pastors, NGO leaders, politicians, and MCC to avert a massacre

Democratic Republic of the Congo

How the UN worked with Congolese pastors, NGO leaders, politicians, and MCC to avert a massacre

Valentin Aguilar Ordanez, from the community of San Pedro, met with staff of MCC Bolivia and partner PRODII to talk about native potato production. At this altitude, producing more delicate vegetables

The New Frontier of Climate and Peace

New York

The New Frontier of Climate and Peace

Wase Rock stands high in the sky near Wase town in Plateau State in central Nigeria. MCC supports a peace club in an Islamic secondary school in Wase town through partner EPRT (Emergency Preparedness

Building peace, a local challenge

Québec

Perspectives and Viewpoints

Building peace, a local challenge

MCC's response to concerns raised by former employees

Canada + 1 more

Story

MCC's response to concerns raised by former employees

2023/2024 Annual Impact Report - Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Annual report

2023/2024 Annual Impact Report - Saskatchewan

Three cooks chop vegetables at a countertop in an industrial kitchen

“This is more than a job."

Poverty Reduction

Ontario

Story

“This is more than a job."

A person in traditional Indigenous regalia dances with a drum in front of a group of people during an outdoor cultural gathering.

National Indigenous Peoples Day Events in B.C.

Indigenous Neighbors

British Columbia

National Indigenous Peoples Day Events in B.C.

Mulanda “Jimmy” Juma is the MCC representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Angola. Originally from DR Congo, he became a refugee in his 20s because of war in DR Congo, and e

Displaced by war, working for peace

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Story

Displaced by war, working for peace

MCC Jerusalem Reps Sarah Funkhouser and Seth Malone

"What kind of a choice is it, to be killed or to leave their homeland?"

Palestine and Israel

"What kind of a choice is it, to be killed or to leave their homeland?"

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