Food
Haiti
Story
… There are more trees in the area. There are more shady places for people to sit, and people have a greater … independent." … Jean-Remy Azor … Jean-Remy Azor … 28 … A Common Place … First person: Jean-Remy Azor …
Disaster response, Education
Ukraine
Story
… discrimination as they fled the violence and needed a safe place to stay. But the conflict continued with no end in … happier. … Emily Loewen … Eleonora* … Olga* … 32 … 103 … A Common Place … Carrying on in Ukraine …
Food
Bolivia
Story
… of families in Montero. Today the centers provide a safe place for children to go after school to have their homework … it wasn’t for the Comedor.” … Irene Abrego Paraba … 28 … A Common Place … Skills for life …
Landing page
… surpluses. Sign up for our Newsletter … MCC’s magazine, A Common Place, takes you alongside MCC workers and partners across …
Migration and Refugees, Food
Latin America
Story
… MCC partner Casa del Migrante (Migrant House) serves as a place of refuge, shelter and legal assistance for migrants … me and my family.” … Edwin Milan Mejía Cruz … 49 … 28 … A Common Place … Caring for people on the move …
Migration and Refugees
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Story
… seeds. All the pigeons eat at the same time, at the same place, without any discrimination. I tell my children, “It is … all the displaced people come near me." … 67 … 24 … 49 … A Common Place … First person: Jacqueline Kafuti …
Climate Change, Water
Bolivia
Story
… that have access to water will survive, but cities and places that don’t have a good water supply will perish. It’s … support worker in Bolivia. … 130 … 24 … 34 … 48 … A Common Place … First person: Gabriel Acarapi Chuca …
Health
Nepal
Story
… … Our teacups are empty, and we sit a little longer. This place, a haven in Nepal and the only one of its kind, pulses … the ones they leave behind." … Kaitlyn Jantzi … 31 … A Common Place … New hope and a chance to heal …
Peace
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Story
… role of the Women’s Situation Room was not to decide the place of the two communities. What I did was to mobilize them … … Anna Johari Etabo … Anna Johari Etabo … 27 … A Common Place … Women working for peace …
Food
Syria, United States
Story
… toll of Hurricane Maria in 2017. And today, families in places from Ukraine to Syria continue to share just how much … up. … John Hillegass … Then-MCC canning manager … 28 … A Common Place … Canning meat for the world …
Climate Change
Bangladesh
Story
… away into the river. Each time, Mondol says, they found a place to build a house by the river again. “We work very … I am getting enough." … Nikhil Chandra Mondol … 34 … A Common Place … Above the floodwaters …