Justice and Equity
Colorado
Story
… The Conflict Center (TCC) has worked with MCC and IVEP through four intern placements. To help our newest IVEPer, Dorcus Sibanda from Zimbabwe, transition smoothly … to explore and have fun in Colorado! … 175 … 25 … 35 … IVEP … Our journey with Dorcus …
Peace
Ohio
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… right when there was an opportunity to host Daisy, “our” IVEPer from Paraguay. I also was intrigued with hosting Daisy … experience and build lasting relationships through the IVEP program. … 190 … 25 … 27 … IVEP … A journey of mutual enrichment and community support …
United States
Story
… you back to a specific time but my experience as both an IVEP alumnus and now a YAMEN host surely takes me back to the golden time of my life when I was an IVEP participant. The experience of doing IVEP was not just a … I’ve experienced before in IVEP. As someone who was an IVEPer five years ago, I know that many things pop up in a …
Disaster response
Louisiana, Kenya
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… … Editor’s note: This story about IVEP participant Jack Odhiambo was written by Krystal Hollier … in the International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP), which offers a yearlong opportunity for volunteers to … impression on our hearts.” … 174 … 119 … 25 … 32 … IVEP … Building homes, breaking boundaries …
United States
Story
… The Shalom Project is not your typical IVEP host family, but after great experiences hosting two IVEPers in past years we were excited to welcome Kezia … is now with us from Indonesia. It can be daunting for an IVEPer to enter our Shalom Project host family since they are …
United States
Story
… of dollars I thought I would earn as a stipend through the IVEP service. I knew as a volunteer I did not earn a salary … forever grateful to yourself for accepting to serve as an IVEPer. They that wait upon the lord shall renew their … that God has enabled me to face all of this. For the IVEPers who are soon returning home, do what you can, don't …
Education, Peace
British Columbia
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… being painted, but his as well. I then realized that IVEP is not an event, it’s a space where worlds collide, it … of my and my roommate’s lives. To the imaginative, the IVEP experience is not just a year, it is the indelible pages … I left with a tranquil heart. I wouldn’t profess that the IVEP year was perfect, it was riddled with curveballs, …
United States
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… Header photo: IVEP 2023-2024 participants during orientation in Akron, … funny to schedule a phone call with two of my fellow IVEPers for 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.! The landscape is … from Cambodia to Harleysville, Pennsylvania … 71 … 25 … IVEP … Stories of cultural exploration in the U.S. …
Illinois, Kenya
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… months. Editor’s note: Zilpa Charles is a 2023-2024 IVEP participant from Kenya who is serving in Chicago, … Photo courtesy of Living Works … 192 … 119 … 25 … IVEP … Exciting, nerve-wracking, amazing, enriching …
United States
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… the airport after arriving in Wichita, Kansas, following IVEP orientation, memories of my own arrival in my SALT … on farming projects. Observing as Naomi adjusted to her IVEP placement, I remembered those first days in a placement … as she finds her own place in our community. … 71 … 195 … IVEP … GSL … Seeing the value of intercultural connection …
Education
Virginia
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… family, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, are currently hosting IVEPer Hulda Sharon, who is from Indonesia. Top photo: From … Virginia. Photo/Sinead Sargeant … 162 … 25 … 103 … IVEP … Old memories and new memories …