Disaster response
Ukraine, Uganda, Syria
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… and hunger were raging in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine). Mennonites there wrote to their sisters and … MCC’s first relief kitchen in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) opened in Khortitsa on March 16, 1922. This photo, …
Peace
Ohio
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… blankets, medications and other supplies in places like Ukraine during times of crisis. The thrift shops also support …
Disaster response
Ukraine
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… The group, participants in a children’s program in Ukraine run by MCC partner Fire of Prometey, continued to … honour of visiting some of MCC’s local partners in western Ukraine to see first-hand the work they’re doing. Yes, …
Health
South Sudan
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… kits have already been sent to partners in South Sudan and Ukraine. Two shipments have been delivered to Loreto Rumbek …
Canada
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… Our parents were both born in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine). My father Henry Quiring was born in 1913 and lived … on a Mennonite Heritage Cruise on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. The ship stopped between Kyiv and Odesa at …
Disaster response
Ethiopia
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… help in the face of disaster or crisis — in Syria, in Ukraine, in Gaza and also in dozens of places that don’t make …
Europe, United States, Asia, Middle East
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… … In 1921, refugees from southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) flowed into Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). … Janzen married Jacob Funk in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) in 1920 – the year that MCC was formed. (The …
Food
South Sudan, Kenya
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… at an MCC soup kitchen in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) in the 1920s. This personal family connection to MCC …
Migration and Refugees
Manitoba, Canada
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… experiences he has in countries like Syria, Lebanon and Ukraine. “Wow. Wow, I had no idea. I only knew MCC was a …
Peace
Canada, Palestine and Israel, Ukraine, Myanmar (Burma)
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… through projects like equine therapy for children in Ukraine. Each of these projects provides concrete skills or … change. There are no easy answers to the conflicts in Ukraine or Palestine and Israel, the forgotten violence in …
Manitoba, Colombia
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… volunteer initially. And in 1999, my mom with MCC went to Ukraine and she was able to see the projects in Ukraine through her job at MCC and when she came back, she …