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A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

672 stories

A woman receiving an MCC relief kit

2022/2023 Annual Report for MCC in the U.S.

United States

Annual report

2022/2023 Annual Report for MCC in the U.S.

Parliament Hill (Centre Block), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

MCC Canada sends letters to Government Ministers

Peace

Canada

News

MCC Canada sends letters to Government Ministers

Two women smiling

2022/2023 Annual Impact Report - Canada and International

Canada

Annual report

2022/2023 Annual Impact Report - Canada and International

A Ugandan woman holding a pig

A pig story

Food

Uganda

Story

Group of people participating in the Kairos Blanket Exercise.

Truth and Reconciliation

Indigenous Neighbors

British Columbia

Truth and Reconciliation

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

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

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

Four people stand arms around each others' shoulders on an athletics field with one wearing a medal around his neck.

A world within our home

Ohio

Perspectives and Viewpoints

A world within our home

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