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MCC Alberta NewsMCC Response to Burma/Myanmar CycloneMCC is requesting support for relief and recovery work happening through four partner organizations on the ground in Myanmar (Burma). A local relief and development organization called Metta is providing rice, medicine and other emergency items to 68,000 people (many of them orphans) gathered in camps; Hope International is distributing medical treatment through mobile health teams and have already treated 2,000 people; Church World Service is providing water containers and purification equipment in 1,000 locations, and, as of May 13, had reached 13 villages with supplies purchased in Northwestern Myanmar; International Development Enterprise is distributing water containers, water pumps and plastic sheeting. MCC has already committed initial funds, but more money is needed. MCC Alberta has pledged to raise $125,000. MCC expects to be involved in Myanmar for a number of years, and as the long term recovery work begins, your contributions are needed. Donations can be mailed to MCC Alberta, #210, 2946 32 St NE, Calgary, AB, T1Y 6J7 or made by phone (403 275 6935). Please call for more information, or click on the link below
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InterMennonite Good Friday Service in Calgary raises $19,843.25 offering for AfghanistanThank you so much to all those who contributed to the offering. MCC, through its Global Family program, is partnering with Help the Afghan Children, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that cooperates with the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan to give children the basic education they have been long been denied due to decades of war, disaster and infrastructure collapse. MCC supports computer education, peace and educational programs in 5 schools, as well as operational and program support for Abdulla Bin Omar Primary School (in Paghman District, Kabul Province). Your offering will be used to help expand these programs and add to the already large number of children whose lives have been positively changed by the project- HTAC currently runs 9 model schools that work with over 15,000 children. In the midst of darkness and suffering, we work with the Afghan people for the coming of light. Click Here to Learn More About HTAC
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