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Friendship opens youth to peace training

MCC trains college students and high school teachers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to teach basic peacebuilding in the context of friendship.

MCC Stories 2012: Relief, development and peace in the name of Christ

Six short stories of how MCC works to share God's love and compassion for all.

MCC helps support teaching of traditional skills in Laos

MCC supports lay teachers in Laos as they strive to pass on traditional wisdom and skills to students.

More bomblets to clear, prevent

Thirty years after initiating MCC’s response to cluster bombs in Laos, Linda Gehman Peachey and Titus Peachey report that despite progress, the ordnances remain a threat to the people of Laos.

For Lao refugee, passion for photography began in small-town Saskatchewan

Inspired by the late Wally Ewert, MCC sponsored refugee Chai Bouphaphanh's most recent success is having a photograph that he entered in a contest selected for the National Geographic collection of photographs.

“Daily Terror” exhibit raises awareness in Great Lakes region

MCC exhibit focusing on cluster bombs used to encourage compassion for victims, advocacy for ban on the munitions.

New MCC U.S. resources on cluster bombs available

Documentary and study guide provide new advocacy tools.

Using postcards to ban cluster bombs

MCC U.S. launches a postcard campaign as part of ongoing advocacy against the use of cluster bombs.

MCC responds to flooding in Laos

MCC plans to distribute about 20 metric tons of seeds to nearly 3,700 people in rural Laos whose lost crops to flooding.

Longtime MCC peace advocate hails cluster bomb ban

Titus Peachey, director of peace education for MCC U.S., calls ban a great step toward ending the use of a weapon that kills civilians in former war zones.
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