Through Summer Service, a short-term leadership development program of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S., young adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds use their passions and talents to serve their communities.
Global Family, MCC’s education sponsorship program, supports technical training of seamstresses and tailors in Cambodia as an alternative source of income to farming and factory work.
Priscila Santana, of Brazil, describes her cross-cultural experience of working with girls at a home for students in Mozambique. She is a participant in Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network! (YAMEN!), a joint program of MCC and MWC.
“Turning toward peace” offers way for people to support peace by contributing to education in Afghanistan and young adult leadership development in the U.S.
In rural Zimbabwe, affording secondary school education can be a struggle. Students who succeed find new opportunities, not just for themselves but for their families.