MCC continues to expand its response to the drought and food crisis in East Africa by providing food vouchers and food-for-work programs as well as sending material resources to address practical needs of people living in refugee camps.
Gifts given to MCC to respond to March disasters in Japan will be channeled through trusted partners – Church World Service and the Anabaptist churches of Japan.
MCC and a partner, Indonesian Mennonite Diakonial Service, respond to needs of Indonesians displaced by eruptions of Mount Merapi and homeless because of flash flooding.
Livelihoods, homes and the health of unborn children and their mothers are threatened by flooding in Pakistan. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is using donations of nearly $700,000 to address these needs.