Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

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

22 stories

group of people sitting on roof

MCC program in Appalachia changes name

Learn about MCC Appalachia Build (formerly SWAP)

Poverty Reduction

Great Lakes + 2 more

04/02/2024

Story

MCC program in Appalachia changes name

From left: Eric Bendfeldt, Mary Bendfeldt and Hulda Sharon watch an NCAA college football game at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Old memories and new memories

Education

Virginia

02/06/2024

Story

Old memories and new memories

group of people stand in front of house with new metal roof

Building a roof while breaking down walls

Learn about SWAP

Poverty Reduction

Great Lakes + 3 more

01/24/2024

Story

Building a roof while breaking down walls

Children at Lindale Mennonite Church present their finished comforters.

Children knot warmth and hope

East Coast

12/13/2023

Story

Children knot warmth and hope

Adonis Kodjihiti engages with students during break at Esperanza Center.

A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program

Migration and Refugees, Education

Maryland

11/13/2023

Story

A valuable addition of an IVEP participant to an educational service program

David Suh holds canned meat at the Material Resources Center.

"In the name of Christ"

Food

Pennsylvania + 1 more

11/06/2023

Story

"In the name of Christ"

sage and other herbs grow in a raised bed

Beyond raised beds

Learn more about MCC Summer Service

Climate Change

New York + 1 more

10/02/2023

Story

Beyond raised beds

A group of young adults gather for a photo.

Peace for the Weary

Peace

New York

08/18/2023

Story

Peace for the Weary

a group of six women smile in a classroom

Women’s Global Village:

Education, Peace +1 more

Pennsylvania

04/25/2023

Story

Women’s Global Village:

a group of people in the 1940s in front of a clinic in puerto rico

MCC and Mennonites in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

04/03/2023

Story

MCC and Mennonites in Puerto Rico

Solar panels on the roof of Gift & Thrift, an MCC Thrift shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in May 2022.

Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support

Climate Change

Virginia

06/02/2022

Story

Virginia thrift shop turns solar savings into MCC support

A family of four kneal together in the sand at the beach. The ocean is behind them.

So romantic…

Migration and Refugees

Florida

04/28/2021

Story

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