January 2013
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In countries around the world, MCC works in the name of Christ to meet basic needs.
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December 2012
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A Christmas wish from Mennonite Central Committee
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From a lighted baobab tree in South Africa to a nativity from Indonesia, join us in a celebration of Christmas around the world.
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November 2012
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The Mennonite Quilt Center, located in Reedley, California, is a store and quilt gallery, but more importantly, it is a community of volunteers working together for world relief.
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MCC's 2012 Christmas giving catalog: Choose to help families around the world in the name of Christ.
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October 2012
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See how MCC partner Organization to Develop Our Villages (ODOV) works with youth to improve income and livelihoods through vocational training in Cambodia.
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Sarah Adams, MCC representative for Syria and Lebanon, talks about the Lebanese reaction to a recent bombing in Beirut, where she lives, and the work that MCC and its partners are doing in Lebanon as the potential for more violence remains a major concern.
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Staying close to their mothers, children become familiar with sewing machines and the sights and sounds of a sewing class in Juba, South Sudan. Their mothers learn sewing, lifeskills and small business management skills with the hope of building a better future for themselves and their children.
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September 2012
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Syrian church leaders are trying to stand as a model of God's kingdom and what peace can look like in a conflict situation.
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A message for the churches- how can you help the people who have been affected by the conflict in Syria?
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Gun violence is epidemic in the United States, with approximately 30,000 gun deaths each year. Our shared humanity compels us to care about God’s children dying from gun violence on the streets of Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and elsewhere.
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MCC efforts to ease the suffering of displaced families in eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue with distribution of food and household items and emergency access to health care for about 1,350 people. In this audio report, MCC U.S. Program Director Ruth Keidel Clemens talks with the Reverend Pierre Marini Bodho, leader of longtime partner organization the Church of Christ in Congo, about the situation.
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August 2012
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In Lao villages, where rice is a mainstay, nutrition trainings emphasize the importance of eating a varied diet, including food that people can collect from the nearby forest, fields and streams,
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June 2012
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Six short stories of how MCC works to share God's love and compassion for all.
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May 2012
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Relief kits provide valuable supplies to families traumatized by war and disasters. Learn why MCC works to meet basic human needs with relief kits in times of disaster and crisis.
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April 2012
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MCC Peacebuilding Coordinator, Krista Johnson, spoke with Rami Shamma and Mona Hassouna of Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA) and Sonia Nakad of the Permanent Peace Movement, in mid-March, about their efforts to prevent violent conflict from escalating in Lebanon.
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MCC worker Nate Howard, of Muncie, Ind., helps farmers in San Marcos, Guatemala, find ways to support their families closer to home and not have to resort to seasonal or permanent migration to earn a living.
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Myriam Ullah speaks at the Canada and U.S. Mennonite Central Committee commissioning service in Akron, Pa. on March 30, 2012
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Robert Kreider speaks at the Canada and U.S. Mennonite Central Committee commissioning service in Akron, Pa. on March 30, 2012
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Rita Hamdan of Popular Aid for Relief and Development and Mona Hassouna of Development for People and Nature Association talk about preparing for disasters, and material resources as "a kind of advocacy" to better understand the conflict and to be in humanitarian solidarity with afflicted people.
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March 2012
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Juan Pablo Morales, program coordinator for an MCC technical team in western Guatemala, uses songs such as this one and prayer in his efforts to encourage communities to work together.
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See how MCC's Return to the Earth study guide helped a Kansas Mennonite church embark on their own journey of education and reconciliation
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February 2012
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MCC's peace program coordinator Krista Johnson talks with Sarah Adams, MCC representative for Syria and Lebanon, and Rick Janzen, director of MCC's programs in the Middle East.
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Children Care Center is an educational and care facility for children under 7 from economically depressed families in Durban, South Africa. It is run by the Union of Refugee Women, an energetic group of women from Rwanda, Burundi and Congo.
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January 2012
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MCC continues to respond to needs such as housing, jobs and training two years after the earthquake.
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December 2011
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The good news of great joy the angels brought to the shepherd continues to reverberate in the work of MCC and its partner organizations around the world.
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November 2011
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An MCC partner organization, the Mengo Hospital Home Care and Counselling Clinic, offers treatment, holistic support and hope for patients living with HIV.
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October 2011
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In Zambia, peace clubs help students to work for right relationships, build peace and speak up for their own rights and safety.
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September 2011
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MCC and Church World Service James Mwangi, a structural engineer, describes how he worked with Haitians to repair earthquake damaged houses for people with disabilities.
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As students in Canada and the U.S. head back to school, we invite you to experience school grounds and classrooms across the globe. MCC’s Global Family education sponsorship program supports creative, community-based education in more than 40 countries.
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August 2011
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Learn how sand dam construction improves the water supply for Kenyan communities.
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Palestinian refugee families in Lebanon explore the benefits of using compost to enrich their gardens and reduce waste..
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July 2011
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Zemedkun Baykeda, MCC food security advisor from Ethiopia, has witnessed starvation and drought in Boricha, Ethiopia, in 2006, and now his extended family is living in the midst of the food emergency in eastern Ethiopia.
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MCC-supported work brings hope to northern Iraq.
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June 2011
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2011 MCC annual video. Six stories of how MCC shares God's love and compassion for all.
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MCC worker, Ron Muse, works with inmates at the Philadelphia Detention Center.
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May 2011
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Learn about the history of MCC's IVEP program and what it takes to be a host or sponsor.
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By strengthening local agricultural cooperatives and by giving training in organic gardening, MCC is helping Guatemalans to provide for their families.
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April 2011
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See how MCC Bangladesh is helping to sustain the livelihoods of disadvantaged women in Bangladesh through a handicraft research and design center.
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February 2011
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“Turning toward peace” initiative provides an opportunity to sow the seeds of peace by supporting MCC’s Global Family program in Afghanistan, or the MCC U.S. Summer Service program.
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An MCC grant of $1700 helps the Zimbabwe Brethren in Christ Church Women's Fellowship repair a grain mill. The proceeds from the mill help fund a scholarship for a secondary school student .
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Working in partnership with Palestinian non-profit organizations, MCC is helping rural households in the West Bank increase food production and improve livelihoods.
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January 2011
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A collection of stories about the work of MCC in Haiti one year after the earthquake.
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A year in photos of MCC’s work helping Haitians recover and rebuild.
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December 2010
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This Christmas season, view a gallery of images and Bible verses celebrating hope for peace on Earth.
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November 2010
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Jeanne Jantzi, MCC representative in Indonesia, describes MCC's response to volcano and flash floods in Indonesia which has forced people from their homes.
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Hear stories of people who are sharing God's love and compassion by giving to MCC and by serving at thrift shops, relief sales, meat canners and material resources centers.
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In honor of World AIDS Day, on Dec. 1, we invite you to celebrate the courage of people everywhere who continue to build their lives while living with HIV.
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MCC continues to meet basic needs in the times of disaster and to work long-term to improve communities.
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