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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MCC continues to meet basic needs in the times of disaster and to work long-term to improve communities.
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July 2010
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Visit children receiving school kits in Honduras and children in Kansas who put them together.
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June 2010
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MCC 2010 year in review video
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Through the voices of Haitians, “Disaster to Decentralization: Haiti’s long-term recovery” explores struggles in Haiti that led to the massive devastation following the January 12, 2010, earthquake and speaks of hopes for the future.
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May 2010
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Hear MCC service worker Ben Depp talk about photographing Haiti after the earthquake.
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April 2010
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As part of our emphasis on prayers and worship around the world in the weeks leading up to Easter, we bring you a Scripture reading in Amharic, the language used by members of Ethiopia’s Meserete Kristos Church.
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March 2010
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Listen to a Spanish version of "The Old Rugged Cross," which is often sung in the Bolivian Mennonite Church during Holy Week.
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Each week of Lent, we are posting sounds of prayer and worship from around the world. This week, we bring you a song from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where worship and prayers of petition and praise have been a critical part of how Haitians have responded to the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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In our series of Lenten prayers from around the world, this week we bring you a Ukrainian reading of the Lord’s prayer – a prayer that links Christian communities and traditions around the world.
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This week, we bring you a prayer in Afrikaans from Connie Jood, one of MCC’s Regional Peace Network associates in South Africa and part of South Africa’s Anglican church.
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It's been nearly two months since the devastating earthquake and MCC's response is well underway.
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These Lenten prayers are from Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite leaders in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital.
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February 2010
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In this Lenten season, hear a prayer from Indonesian poet, musician and theologian Daniel Listijabudi.
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In this season of Lent, we are offering a series of prayers from around the world.
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MCC volunteer structural engineers Peter Pereverzoff and Marcus Schiere visit Plateau Reno outside of Port-au-Prince to inspect a school building damaged by the earthquake.
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A short video update on MCC's response in Haiti.
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MCC's Global Family program sponsors community-based education for children and young adults around the world. See how your support is making a different in Zambia.
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Ashley Kraybill, of Harleysville, Pa. shares a glimpse of her year as a SALT participent in Nakeempa, Zambia.
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Pastor Lesly Bertrand, pastor of Assemblée de la Grace Mennonite Church in Haiti, speaks about the strong faith of his congregation and many Haitians.
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January 2010
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A snapshot of life in Haiti on Jan. 18, 2010, through the words of a man living with his family in a camp for Internally Displaced People
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Taxes for War: Do they belong to God or Caesar?
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When she visited Africa in 2006, Olympic speed skater Cindy Klassen saw firsthand the difference that prayers and support can make in the lives of people. Listen as she urges people to remember the people of Haiti.
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MCC worker Margot de Greef describes her impressions of life in Haiti as the MCC team members help as much as they can with limited resources.
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Haiti: MCC is responding (90 second clip)
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Congregations around the world prayed for the people of Haiti on Sunday, January 17. At Eighth Street Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., Phil Rush, director of MCC's Resource Generation Network, shared his reflections and marveled at the aptness of the Isaiah 62:4 lectionary text.
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MCC worker Ben Depp offers a first hand account of the earthquake and the devastating results.
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