April 2008
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Zimbabweans await national election results.
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March 2008
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Join with congregations across the U.S., Canada and Colombia as they pray for an end to the Colombian conflict, and act for policy changes that reflect God’s kingdom values.
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MCC is providing $10,000 in emergency material assistance.
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Girl's plan for a clean world is happening one step at a time.
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Jordanian participant in International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) sees Saskatchewan volunteerism.
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MCC’s Iran program has two primary goals: to promote understanding and friendship between the people of Iran, Canada and the United States; and to promote peace between the governments of the countries.
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MCC partners from Guatemala and Honduras reflect on their experiences in Louisiana with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) efforts to repair hurricane damage.
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National Nonprofits Host Shopping Fundraisers to Help Prevent Domestic Violence
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February 2008
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Anabaptist youth from across the U.S. contributed to the MCC Washington Office high school essay contest, with many participants writing about restorative justice.
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Entrepreneur is among more than 10,000 Mennonites from Latin and South America who have moved to Alberta in the past 15 years.
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Teen wants to pursue career as journalist so she can share the stories of people like her who have fled their homes in Iraq because of the ongoing violence.
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Small community was forced to relocate to an old courtroom when an international mining company moved into their village.
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Quilt squares depicting houses are used to raise money to rebuild homes in a cyclone-torn area of Bangladesh. House blocks or quilt squares depicting houses were collected in 2007 for projects for MCC 2008 relief sales.
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More than $150,000 is committed for relief and reconciliation work as post-election violence continues to flare.
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MCC provides plastic sheeting, kits and other items for families whose homes were destroyed.
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Shortage of fuel and power in the Gaza Strip is driving up prices for basic necessities such as food and medicine, and many items are not available at all.
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A Kenyan peace-building organization interviews people who experienced post-election violence.
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January 2008
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A 22-year-old in Alberta has packed 10,000 school kits.
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An 11-day tour along the United States-Mexico border was designed to educate about immigration and trade issues.
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Rainfall upstream in Zimbabwe and Zambia, as well as in Mozambique, has caused several major rivers to overflow their banks, forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
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Members of a recent MCC learning tour to Iran took peace lamps as gifts, spreading a message of peace between the people of Iran and the people of the United States and Canada.
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Turkish refugee's application has been approved.
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In Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches across the U.S., recent immigrants help their congregations reach out to other immigrants, according to a listening project conducted by MCC U.S.
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Donald B. Kraybill, Steve Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher, authors of the book, Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy, donated their royalties to MCC.
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Handmade wooden candleholders also serve as reminder to pray for peace in a time of war.
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Posters promoting MCC programs and events can be found on every bulletin board in the Nutana Park Mennonite Church.
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Every Wednesday the aroma of a home-cooked meal fills the atrium in the MCC Centre located in an industrial area on 45th street near Saskatoon's airport.
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MCC supports Kenyan churches in providing aid to thousands of people displaced by violence in Western Kenya.
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With financial support from MCC, relief workers are distributing a 20-day supply of beans, corn, rice, cooking oil and salt to recently displaced people.
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For the past decade, MCC has provided support to a Haitian human rights organization that monitors the treatment of prisoners across the country.
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