News

February 2008

Kenya: Voices from the violence A Kenyan peace-building organization interviews people who experienced post-election violence.

January 2008

MCC school kits fuel passion to help others A 22-year-old in Alberta has packed 10,000 school kits.
Migrant tour offers answers, allows for change An 11-day tour along the United States-Mexico border was designed to educate about immigration and trade issues.
MCC responds to flooding in Mozambique 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.
Packing faith, hope, love and peace lamps 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.
Muslim conscientious objector allowed to stay in Canada Turkish refugee's application has been approved.
Churches respond to immigration issues 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.
Authors donate royalties from Amish Grace Donald B. Kraybill, Steve Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher, authors of the book, Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy, donated their royalties to MCC.
Candleholders raise thousands of dollars for peace projects Handmade wooden candleholders also serve as reminder to pray for peace in a time of war.
Saskatoon congregation seeks to make a difference through MCC Posters promoting MCC programs and events can be found on every bulletin board in the Nutana Park Mennonite Church.
How about some home-cooked food and a bit of MCC? 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.
MCC helps provide relief in Kenya as election crisis continues MCC supports Kenyan churches in providing aid to thousands of people displaced by violence in Western Kenya.
Amid violence in eastern Congo, MCC helps provide food 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.
Respecting prisoners' rights in Haiti For the past decade, MCC has provided support to a Haitian human rights organization that monitors the treatment of prisoners across the country.
MCC supports peacemakers working to end Kenya's political violence Hundreds of Kenyans have died in widespread violence following national elections on Dec. 27.
West Coast MCC worker shares her immigration story with African churches When Mukarabe Makinto-Inandava talks about leaving her country because of war, being a refugee, and having family members die of AIDS, everyone listens. And then they begin to speak.