January 2013
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Learning sewing, business skills in South Sudan builds mothers’ self- respect and gives them a way to support their children.
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Three years after the Haiti earthquake, MCC continues to use donations given for earthquake relief to respond to needs for housing, livelihoods, education and human rights.
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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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Christmas sales of affordable gift and decoration items at MCC thrift shops support the work of MCC.
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Schroeder family members from Inman, Kan., have helped with MCC meat canning in their area almost every year since 1950.
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MCC Cambodia partner Women Peacemakers teaches men and women to recognize domestic violence and learn ways to live together peacefully.
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By hosting young people from MCC’s International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP), Rebecca and Vinh Huynh, Winnipeg, have enjoyed a mutually enriching experience with their children and the volunteers.
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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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In the aftermath of M23 overtaking the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, MCC is supporting its partner’s efforts to care for the humanitarian needs of displaced people.
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MCC scales up food response in Syria to aid 25,000 people through difficult winter months and provide a respite for their host community.
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MCC supports families in Gaza who have lost their homes to Israeli bombing and joins other relief and development organizations calling on world leaders to enforce a ceasefire.
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As winter brings new misery to displaced Syrians, MCC intensifies its response to the crisis with more material resources.
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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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Hurricane Sandy caused widespread damage in Haiti, where MCC is distributing relief kits, blankets, canned meat and locally bought food.
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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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Intergenerational classes allow young and old to talk candidly about HIV and AIDS.
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October 2012
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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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MCC continues to respond to food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of western Africa.
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MCC Great Lakes’ program, Sharing with Appalachian People (SWAP), is as much about building relationships as it is making houses warm, safe and dry.
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Winning speech in C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest reflects on U.S. economic situation and what the message of the church could be.
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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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MCC partner The National Evangelical Church in Syria sponsors program to encourage youth to accept new students displaced by war.
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Peace committees in South Sudan and Sudan help to resolve post-war tensions in communities.
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September 2012
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A Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference and West Coast Mennonite Central Committee learning tour to Nigeria brings people and organizations together for the first time.
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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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