Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

221 stories

group of people stand in front of house with new metal roof

Building a roof while breaking down walls

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Poverty Reduction

Great Lakes + 3 more

01/24/2024

Story

Building a roof while breaking down walls

Recipients* display their MCC comforters. MCC partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine (AMBCU) distributed MCC humanitarian assistance to socially and economically vulnerable peop

Kindness in every twist of thread

Conflict

Ukraine

01/23/2024

Story

Kindness in every twist of thread

A woman at her desk in an office

Inaugural MCC-led course on abuse in the church provides roadmap to healthier churches

Peace

Manitoba

01/19/2024

Story

Inaugural MCC-led course on abuse in the church provides roadmap to healthier churches

Paul Quiring (left) served as MCC representative in Palestine from 1976-1978. In this photo circa 1978, Quiring observes the distribution of olive tree seedlings to Palestinian farmers in the West Ban

Gaza, catastrophe and 75 years of Mennonite witness in Palestine and Israel

Conflict

Palestine and Israel

01/17/2024

Story

Gaza, catastrophe and 75 years of Mennonite witness in Palestine and Israel

Relatives of disappeared people in Mexico hold hands, forming a heart, during the December 2023 national gathering of the Movement of Our Disappeared.

Why U.S. gun sales south of the border matter

Reduce trafficking of U.S. guns

Migration and Refugees

United States + 3 more

01/04/2024

Story

Why U.S. gun sales south of the border matter

Two women standing with a sign

Remembering the disappeared in Mexico

Justice and Equity, Peace

Mexico

01/02/2024

Story

Remembering the disappeared in Mexico

Man sprays off stainless steel tubs while other people in hair nets and aprons work in background

Together, we can!

Canada

12/22/2023

Story

Together, we can!

A crowd searches the crater of a destroyed building at night

"We feel so helpless..."

Peace

Palestine and Israel

12/20/2023

Story

"We feel so helpless..."

Children at Lindale Mennonite Church present their finished comforters.

Children knot warmth and hope

East Coast

12/13/2023

Story

Children knot warmth and hope

baby Jesus lying in the rubble

Christmas under the rubble

Justice and Equity

Palestine and Israel + 2 more

12/08/2023

Story

Christmas under the rubble

A group of people walk with a pail of water and an eagle staff alongside a river

"You're a small part of something wonderful"

Indigenous Neighbors

Canada

12/01/2023

Story

"You're a small part of something wonderful"

Three young girls smiling and hugging

Five special Christmas gifts you can't pull from a shelf

Canada

12/01/2023

Story

Five special Christmas gifts you can't pull from a shelf

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