May 2012
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A food crisis is spreading across the southern edge of the Sahara, from Mauritania on the Atlantic to Sudan on the Red Sea. The United Nations says the disaster threatens 15 million lives and may grow to affect several million more.
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A Mennonite church in this small mining town in western Colombia is reaching out to children affected by ongoing violence in the region.
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April 2012
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Until a year ago, Reham, her husband Jamal, and their three young children lived a middle-class life in Dir’a, Syria. The barber shop and beauty salon that Jamal owned and operated employed several people. (The couple’s names were changed to protect their identity.)
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AKRON, Pa. – “A cloud of witnesses” gathered Friday evening, March 30, at Akron (Pa.) Mennonite Church to observe the commissioning of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada and MCC U.S. for a new era of ministry.
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Forty years ago, four women in this southern Manitoba community opened a thrift shop to raise funds for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).
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Founder and president of an MCC partner in Lebanon, Permanent Peace Movement (PPM), emphasizes the no win result of war and the need for peace building and conflict resolution.
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March 2012
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At an MCC-sponsored child care center in South Africa, the staff opened their hearts to a young boy, Moses, whose mother cannot care for him consistently. The women who staff the center have become his “other mothers” and the Children Care Centre has become his home.
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Summer learning tour inspires student to learn more about experiences of Canada's Indigenous Peoples.
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In Afghanistan, Mennonite Central Committee works with partner organizations that support people’s physical and emotional health and educational needs.
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Local partners use donated funds to obtain, distribute food, water, blankets.
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Ethiopian government awards first-place Green Award to MCC partner Migibare Senay Children and Family Support Organization for restoring degraded land through soil and water conservation activities supported by MCC.
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MCC supports efforts of local organizations in Syria and Jordan that are helping people affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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February 2012
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MCC launches $500,000 appeal to assist its partner organizations in the Middle East as they provide humanitarian aid and build peace.
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MCC adjusts to new limits for private sponsorships
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A multi-year, multi-million dollar funding proposal submitted by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada has been turned down by the federal government’s Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
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January 2012
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Saskatoon firm, young architect from Indonesia connect through MCC exchange program
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In Ethiopia, MCC is assisting Somali refugees fleeing famine and political instability and Ethiopians affected by the ongoing drought and food crisis in East Africa.
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Saskatchewan students sew items for infants
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December 2011
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Newspaper a connecting tool
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Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) welcomes donations to support emergency assistance efforts in the Philippines.
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When the first snowflakes flutter to the ground, Renata Klassen heads to her kitchen to bake peppernut cookies—a tradition that was started by Renata’s mother many years ago.
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While recent media attention has focused on the shortage of houses and lack of water and sewage systems in the Attawapiskat First Nation community in northern Ontario, many other First Nations communities are experiencing similar problems, says a spokesperson for MCC Canada.
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November 2011
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As he paddled down the Churchill River (Mista Shipu) for 10 days with his grandfather this past summer, 13-year old Mario Gregoire came to understand the fundamental importance of the river to his Innu community.
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Supporting newcomers in St. John's
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MCC commissioned young adults for service in overseas assignments.
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A project that provides goats to drought-stricken Maasai families fosters the value of working together, leading to many more community projects.
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October 2011
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Deborah Sharpe knows that every purchase at the annual Ten Thousand Villages festival sale here makes a difference in the lives of artisans in developing countries.
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New beginnings found in an addiction treatment centre in the Manitoba Colony, Mexcio.
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MCC continues to expand its response to the drought and food crisis in East Africa by providing food vouchers and food-for-work programs as well as sending material resources to address practical needs of people living in refugee camps.
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MCC supports lay teachers in Laos as they strive to pass on traditional wisdom and skills to students.
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Dahir and her children were part of a group that arrived recently in Dhobley, a town in Somalia near the border with Kenya.
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Victims of domestic homicides are now being remembered through the Silent Witness Project.
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September 2011
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MCC supports teacher salaries and provides teacher training to the Hope School in Burundi, where marginalized Batwa are empowered, educated and respected.
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Mennonite Central Committee supported first training of the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute that equipped participants with peacebuilding skills to use in their home communities.
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Fifty-seven young adults from Canada and the U.S, returned in mid-July from 11 months of serving with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in 26 countries around the world.
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Workers begin assignments with MCC
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August 2011
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A recent 480 kilometre bicycle tour in Kenya that included one of Canada’s most decorated Olympian has given peace clubs in Kenya a welcome boost.
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Summerbridge enables people attending a Mennonite or Brethren in Christ congregation of diverse cultural background to support church ministries in their home communities.
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Can a humble turtle and the capybara, a knee-high hamster look-alike, help alleviate flooding and hunger on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, where they’re endangered native species?
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WINNIPEG, Man.—Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has surpassed its initial target of raising $1 million for the East Africa drought and is now expanding its response to the continuing crisis in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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Through MCC’s partner organization Popular Aid for Relief and Development, MCC is helping Palestinian refugees rediscover composting as a way to save money and grow healthy produce.
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July 2011
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Through friendship and hospitality, MCC workers in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Durango develop trusting relationships with victims and their families to help them deal with the trauma and threats of violence.
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MCC names Ruth Keidel Clemens and Willie Reimer to jointly administer MCC’s international program beginning Sept. 1, 2011.
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MCC requests funds for E. Africa drought response
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MCC thrift shop returns hidden treasures
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June 2011
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WINNIPEG, Man.—A 10-year-old interfaith dialogue between Mennonite and Muslim scholars-- held in Canada and Iran over the years--continued here in early June.
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Memories of his near-death experience during the 2002 political unrest in Zimbabwe are never far from Bhekimpilo Moyo’s mind.
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An updated booklet on sexual abuse in the church is now available to congregations, free of charge, from your local MCC office.
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Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), in partnership with other church-related organizations, continues to help some of the most vulnerable families in Pakistan rebuild their lives.
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Palestinian refugees Saleh and Maysoun Al Samaneh and their 8 children are rebuilding their lives in Canada through Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) refugee assistance program.
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