MCC Stories

MCC responds to food crisis in Sahel 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.

Prayer, courage and perseverance in the midst of violence A Mennonite church in this small mining town in western Colombia is reaching out to children affected by ongoing violence in the region.

Meeting basic needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan 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.)

Thu, 04/19/2012 Image Ghiwa Ghowi, left, and Zeina Ballouz participate in a peacebuilding workshop run by the Permanent Peace Movement (PPM), an MCC partner organization in Lebanon. Both hold the name in Arabic of an element in Lebanon's political conflicts, the "March 8" movement and "Iran" respectively. Photo Credit:  (MCC Photo/Ryan Rodrick Beiler) MCC Peacebuilding Coordinator, Krista Johnson, spoke with Rami Shamma and Mona Hassouna of Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA) and Sonia Nakad of the Permanent Peace Movement, in mid-March, about their efforts to prevent violent conflict from escalating in Lebanon. Feature:  Feature this story

MCC Peacebuilding Coordinator, Krista Johnson, spoke with Rami Shamma and Mona Hassouna of Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA) and Sonia Nakad of the Permanent Peace Movement, in mid-March, about their efforts to prevent violent conflict from escalating in Lebanon. 

For more information, see http://mcccanada.ca/middleeastcrisis.

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Cloud of Witnesses Cloud of witnesses

Wed, 04/11/2012 Image Two MCC partners in Lebanon talk about preparing for disasters, and material resources as "a kind of advocacy." Feature:  Feature this story

Sarah Adams, MCC representative for Lebanon and Syria, interviews two partners in Beruit, Lebanon, in mid-March. Rita Hamdan of Popular Aid for Relief and Development and Mona Hassouna of Development for People and Nature Association talk about preparing for disasters, and material resources as "a kind of advocacy" to better understand the conflict and to be in humanitarian solidarity with afflicted people. For more information, see http://mcccanada.ca/middleeastcrisis.

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Church leaders commission MCC’s new purpose, structure 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.

“Mustard seed” grows into thrift shop network that has generated $167 M for MCC Forty years ago, four women in this southern Manitoba community opened a thrift shop to raise funds for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).

Lebanon: No winners in war, only victims 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.

Baby Moses finds community of mothers 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.

South Africa experience sparks interest in Canada’s Indigenous Peoples Summer learning tour inspires student to learn more about experiences of Canada's Indigenous Peoples.

MCC partners aid Afghans suffering from war, poverty In Afghanistan, Mennonite Central Committee works with partner organizations that support people’s physical and emotional health and educational needs.

MCC partners aid Afghans suffering from war, poverty In Afghanistan, Mennonite Central Committee works with partner organizations that support people’s physical and emotional health and educational needs.

From degraded land to fertile land 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.

From degraded land to fertile land 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.

Violence erupts in Kenya; EMM and MCC respond with relief funds Local partners use donated funds to obtain, distribute food, water, blankets.

Violence erupts in Kenya; EMM and MCC respond with relief funds Local partners use donated funds to obtain, distribute food, water, blankets.

MCC responds in Middle East with kits, food, grassroots peacebuilding MCC supports efforts of local organizations in Syria and Jordan that are helping people affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria.

MCC responds in Middle East with kits, food, grassroots peacebuilding MCC supports efforts of local organizations in Syria and Jordan that are helping people affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria.

Not going home any time soon 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.