Mennonite Central Committee begins its 73rd year of canning meat for people in crisis around the world Oct. 7. Volunteers have been participating in this project for almost three-quarters of the century MCC has existed.
Linda Espenshade
Linda Espenshade is Mennonite Central Committee U.S. news coordinator.
TSHIKAPA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Four women laughed as they filled a water trough for their pigs — animals that hold the promise of income. Their laughter stood in contrast to their experiences, just two and three years ago, when they fled their villages in the Kasai region to avoid being killed.
