An Ethiopian preschool for disadvantaged children ended up teaching a message of peace to parents that saved a life.
Leaders of the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso expressed their opposition to a war tax and were relieved to find out the payment was not required.
Mennonite youth at a peace conference in Myanmar pledged not to get involved in armed revolution.
Pastor Victor Dogos of N’djamena, Chad, is the first recipient of the Michael J. Sharp Global Peacemaker Award. The award was created by Mennonite Central Committee this year to acknowledge courageous peacemakers.