Mennonite Central Committee Canada has been awarded a grant of $4.7 million ($3.25 million U.S.) for humanitarian aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Joseph Manickam, a former president of Hesston College, began a six-month contract in February to support Mosaic Mennonite Conference with partnership development.
The Indigenous Batwa people of the Democratic Republic of Congo suffer discrimination and inhumane treatment by the Bantu majority.