Near Ukraine battlefront, children and parents get help to ease war’s stress
Kevin Goertzen began serving as conference minister of Virginia Conference of Mennonite Church USA on Oct. 15.
Mennonite Central Committee continues to provide humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip through a local partner after Israel banned 37 groups from operating there. But Israeli restrictions still severely limit the size and speed of aid efforts, despite a ceasefire.
After a listening process by a Mennonite Central Committee partner, 209 families that survived an August earthquake in Afghanistan used cash assistance from MCC to buy winter clothing, shoes, medicine or cooking utensils.
Anabaptist Disabilities Network and MHS (Mennonite Health Services) Association received a grant of $1.2 million in 2025 from Lilly Endowment to support worship that is accessible for people of all ages and abilities, especially children with disabilities.
