Ethiopian church leader shares concern for Ukraine, requests help from North America
While pledges of welcome to refugees of the war in Ukraine fill U.S. headlines, churches and institutions are quietly working to resettle and acclimate households fleeing other longstanding conflicts, one family at a time.
Mennonites Against Militarism — a collaboration of Mennonite Central Committee U.S. and Mennonite Church USA — is planning an initiative to counter military recruitment of U.S. youth.
Natacha Kyendrebeogo of Burkina Faso is looking forward to seeing “one family with a lot of members, worshipping the same Father.”
War-Tax resisters from the Harrisonburg, Va., area gathered April 16 to publicly donate $2,370 to organizations working for peace and to meet human needs.
As Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers build homes in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, they also learn about who they’re helping. At least half the residents in the colonias are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the country, and many are applying for asylum.
The Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale set what is believed to be a record for the highest price paid for a single item during the April 8-9 fundraiser for Mennonite Central Committee at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.
