As a yearlong drought dried up crops across southern Africa, Mennonite Central Committee partners distributed food to more than 3,500 families in Zimbabwe and Zambia in 2024 and 2025.
As a yearlong drought dried up crops across southern Africa, Mennonite Central Committee partners distributed food to more than 3,500 families in Zimbabwe and Zambia in 2024 and 2025.
What began as a simple gesture in the 1970s has grown into a cross-country friendship spanning decades, generations and nearly 3,000 miles.
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organizations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.
The children of Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson, Neb., raised funds in June for Mennonite Central Committee food baskets, full of staple items like grains, as well as the oil and salt needed to turn ingredients into filling meals. They raised over $14,000.
Leah Hochstetler, a senior at Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen, Ind., won top prize for her essay on youth political involvement in the annual Mennonite Central Committee U.S. National Peace & Justice Ministries public policy essay contest.
Fair-trade retail organization Ten Thousand Villages closed its 13 company-owned stores earlier this year as it shifts its priorities to online sales and wholesale supply.
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.
