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Preparing Pasteles

Amy Eanes is a teacher from Harrisonburg, Va. With her husband, Giles, she is currently serving as part of Mennonite Central Committee’s Seed Program with

The Mennonite

November 8, 2015

Canadians give couple the wedding they missed in Syria

WINNIPEG, Man. — When Brian Darweesh and Reem Younes got married, they were living as refugees in Lebanon. They left their homes in Syria fleeing violence and a threat on Darweesh’s life.

Their wedding had no white dress and no party — just a civil ceremony in a foreign country.

But a little more than a year later, the couple had another wedding ceremony, this time in Winnipeg.

Emily Loewen | Mennonite Central Committee

October 16, 2015

Cyclists’ fundraiser multiplies to $1 million

A million-dollar fundraiser, and even a rainy day, were reasons to celebrate at the seventh annual Pedaling for Hope Cyclathon in Abbotsford, B.C. “Because of,

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 12, 2015

Lightening the load: providing relief and hope in Syria

Every morning, before Samer al Laham goes to work, he checks to make sure it’s safe to go outside. That’s because in Syria there are

Emily Loewen | Mennonite Central Committee

October 12, 2015

With a new trailer, annual MCC meat canning tour begins

AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee is operating a brand new mobile cannery as it begins the 2015-16 season of canning meat for people in

Ed Nyce | Mennonite Central Committee

October 12, 2015

Tanzanians counter myths, stigma of albinism

CHITARE, Tanzania — In a Mennonite church packed with about 180 people, workshop facilitator Specioza Kifutu guided the crowd in voicing what they’ve heard about those living with albinism — an inherited condition where people lack pigmentation or coloration in their skin, hair and eyes.

The answers were chilling.

Marla Pierson Lester | Mennonite Central Committee

September 28, 2015

Opening a window of hope amid Syrian war

Roseangela Jarjour talks daily with pastors in Syria working for peace and providing a reason for Syrians who stay to hope, even as they hear bombs drop around them.

“The priority is really to bring peace into our country, so we keep our people in our country,” Jarjour said during a Mennonite Central Committee video press conference Sept. 17.

She is a Syrian who works for an MCC . . .

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

September 21, 2015

MCC aid gives Syrians reason to stay

Mennonite Central Committee is appealing for more funds to help meet basic human needs of Syrians who want to stay near their homes as large

Linda Espenshade, Meghan Mast | Mennonite Central Committee

September 21, 2015

With grants, MCC assists displaced in Iraq, Syria

It’s been a year since Qasim left his home in Sinjar, Iraq. He was fleeing an advance by the Islamic State — the same advance that left tens of thousands of other Yazidis stranded in the mountains, trapped between hunger and dehydration and the threat of mass violence.

Qasim and his parents and three brothers, along with their wives and children, were able to get away from Sinjar, to a . . .

Emily Loewen | Mennonite Central Committee

September 14, 2015

7 years old, three wars

Mostafa is 7 years old and lives in Gaza. Last summer a missile from an F16 came through a window and damaged his home. Mostafa

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

September 14, 2015