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Mideast peace work grows

A grant from the Canadian government will allow Mennonite Central Committee to enhance its peacebuilding work in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

The grant is worth $500,000, or $402,150 in U.S. funds.

In Iraq, MCC will work with a partner, Iraqi al-Amal Association, to change the civics curriculum in schools in Najaf, Baghdad and Erbil governorates.

Julie Bell | Mennonite Central Committee

June 15, 2015

Ordeal steels Ukrainian’s faith, resolve

When war broke out in eastern Ukraine, Vlad Makhovskiy decided he could not just sit home and watch what was happening. He would help.

This choice would lead to his kidnapping.

Makhovskiy, who runs a small business copying keys and fixing shoes, is one of many committed volunteers working with the Mennonite Central Committee . . .

Meghan Mast | Mennonite Central Committee

June 8, 2015

China, seminary, sacrifice and Sabbath

I was nurtured with stories of sacrifice from my early years — my clan came out of the Russian Mennonite experience. I thought, as a Mennonite,

Kate Wentland

June 5, 2015

By tractor, truck and on foot, aid reaches rural Nepal

Using tractors and people power to haul supplies where trucks could not go, Mennonite Central Committee’s partner organizations finished an initial distribution of emergency supplies to Nepal earthquake survivors May 12, the same day a second major earthquake rattled the country.

Mennonite Central Committee

May 22, 2015

Real estate project in Kenya to fund mission work

NAIROBI, Kenya — A real estate development, including dozens of condominiums, is coming to the property of Amani Gardens Inn, formerly the Mennonite Guest House,

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

May 11, 2015

Opinion: Building an alternative

I remember walking down the street in Hesston, Kan., in 1946 toward Aden Holdeman’s machine shop. In the lead was my father, Jess Kauffman, then

Ivan Kauffman

May 11, 2015

Unconditional giving transforms us

Now as you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you — so we

Charles Kwuelum

May 11, 2015

MCC responds with food, shelter, supplies in Nepal

Mennonite Central Committee will begin its Nepal earthquake response by working with a local organization in the remote, eastern area of the country, providing food and other essential items to affected families.

Support for about 200 families in Okhaldhunga District will assist people whose homes are no longer safe for use and who have less than one week of food available. Priority will be given to female-led households, and households . . .

Julie Bell | Mennonite Central Committee

April 30, 2015

MCC to replace its meat canning rig

A new rig for Mennonite Central Committee’s traveling meat canning operation will be coming together soon, mostly in Ephrata, Pa. MCC canning coordinator John Hillegass said

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 30, 2015

MCC meets Gaza housing needs

AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee, through longtime Gaza Strip partner Al Najd Development Forum, is addressing housing needs for families whose homes were destroyed or damaged in July and August as part of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 1.8 million people were left in need of basic shelter, health and food assistance.

Ed Nyce | Mennonite Central Committee

March 30, 2015