Mennonite Central Committee Archives | Page 55 of 57

From potatoes to doughnuts, a path out of poverty

JOS, Nigeria — Too poor to get medical care in time to save her baby’s life, Rhoda Markos decided her life had to change.

A training program supported by Mennonite Central Committee helped her do it.

Three years ago, Markos lived in a rural village with her husband and three children. They worked as subsistence . . .

David Klassen | Mennonite Central Committee

October 27, 2014

Clothed with faith, humor

Jonathan Kornelsen’s teen-aged “Menno” T-shirt concept that made his father laugh out loud is taking root as a fundraiser around British Columbia and two other Canadian provinces.

Now youth pastor at Central Community Church in Chilliwack, Kornelsen thought it would be fun as a teen to wear a shirt that read, “Menno Simons is my homeboy.” As the annual Fraser Valley Mennonite Central Committee relief sale approached in 2011, the Bible college graduate . . .

Barrie McMaster | Mennonite Brethren Herald

September 29, 2014

Beating the heat, youth connect with N.Y. congregation

NEW YORK — On hot summer afternoons, Tiara Downer’s Summer Jam Cool Outs at King of Glory Tabernacle, a Mennonite Church USA congregation in the

Rachel Sommer | Mennonite Central Committee

September 29, 2014

Compassion for migrants

In a year when the flow of Central American families to the U.S. border has made headlines, Mennonite Central Committee is responding broadly. MCC is

Marla Pierson Lester | Mennonite Central Committee

September 29, 2014

Relief and relationship

About 70,000 of the more than 1.5 million South Sudanese displaced since December sought refuge at an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Awerial County, South Sudan. There they could find others who spoke the same language.

The Sudanese Relief and Development Agency coordinated a food distribution project to help meet the needs of displaced children. The project, which is supported by Mennonite Central Committee, also helped provide a place of stability, where people could begin to build a sense of community and routine.

Emily Loewen | Mennonite Central Committee

September 15, 2014

Food a concern for displaced in Congo

Armed conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced 2.9 million people and forced an additional 500,000 to flee to neighboring countries. The

Patricia Kisare

September 1, 2014

Philippines typhoon recovery aims for lasting results

Since Typhoon Haiyan devastated communities in the Philippines last November, Mennonite Central Committee has been helping residents such as Virginia Pagatan restore what took only

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite Central Committee

August 18, 2014

Network seeks to mobilize Israel-Palestine peacemaking

Mennonites have been building relationships in Israel-Palestine longer than many other Christian denominations but lack the churchwide efforts to work for peace in the Middle

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

August 12, 2014

MCC responds to violence in Gaza

During the second week of the Israel-Hamas conflict in mid-July, a Mennonite Central Committee partner began assisting families in Gaza.

Longtime partner Al Najd Development Forum distributed locally purchased food to 230 families on behalf of MCC.

Some recipients of MCC’s one-month, $25,000 food distribution have been displaced by the violence.

Mennonite Central Committee

August 4, 2014

MCC canned meat eases hardship in Burundi

Faida Alex’s family’s roots are in Burundi, but until late 2012 the 22-year-old had never lived there. In 1972, long before he was born, his

Ed Nyce | Mennonite Central Committee

August 4, 2014