Middle East

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.

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June 15, 2015

Tours build support for Israel-Palestine resolution

Joy Sutter of Salford (Pa.) Mennonite Church didn’t fully understand the Israel-Palestine conflict until she visited the region last year.

“I needed to see the oppressive wall, hear the stories of the people, see the occupation of the land and get a grasp of the injustices of the everyday existence of the Palestinian people,” said Sutter, a member of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board.

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June 8, 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.

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March 30, 2015

Syrian in Switzerland quilts for homeland

MUTTENZ, Switzerland — There is a difference of opinion when it comes to color choice in the quilting group at Brügg Mennonite Church. For Gulschin Ibrahim, the Swiss tendency to choose similar tones and colors is a bit boring. In Syria, where Ibrahim is from, people like brighter shades, and more of them.

“She tells us we’re doing the colors all wrong,” said quilter Margrit Amstutz . . .

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March 16, 2015
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