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Articles : Amanda Thorsteinsson/Mennonite Central Committee

On MCC buttons, modest message of peace endures

KITCHENER, Ont. — Nan Cressman is amazed at the success of a small, red peace button.

“I just thought they were a small addition to our usual peace work,” she said.

MCC gives record amount of food aid

WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee provided a record amount of food aid from April 2008 to March 2009 in response to disasters, skyrocketing food prices and climate change.

MCC calls for prayer for colony in Bolivia

WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee is reaching out to an Old Colony Mennonite community in Bolivia where numerous rapes recently came to light.
MCC Canada leaders learn about oil sands development

WINNIPEG, Man. — Flying over northern Alberta and seeing the oil sand development below reminded two Mennonite Central Committee leaders of humanity’s willingness to exploit creation for energy needs.

In shadow of AIDS, MCC-supported day care center is a place of life

In the South African language of Southern Sotho, Bophelong means “the place of life.”
MCC raises Afghanistan concerns

WINNIPEG, Man. — Engaging the military in development and reconstruction in Afghanistan is endangering aid workers and civilian recipients, says Mennonite Central Committee.