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Articles : Mennonite Central Committee

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Family, friends remember slain MCC Afghanistan worker

LANCASTER, Pa. — Glen Lapp led an abundant life, his friends and family all agreed during a memorial service Aug. 15.

He had a kind heart, they said, a seriousness of purpose, a deep desire to do good and help those the world had forgotten. But he also knew how to enjoy life, laugh, play bluegrass music with friends and ride his bike across the country with his cousin.
Afghanistan aid organization investigates workers’ deaths

The eye care team killed in Afghanistan Aug. 5 — including Glen Lapp, a Mennonite Central Committee worker — may have been attacked by “non-local fighters,” according to International Assistance Mission.
MCC responds to Pakistan floods

WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee is responding to flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,600 people through sharing resources with like-minded, experienced organizations.

MCC service worker killed in Afghanistan

A Mennonite Central Committee worker in Afghanistan was shot to death Aug. 5.
Guatemalan details effects of mining, learns about farming through MCC

WINNIPEG, Man.—Juan Raul Junay, 25, never tires of explaining how Canadian mining companies are affecting farming communities in his home country of Guatemala.

Payoff for castoffs

AKRON, Pa. — What comes to mind when you see the words “thrift shop”? Possibly: Bargains. Hidden treasures. A place to take things no longer needed.
MCC Burundi, partners support peaceful elections by monitoring

AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee and its local partners in Burundi are supporting efforts to monitor voting and election conflicts, hoping to minimize violence during a tense series of elections.
New food rules don’t impede Minn-Kota world relief sale

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Three weeks before the Minn-Kota Festival for World Relief, organizers learned of new regulations for preparing and serving food.

Mudslides cover homes in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Just a few minutes after Claudia Almanzo, 23, and her two children left their house, a mudslide swept over their tin-roof, wooden house, burying it.

Foreign aid, local compassion as MCC continue response to Haiti earthquake

WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee has approved $3.4 million in projects in the first six months of its five-year response to the Haiti earthquake.