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Relief, development and podcast

Dec 14, 2023

In his book “The High Mountains of Portugal,” Yann Martel writes...  

“Love is a house with many rooms, this room to feed the love, this one to entertain it, this one to clean it, this one to dress it, this one to allow it to rest, and each of these rooms can also just as well be the room for laughing or the...


Nov 28, 2023

One person said it “looked like a goat wearing a goat costume.” MCC staff Colin Friesen said it looks kinda like a bantha from Star Wars, but less hairy and also kind of like a camel?

On this episode of the podcast we explore the mystery...of why the Damascus goat looks the way it does and why an MCC partner in...


Nov 1, 2023

"A ceasefire and a just end to the occupation, is the biggest need. There, of course, are enormous humanitarian needs, you know, water, food, fuel, electricity have all been cut off to the entirety of Gaza...But the real need is for a solution so that everyone can live peacefully on the land."

Sarah Funkhouser is one...


Oct 19, 2023

Meet the South Sudanese sewing group that has become so much more. The women, living in Canada now, are sewing comforters and putting together dignity kits for MCC that will be sent to their home country. 

The founder, Rebecca Deng, shares her personal story of living through the South Sudanese civil war, and how she...


Sep 21, 2023

Reusable pads, along with other hygiene tools in a bucket, can make a big difference in a girl’s life. It can be a part of keeping her in school and adding to her education. At Loreto Rumbek School in South Sudan, Anne Kuria shines some light on the bigger context of why these simple hygiene tools are needed and...