Our Stories | Mennonite Central Committee

Meet the communities whose perspectives and experiences shape MCC’s work.

Hear how they’re adapting and innovating in the face of poverty, conflict and injustice.

See how we’re creating a brighter future, together.

A woman and man smiling at a food distribution in Zimbabwe.

28 stories

Five-year-old Sudeyis Sherif, collects his award for standing 1st in his nursery school class from MCC staff Solomon along at the morning assembly cermony of RPC Preschool, Adama Ethiopia, March 2024.

Education impact report - Winter 2025

Education

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Education impact report - Winter 2025

Biskute Mengistu, 4th grade, left, and the newest member of the WASH Health club and Mihret Daba, 8th grade, and the leader of the WASH Health club in Ajiti Primary School in Batu, Ethiopia. March, 2024.

Water impact report - Winter 2025

Water

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Water impact report - Winter 2025

Sangita Soren (30) stands with her crops at her farm in Jahada Rural Municipality-5, Morang, Nepal. She got seasonal and off seasonal vegetable farming training from SAHAS.

Food impact report - Winter 2025

Food

Nepal + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Food impact report - Winter 2025

Atsede Tadesse, 46 years old, is a cash transfer beneficiary from Tsigereda, Gera Alta woreda in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Relief impact report - Winter 2025

Disaster response

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Relief impact report - Winter 2025

MCC partner Al-Najd Developmental Forum delivered 930 food parcels to the Holy Family Church in Gaza which were distributed on August 13–14, 2024.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2025

Food

Palestine and Israel + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Canadian Foodgrains Bank Impact Report - Winter 2025

Five-year-old Sudeyis Sherif, collects his award for standing 1st in his nursery school class from MCC staff Solomon along at the morning assembly cermony of RPC Preschool, Adama Ethiopia, March 2024.

General impact report - Winter 2025

Ethiopia + 6 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

General impact report - Winter 2025

Monaliza Luel, center, and other children including Adonai Melese, left, and Melite Aregawi, right, at Daero Tekli Elementary School, hold their school supplies for a photo after receiving them in late September.

Material resources impact report - Winter 2025

Ethiopia + 1 more

02/14/2025

Impact report

Material resources impact report - Winter 2025

A group of several youth and four adults post for the camera in a green field.

Your impact in Ontario - Winter 2025

Ontario

01/16/2025

Impact report

Your impact in Ontario - Winter 2025

Al-Najd Developmental Forum staff distribute emergency food that has just arrived in Gaza for distribution to families. The shipment arrived on March 19 and was distributed on March 23. *Names withheld for security reasons.

Relief impact report - Summer 2024

Disaster response

Palestine and Israel + 1 more

07/17/2024

Impact report

Relief impact report - Summer 2024

Nyiranshuti Atanaziya speaks with MCC staff at Zambia's Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp.

Material resources impact report - Summer 2024

Zambia + 2 more

07/17/2024

Impact report

Material resources impact report - Summer 2024

Taslima Khatun at her floating garden with plants growing in a hanging garden along the shore. She can harvest all year round and her garden is safe from floods. Project implemented by MPUS and funded by MCC. Bogura, Bangladesh.

Food impact report - Summer 2024

Food

Bangladesh + 1 more

07/17/2024

Impact report

Food impact report - Summer 2024

A portrait of two-year-old Basthian Raul Alborta Rodriguez makes a game of rolling a tire at Samuelito Daycare in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Education impact report - Summer 2024

Education

Bolivia + 1 more

07/17/2024

Impact report

Education impact report - Summer 2024

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