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Soap and towels are useful items in many settings. New fabric is used to sew clothing, in sewing and pattern-making classes, for job creation and to make items for home use. Soap specifications: New bars of bath or laundry soap: All sizes and brands of bar soap are welcome. Please leave in wrapper. 880 lbs of soap shipped last year to Ukraine alone! Towel specifications: NEW bath and hand towels: Good quality, dark or bright colours, medium weight preferred. Hand towels should be approximately 38 cm x 64 cm/ 15 in x 25 in. Washcloths are not needed. Fabric specifications: Suggested fabrics: Washable twill, cotton, cotton blends, polyester and corduroy. Fabric must be two yards or more in length. Print, plaid or solid are welcome. Bring soap, fabric, or towels to an MCC drop-off location. In St. Catharines this includes the MCC Thrift (Christian Benefit) Shop at 254 Grantham Ave, St. Catharines. Phone: 905-682-8944. Specify that this is for the “Soap, Towels, and Fabric Kits” for MCC Ontario. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/get-involved/kits/soap-fabric-towels 
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We provide daily meals to 17,000 people around the world. Each year we collect 1.8 million pounds of fresh produce that is destined for landfills. We receive and process 5000 – 8000 lbs of fresh produce each and every day. Hundreds of volunteers wash, chop, dry and package this produce. Together we produce over 5 million servings of dried fruit and vegetable mixes…and ship those meals to people in need around the world Niagara Gleaners is located at the Smithville Industrial Park. https://niagaragleaners.org/ ● 905- 359-5028  Relief, Development and Podcast is a podcast from MCC. Every episode features a story from the field and a conversation with a special guest; we want to highlight the people and programs making an impact all around the world. Together we’ll hear stories about relief, development, and peace, and how your support for MCC helps to meet basic human needs and work for peace and justice. Season 3, episode 10: The hunger crisis / Andy Harrington from CFGB (Released July 6, 2022) Right now, around the world hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry. 50 million have exhausted all options and are teetering on the edge of famine. That’s up from 27 million in 2019 before the pandemic began. A substantial increase. This is a bonus episode about the hunger crisis. Our guest is Andy Harrington, Executive Director of Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/relief-development-podcas  "These are the remains of the gardens. These are the remains of the plants in the gardens that were completely stripped out by the floods." - Hangala Bornface, Zambia Hangala Bornface, an environmental protection officer of MCC partner Choma Child Development of Zambia’s Brethren in Christ Church, stands in an area of Zambia’s Southern Province where the usual danger is drought. Indeed, early in 2022, the rains were delayed. But then, the dry land was inundated with sudden, strong flooding – washing away banana plants, fruit trees and other crops. “This is posing a serious threat of hunger and food shortages in this community,” he says. From Argentina to Zambia, the story is the same: Weather patterns are changing. We care about climate change because we care about neighbours, here and across the world, all made in God's image. May we open our hearts to their stories. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/stories/changing-weather-changing-lives  Families are on the brink of starvation. For a limited time, the Canadian Government will DOUBLE your donation to provide emergency food for children and families facing extreme hunger in places like South Sudan. Phone: 1-800-313-6226 MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://donation.mcccanada.ca/hunger-crisis/  The Peace & Justice Office is the Mennonite Central Committee’s voice to the Canadian government, advocating for policies that support our work of relief, development, and peacebuilding. We also inform Canadians about political issues and how they can get involved. As we respond to the conflict in Ukraine and other conflicts around the world, we ask the Canadian government to respond with nonviolence at every level of response, through encouraging the use of tools such as diplomacy, disarmament and conflict resolution at the international level and through providing more substantial support for non-violent locally-led peacebuilding. Join us in asking for more substantial and comprehensive support for non-violent locally-led peacebuilding within Canada’s Official Development Assistance. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/get-involved/advocacy/ottawa  True peace involves the opportunity for everyone to have life abundant and earn a dignified living. Working with the community, MCC’s partner FAGROTES (Fundación Agropecuaria Tejiendo Esperanza, Weaving Hope Agricultural Foundation) first opened a rice processing plant and committed to purchasing farmers’ harvests. Then, they expanded into training the farmers how to grow cacao, the plant used to make chocolate. Thanks to the Mennonite Brethren’s decades-long reputation of peace and a firm commitment to not affiliate with any of the armed groups in the region, our partner was also able to safely open and operate a chocolate processing plant in the community. Now the farmers can turn their cacao harvests into a finished product. The chocolate bars are then sold in the community, allowing farmers to safely earn an income while also helping the local economy. That’s the power of peace in action. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/stories/peace-chocolate  Without traditional food systems and knowledge, most Indigenous communities rely on over-priced food shipped from urban centers. The price of fresh produce and meat in northern Ontario communities is TRIPLE that of urban areas in southern Ontario. In response, MCC has partnered with First Nations communities all over northern Ontario to support food sovereignty with initiatives like community garden kits which come complete with all the tools and seeds needed to start a large garden. MCC also advocates alongside Indigenous partners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, which include addressing the need for Indigenous food sovereignty. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/stories/community-gardening-kits  Casa Alitas looks like every other house lining the street in its Tucson, Arizona, neighborhood, but what sets it apart from the other houses is what lies inside. Each day Casa Alitas opens its doors to migrants seeking asylum in the United States because their lives are in danger in their home countries. Inside they find a safe place where they are respected and informed. Some migrants have been traveling for three months or longer by the time they arrive. They have undergone stressful processing with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get humanitarian parole, which allows them to stay in the U.S. legally until their asylum request is processed. Upon arriving at the house, guests are offered food and water. They are shown to their personal bedrooms and are given toiletries and clothing, if needed. Casa Alitas houses up to 25 families per week when numbers are high. Most guests only stay a few days until they can connect with families and friends. A note from a man and his son reads, “May the wonderful God bless you today, tomorrow and always.” MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcc.org/stories/casa-alitas-offers-peace-safety-families  Lidia Chambi recalls stories from generations ago where farmers in her community grew hundreds of potato varieties. But as decades passed, the names, shapes and colours of these abundant varieties got lost along the way. Growing up, her family could only grow a few types of potatoes. MCC partner Programa de Desarollo Integral Interdisciplinario (PRODII) is dedicated to reducing the effects of climate change and guaranteeing food security for the most vulnerable Indigenous rural farmers. In Chiro Kasa and the surrounding communities, PRODII is helping farmers bring back native plants and seeds and providing them with micro tunnels to keep vegetables safe. As more potatoes are recovered, Lidia is helping guarantee food and extra income for families including her own. “I and my family continue to work, looking for better days, producing our food for self-consumption.” MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ! https://mcccanada.ca/stories/reclaiming-old-tradition-meet-new-challeng  |
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