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From Bolivia to Kenya to Cambodia, farmers in MCC-supported projects are sharing how changes in rainfall and more frequent and severe weather due to climate change make it harder to grow enough food for their families. In a new three-year project, MCC’s partner PRODII is helping farmers establish systems that trap water from springs higher in the mountains and funnel it down through pipes. The water is then used for crop irrigation or in the home. But that’s not all. PRODII also is urging farmers to invest in efforts to plant trees and make other improvements in what program staff describe as water recharge zones, areas at higher altitudes above the springs. The idea is that preserving the groundwater up high will lead to a better supply of water in the springs below. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ https://mcccanada.ca/stories/harvest-water 
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Season 2 of Undercurrents began September 21st! Join us as we dive deeper into remarkable stories coming from MCC's program participants, staff and others in Ontario. From living with miracles, to starting over after incarceration, we meet people who face each day with courage and hope. Listen to the trailer here - https://anchor.fm/undercurrents. Thanks to Kindred Credit Union for sponsoring Season 2! MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ https://mcccanada.ca/undercurrents-podcast-telling-mcc-stories  As the costs of COVID-19 began to mount across the globe, Syrians were already grappling with a multilayered crisis. Families, whose names aren’t used for security reasons, struggle daily. Some lost olive trees in the recent fires. Others have little safety net left after years of war and are grappling to make ends meet, a task more urgent as food prices rise. The eyes of a father of six filled with tears on receiving canned meat, having relied on food low in nutrition to feed his family. “Thank you from the depth of the heart for giving us the cans of cooked chicken,” he says. “We have been able to cook them in many ways, you have brought joy to the hearts of children.... Look at them, how happy they are!” Since 1946, volunteers have gathered to can meat through MCC’s mobile cannery, meat that MCC sends to hungry people across the globe. MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ https://mcccanada.ca/stories/canning-meat-world  'Thank you for not leaving us alone': Canned meat, relief kits reach Haiti earthquake survivors9/8/2021 Boxes of canned meat and relief kits from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) brought joy and relief to recipients who are struggling to recover from the Aug. 14 earthquake that devastated the southern peninsula of Haiti. The supplies were the first of any to reach Saint-Jean-de-Sud, a southwestern municipality, made up of several towns, on Aug. 31, more than two weeks after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake occurred. Two thousand people died. It destroyed homes and buildings, leaving 650,000 people in need of emergency management assistance. “Thank you for not leaving us alone,” one woman told Paul Shetler Fast, MCC’s health coordinator and former representative in Haiti who was present for the Aug. 31 distribution. “We've felt very alone these last days waiting after the earthquake, hoping someone would come, hoping someone would not forget us.” MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ https://mcccanada.ca/stories/thank-you-not-leaving-us-alone  When a child learns, communities benefit and lives change. Through MCC's education programs, we work alongside local communities and partners to:
You can make a difference in classrooms around the world. 😊 $12 - meals at school $30 - education for all $100 – school fees MCC - Relief, development, and peace in the name of Christ Visit https://mcccanada.ca/learn/what/education You can also contact Darlene Bartha, Manager of Donor Relations, at (519) 745-8458 ext 254 or darlenebartha@mcco.c  |
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