With the guidance of caretaker and trainer Nour Najdawi, Sufian Abdullah is learning to write using Braille typing at the Holy Land Institute for Deaf (HLID) in Salt, Jordan.
MCC supports HLID's unique and one-of-a-kind deafblind unit which is the first and only facility of its kind in Jordan and the region.
HLID aims to educate, train and provide care for deafblind children to enable them to fully participate in society.
 
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A Moment for MCC: You can assist MCC in providing urgent help! Reach families exhausted by conflict and crises in Ukraine and beyond.
 
This Thanksgiving, your gift of $28.80 can deliver an emergency food package to someone caught in conflict or disaster.
Each pack includes items like rice, oatmeal, and flour — enough to keep them fed and nourished for one month.
But that’s not all: thanks to a group of generous MCC donors, all gifts up to a total of $115,000 will be matched!
That means your Thanksgiving gift of $28.80 to feed one person in need becomes $57.60 to feed two people in need!
And what a gift that would be!
 
You can give by your offering. If by cash, designate the envelope “MCC Urgent Help.” If by cheque, make the cheque payable to the church and designate “MCC Urgent Help” on the memo line/envelope. By e-transfer, put “MCC Urgent Help” in the message box. Any questions? Our treasurer Lorraine would love to help.
 
You can also give directly at https://mcc.org/thanksgiving
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Huda Al Takatka spends up to four hours a day tending her wicking garden near the town of Beit Fajjar, West Bank, Palestine. “It doesn’t really need that much time,” she says, beaming her infectious smile. “I just like spending time there … with my loved ones.” Those include her husband, Muhammad, six children and 11 grandchildren.
 
For almost a year, she has been able to grow the fresh vegetables in her four garden boxes, placed beside a tiny citrus and fig orchard in her yard. With Muhammad out of work because a visual impairment, vegetables used to be something she couldn’t always afford.
“Now we can grow what we like,” she says, “and they are much better than what we find at the market.” She grows radishes, onions, cabbages, eggplant, spinach and tomatoes.
 
Huda is one of 20 gardeners in the Bethlehem governorate who have benefited from the wicking garden project of the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ), a longstanding MCC partner that promotes responsible land development within the realities of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank. The MCC-funded pilot program not only boosts food security for low-income families, but also models a sustainable alternative for food production.
 
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https://mcc.org/our-stories/wicking-gardens-palestine

Non Veasna, an apprentice learning motorbike repair in a program established by @MCCPeace partner, Organization to Develop Our Villages (ODOV), works on a motor bike engine at the shop he apprentices at in Ba Phnom district, Cambodia. He has worked at this shop under master craft teacher Cheth Sophat for the past year. When he graduates from the program he will have the skills to work for another mechanic or open his own shop.
The goal of this project is for rural youth to be trained in their desired vocational training and career-readiness skills. Through the vocational training and guidance of project staff, participants will be able to transition into using those skills to start businesses and explore additional future employment opportunities.
 
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The Ozanam Centre (the St. Catharines Soup Kitchen) was delighted to receive boxes of fresh tomatoes from the Funk Family farm. Gleaners Jasper (6) and Walter (2 1/2) were helped by their grandparents, Laur and Jan. There will be more tomatoes available this week. The folks at The Oz tell me, “There is no such things as too many tomatoes!” (Or eggs.) Do you have surplus vegetables? There is always a happy home for them at The Oz.
 
https://ozanamstc.ca/

Every dollar you share can become up to $4 thanks to government matching and a generous Ontario farmer!

If you sign up to sponsor an acre of land on Larry and Marg Dyck's farm—or even part of an acre—Larry will farm the land you sponsor and donate the proceeds after harvest. The proceeds will be matched by the government and then will go to helping end hunger, through MCC and Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

One acre costs $400, but whether you sponsor ten acres or a tenth of an acre, your gift will grow, and you'll help provide food for people who need it.

Join us—Grow Hope today!
 
https://donate.mcccanada.ca/cause/ontario-grow-hope-niagara

Check out Helena Mary Awok with her MCC school kit at Saint Mary's Primary School in Thon-Aduel, Rumbek, South Sudan! The Loreto School Kits and Nutritious Meals Project is making a difference by enhancing the education experience for around 25,000 children in the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek. From academic materials to feminine hygiene products, this project offers crucial support to young learners.
 
Want to help make a difference for students like Helena? Join the MCC School Kit Challenge! Help 10,000 kids attend school around the world by donating 10,000 school kits during the month of August. Whether you donate one or 100 school kits, every donation helps.
Visit mcc.org/school-kit-challenge to learn more
 
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To celebrate National Thrift Shop Day, which is August 17th, the Christian Benefit Shop on Grantham is asking you to clean out your cabinets and closets for a chance to win!
When you drop off housewares donations during August 1-17, you'll receive a ballot to win one of two gift cards on National Thrift Shop Day.
The draw will be held at 7 PM on Thursday, August 17. Winners will be mentioned on our social media channels and we will also be contacted by phone or email.
*One ballot provided per donation (one to multiple bags/boxes).
Most Thursday mornings, Laur Steven will be there to greet you at the drop off area! 😊
 
MCC Thrift Shops – Where every purchase is a gift to the world!
https://thrift.mcc.org/

When you volunteer or shop at MCC Thrift, you are helping communities around the world have access to safe water.
Having a safe place to go to the washroom is an important part of ensuring that a community has access to clean water. It's also important in keeping girls' attendance rates at school high.
In Uganda, MCC supports latrines and a girls' changing area at St. Johns school in Nyakabingo Village in Kasese. The changing room for girls also has space for washing and drying reusable pads.
This project has proven remarkably effective at increasing enrollment at schools and at reducing absenteeism, sickness, and drop-outs. The project works with three schools in Kasese district of Uganda each year, constructing school rainwater catchment systems (gutters and small 2,000-5,000 litre tanks), handwashing stations and latrines.
 
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The MCC Raw Carrot site opened in May 2017 and has operated in partnership with Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church in Kitchener. The location produces 500 to 600 bags of soup per month.
For some staff, working at The Raw Carrot is a stepping stone to full-time employment elsewhere. They’re able to learn new skills and have confidence in a supportive environment. For others, The Raw Carrot is exactly the type of workplace that they may need for the rest of their lives—where they can be supported during work by staff who understand the social, emotional, or mental health needs that impact their ability to work on a daily basis. These are needs that are simply not met by most workplaces.
“We’re still accomplishing our goal—to make soup—but we’re able to do that within a community that values people over efficiency. It’s all worth it, even if it takes us a little longer.”
You can pick up a bag of Raw Carrot soup from our MCC Thrift shop!
 
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https://therawcarrot.com/