Mennonite World Review

Articles : Linda Espenshade/Mennonite Central Committee

Jan. 21 issue

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  MCC works to eliminate Haiti’s temporary housing

  Almost three years after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, Mennonite Central Committee continues to address long-term needs for housing and sustainable livelihoods.

  MCC is in the midst of two large earthquake-response projects — building a new housing community for 100 families on the northwest outskirts of the capital city of Port-au-Prince and expanding a vocational training program in Desarmes, a community 32 miles northeast of the city.

Dec. 10, 2012 issue

• Congolese displaced again

  AKRON, Pa. — After a rebel group overtook the city of Goma in eastern Congo, Mennonite Central Committee is supporting efforts to care for the needs of displaced people.

Nov. 26, 2012 issue

• MCC emergency funds help families in Gaza

  AKRON, Pa. — Responding to casualties from fighting between Israel and Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, Mennonite Central Committee is sending emergency funds to help Gazan families whose homes have been bombed.

• MCC responds to Sandy’s devastation in Haiti

  AKRON, Pa. — Before Hurricane Sandy devastated homes, beaches and entire communities in New Jersey and New York, the storm dumped as many as 20 inches of rain on parts of Haiti.

Oct. 1, 2012 issue

• Nigerians from California make an MCC connection

  FRESNO, Calif. — Nigerian pastors of Mennonite churches in California live with one foot in the U.S. and one foot in Nigeria, serving people in both countries.

May 14, 2012 issue

• MCC meets Syrian refugees’ basic needs in Jordan

  AKRON, Pa. — Until a year ago, Reham and her three young children lived a middle-class, economically secure life in Dir’a, Syria, supported by her husband, Jamal, who owned and operated a barber shop and beauty salon with several employees.

April 16, 2012 issue

• New era begins for MCC

  AKRON, Pa. — “A cloud of witnesses” gathered March 30 at Akron Mennonite Church to observe the commissioning of Mennonite Central Committee Canada and MCC U.S. for a new era of ministry.

Feb. 6, 2012 issue

• MCC relief reaches Somali refugees who may not be going home any time soon

  AKRON, Pa. — When MCC representative Dan Leonard visited Dollo Ado refugee camp in late December, he was struck by the reality that the 150,000 Somali refugees who found safety and food in Ethiopia were not going home any time soon.

Dec. 19, 2011 issue

• MCC responds to Cambodian floods

  AKRON, Pa. — As the worst flooding in a decade begins to recede in Cambodia, the work of obtaining food and clean water and the long-term rebuilding of livelihoods is under way with assistance from Mennonite Central Committee.

Aug. 1, 2011 issue

• MCC seeks $1 million for East Africa

  AKRON, Pa. — An immediate and extended response to the drought and food crisis in East Africa is essential for limiting the vulnerability of millions looking for enough food to survive, said Bruce Campbell-Janz, director of Mennonite Central Committee’s Africa Department.

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