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MCC LACA Marks International Women’s Day

March 6, 2023
Advocacy, Peace and Non-Violence
March 8th is International Women’s Day, a commemoration that has its roots in the early 20th-century labour movement. Since then, it has been commemorated in countries around the world, both as a celebration o...

First person: Gabriel Acarapi Chuca

November 8, 2022
Advocacy, Bolivia, Climate Change, Rural Justice
I grew up in a community where my grandfather was a farmer and, like most of us here, we belong to an Indigenous community. We’ve been brought up knowing that we need to wake up early and help on the farm and ...

Walking Together: Notes from MCC LACA’s 2022 Indigenous Peoples Encounter

October 10, 2022
Advocacy, Bolivia, Climate Change, Guatemala, Mexico, Migration, Mining Justice, Partner Organization, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice, Urban Peacebuilding
In 1491, the territory that we now call the Americas was full of communities of many colours and sounds, of flourishing art, with sophisticated and diverse food production and complex political systems and all...

On shaky ground: How climate change is making life more complex for rural farmers in Bolivia

September 5, 2022
Advocacy, Bolivia, Climate Change
After our second visit of the day, we took a moment to sit, eat and chat more with members of the Chucarasi community in Norte de Potosí (North of Potosí), Bolivia. After we finished a full meal of freshly gro...

Six Migration Stories from Haiti

February 8, 2022
Advocacy, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Migration
1: RETURN I came back to Haiti just as it seemed like everyone was leaving. The arrivals section of the airport, normally packed shoulder-to-shoulder with people awaiting their loved ones, was almost desert...

Accompanying Low German Mennonites at MCC Bolivia’s Centro Menno

December 10, 2021
Advocacy, Bolivia, Partner Organization
People from the Low German Mennonite colonies may come into Centro Menno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for a variety of reasons. While store men and taxi drivers picking up a bulk subscription of the Mennonitische Po...

Enough minutes to call

December 6, 2021
Advocacy, Honduras, Migration, Migration, SALT/YAMEN/IVEP
I’m grateful to God for this simple lesson: “What I saw as a misfortune has become a blessing for another, who in turn, out of their need, blessed me.” I want to share with you a little of what I’ve learned...

MCC Colombia-Ecuador Virtual Learning Tour

July 19, 2021
Advocacy, Colombia, Learning Tours
Welcome to the MCC Colombia-Ecuador virtual learning tour! Due to the ongoing pandemic, we are unable to welcome you in person to visit our program and partners. But that doesn't mean there aren't lots of hope...

Maya Textiles: The Books They Couldn’t Burn

June 3, 2021
Advocacy, Guatemala, SEED
Ignorance is a blessing. I really mean that. Ignorance allows us to visit places like the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing and leave marveling at the beauty of the huipiles, cortes, and other ...

Luz: Laughter amidst the tears

May 24, 2021
Advocacy, Colombia, Migration, Migration
The protagonist of today’s story is a woman who, for security reasons, I’ll call Luz. Luz was born in La Guajira, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. She describes it as a beautiful region, very warm but al...
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