Advocacy Encounter: Guatemala 2016
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Policy Analyst and Advocacy Support.
“A world of peace, a people with dignity, equality and equity with rights. Ancestral communities in resistance, full of hope. Strength lies in a...
The Paris Agreement. And now what?
Stephanie McDonald, senior policy advisor for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Her article was originally posted on the Ottawa Office Notebook.
As I entered the site of the Paris Climate Conference, known as C...
Peace is Possible, but it is a Choice
Kevin and Cassie Zonnefeld are MCCers serving in Nicaragua, as Culture of Peace Educators. In their Conflict Transformation course, they asked students to interview someone who was involved in the revolution of...
Drought, food security and migration in Central America
By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Latin America's Disaster Management Coordinator, based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Central America is seeing one of the worst droughts in decades. Images in the media are filled with ...
MCC responds to child migrant crisis
In Guatemala, MCC is providing comforters, blankets, hygiene kits and funding to a home run by Missionaries of Saint Charles Scalabrinians, which provides temporary shelter to migrants such as Nanci Adair Gali...
Doing Good
By Marisa Clymer Shank, MCC Nicaragua
I’ve read several articles this past week on “missions” and “development work”. Each one has made me think about how I define what I’m doing in Nicaragua and how others mi...
The Death of Hugo Chavez: A Perspective from Nicaragua
By Adam Shank and Marisa Clymer Shank. MCC Nicaragua
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Hugo Chavez was buried this weekend in Venezuela. Chavez leaves behind a complex legacy of standing up for what he thought was right, ...
The Death of Hugo Chavez: A Perspective from Nicaragua
By Adam Shank and Marisa Clymer Shank. MCC Nicaragua
Hugo Chavez was buried this weekend in Venezuela. Chavez leaves behind a complex legacy of standing up for what he thought was right, not caring about who h...
Advent Reflections from Central America
By Adam Shank, MCC Nicaragua
The Advent/Christmas season has become an important time of year for me in recent years. Growing up Christmas time was always a highlight of the year, not only for the presents b...
Reflections from the Bus
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By Cassie Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua
The second poorest nation in Latin America, Nicaragua faces challenges in addressing chronic malnutrition and improving net primary school enrollment a...