Country Programs – Page 14

Creating ecumenical ties through food sovereignty

December 7, 2016

Lindsey Frye serves with MCC in Mexico as ecumenism promoter for INESIN, an MCC partner. This article was orginally published on the Fall 2016 issue of Intersections. The full issue can be found on MCC’s websit...

There are no barriers in God

December 1, 2016

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Ayda Maria Villalobos is 21 years old, from La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia, currently serving with IVEP at Artisan's Hope in Harrisonburg, VA. This is copy of the testimony she recently shared at MCC ...

Hurricane Matthew and Cholera: A Race Against Time

November 29, 2016

Advocacy, Haiti, Rural Justice

Ted Oswald is a policy analyst and advocacy coordinator for MCC Haiti. This article was originally published on the MCC Haiti blog. Over the coming weeks we will share about MCC’s developing response for H...

Dear Child, Yet Within the Womb

November 9, 2016

Advocacy, Nicaragua, Peace and Non-Violence

Derrick Charles and Rebekah Good Charles are the representatives for MCC Nicaragua. They are from the United States and are expecting the birth of their third child, in Nicaragua. Derrick wrote this song for th...

Thinking Collectively: The Ixil University and Education for Liberation

November 2, 2016

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mining Justice, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

Nancy Sabas is the former MCC Guatemala Connecting Peoples Coordinator. She currently works in Colombia. A few weeks ago, I visited the Ixil region of Guatemala’s northern alitiplano, during my last learnin...

Mining & Mennonites: The Prophetic Role of the Church in Ibagué

October 27, 2016

Advocacy, Colombia, Mining Justice

José Antonio Vaca Bello is married and has two daughters. He has been a member of the Mennonite Church for more than 35 years and has carried out different responsibilities within the church at a local and nat...

Peace in the Street and the Time of Yellow Butterflies

October 25, 2016

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Anna Vogt is the Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on her personal blog. The Justapaz office is adorned with yellow butterflies. On cubicle dividers, windows, walls a...

A Letter from the Future

October 19, 2016

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

Vibrant and active young people define the LACA region. From photographing beauty in the midst of structural injustice to show Haiti on its own terms, to the fight for conscientious objection in Nicaragua, to l...

Moving Beyond Yes or No: The Search for Prodigal Peace in Colombia

October 13, 2016

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Bonnie Klassen is the Area Director for South America and Mexico. She lives in Bogota, Colombia. I still remember when the Caguan Peace Talks between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed For...

The Way is Peace

October 11, 2016

Advocacy, Nicaragua, Peace and Non-Violence

Andrew Claassen in the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Nicaragua. On July 19, 1979, Nicaraguans awoke to triumph. Having fled the country two days earlier, Anastasio Somoza, the last of a US backed d...

The Food We Share

Las piedras claman – Peace Camp, Akron | 10 al 15 de marzo

Stones Cry Out: Reflecting on Peace Camp, Akron | March 10-15

Earth Day 2025: Cultivating and consolidating peace in Colombia

Creating ecumenical ties through food sovereignty

There are no barriers in God

Hurricane Matthew and Cholera: A Race Against Time

Dear Child, Yet Within the Womb

Thinking Collectively: The Ixil University and Education for Liberation

Mining & Mennonites: The Prophetic Role of the Church in Ibagué

Peace in the Street and the Time of Yellow Butterflies

A Letter from the Future

Moving Beyond Yes or No: The Search for Prodigal Peace in Colombia

The Way is Peace

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

A Transformative Agenda on Migration