Country Programs – Page 32

Standing with Haitian-Dominicans against statelessness

December 2, 2013

Français By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. With reports from MCC Haiti and MCC Washington D.C. For generations, Haitian immigrant famil...

Election Thoughts

November 27, 2013

Advocacy, Honduras

(versión en español abajo) By Charissa Zehr, Megan Turley and Elise Ditta. Charissa is the MCC Honduras Rep, Megan is a service worker, and Elise just finished a term in July. The international community has ...

Honduras election raises concerns

November 27, 2013

Honduras

By Charissa Zehr, Megan Turley and Elise Ditta. Charissa is the MCC Honduras Rep, Megan is a service worker, and Elise just finished a term in July. The international community has brought much attention to th...

Advocacy through solidarity in Colombia and Haiti

November 25, 2013

Colombia, Haiti

By Rebekah Sears with reports from MCC Haiti. Rebekah is the Policy Analyst and Educator for MCC Colombia. Ou français Since September MCC Colombia staff, Sembrandopaz and other partner organizations have bee...

Arming the cartels: U.S. guns in Latin America

November 15, 2013

Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence, Uncategorized

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. En route to Phoenix for the Mennonite Convention last summer, Fred Kauffman took a taxi from the airpo...

Haiti’s most vulnerable deserve better

November 14, 2013

Advocacy, Haiti, Rural Justice

Many outside observers assume Haiti's extreme level of poverty and instability is a random misfortune, but a basic understanding of Haiti's history tells a different story. In a powerful article in the Mennoni...

Interview: On Conscientious Objection in Colombia

November 7, 2013

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Interview with Maria Eugenia Leon, who runs the Nonviolence and Conscientious Objection Program at Justapaz in Colombia. Translated from Spanish. Anna Vogt: What is the motivation of Justapaz to work in ...

Letter from a Colombian Jail

October 30, 2013

Colombia

By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice, peace and non-violent action in Colombia. This post originally appeared on Anna'...

Peace in the midst of war

October 24, 2013

Honduras, Urban Peacebuilding

By Ilich Aviles, a YAMENer living in Honduras, originally from Nicaragua. Ilich reflects on finding hope and security in a country with the highest murder rate in the world, according to a 2011 study by...

Paz en medio de la guerra

October 22, 2013

Advocacy, Honduras, SALT/YAMEN/IVEP

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(Text in English below) Este mapa muestra el equipo del CCM Honduras. Trabajamos con organizaciones locales que en su mayoría trabajan con poblaciones marginalizadas. Esta historia esta escrita por Ilich Avi...

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