Country Programs – Page 42

Caravan of Central American Mothers search for missing Migrants in Mexico

November 11, 2011

The Casa de los Amigos, the Quaker house in Mexico City, is an MCC partner, and they recently hosted a very moving visit of Central American mothers searching for their children who have disappeared in Mexico w...

Mexican Day of the Dead: Cause of Death?

November 4, 2011

Country Programs, Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

Wednesday, November 2nd was “Day of the Dead” here in Mexico. This national holiday is a unique combination of Pre-Hispanic and Catholic traditions in which families remember deceased family members. Linked wi...

Peace: A Gift to be Received

October 27, 2011

Country Programs, Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

Jacqueline Block, MCC Service Worker in Chiapas Mexico, continues her reflections on a compilation of Henri Nouwen’s writings entitled: The Road to Peace. Are we for peace? Are we at peace? These are good ques...

“Vivir Bien” – The Bolivian concept of “Abundant Life”

October 7, 2011

Bolivia, Country Programs, Mining Justice, Rural Justice

By Lynn Longenecker. Lynn, his wife Laurie, and children, Maria, Nathan and Jesse, recently completed a three-year assignment in Bolivia. In this post, Lynn reflects on an indigenous concept that provides a cr...

Responding When We Disagree: A Case from Haiti

September 18, 2011

Country Programs, Haiti

Alexis Eckert was the MCC Advocacy Coordinator in Haiti from 2008 to July, 2011, and now works for Other Worlds, Haiti. In this blog she explores how the way we communicate is as important as the content we ...

Community Evolution – Not Community Development

September 7, 2011

Country Programs, Mexico, Rural Justice

Bruce, Ziko, Jaime, Hizee, and Zam Friesen-Pankratz, Photo by Luke Roth-Mullet Bruce Friesen-Pankratz writes about his experience as an MCC service-worker in Zacango, Mexico, utilizing a biological metaphor t...

Prime Minister Harper and I mark the new Canada-Colombia Free-Trade Agreement

August 25, 2011

Colombia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and I were recently in Colombia. We visited youth programs in a marginalized urban neighbourhood, met with business leaders, and talked with Colombians about the new Canad...

Voices from the Americas: A Friend to Migrant Women caught in the Sex Trade

August 7, 2011

Country Programs, Honduras, Mexico, Migration

Gloria, a vivacious young woman in a tight top and short skirt, tells Maria and me that she would love to go for a day-trip to San Cristobal with us, but her “man” will not let her go. She laughs: “ He’s thinks...

New Border Wall in Nogales: Metal, Murals, & Music

July 18, 2011

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration

Since last week, the old wall dividing the city of Nogales on the border between Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico is being replaced by a new one. The US government is tearing down 2.8 miles of old metal fence an...

A Shared Song: Argentinian Folk-Singer Facundo Cabral Killed Yesterday

July 11, 2011

Country Programs, Guatemala, Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter, aged 74, was killed in Guatemala City early Saturday morning, July 9, by gunmen. He was on his way to the airport after giving several concerts. It is still unclea...

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