Country Programs – Page 7

Declaration Regarding Mass Migration in Honduras

October 30, 2018

From the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Honduras Migration is not something new. It is a human condition derived from of diverse circumstances. As Christians, we have the Biblical example of Abraham, Jaco...

Don’t Ever Give Up!

October 30, 2018

Advocacy, Bolivia, SEED

In the coming months, MCC LACA is republishing stories from the Life Stories project produced by seeders from the MCC Bolivia program. The Life Stories project is an attempt to show how the reflective peacebuil...

Making Steps towards Reconciliation and Hope

October 10, 2018

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Ricardo Torres is the Coordinator of Education Programs for MCC Colombia. It was two in the afternoon on June 3 of this year when four “chivas” (public tourism buses) parked in front of the Mennonite Brethre...

Victoria Mamani, Mother of Four

October 4, 2018

Advocacy, Bolivia, Partner Organization, Rural Justice, SEED

In the coming months, MCC LACA is republishing stories from the Life Stories project produced by seeders from the MCC Bolivia program. The Life Stories project is an attempt to show how the reflective peacebuil...

Si Esta Mesa Hablara (If This Table Spoke)

September 28, 2018

Advocacy, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence

During her term as an MCC service worker, Kholiwe Vundla worked as a paralegal assistant with the Deborah Program in Siguatepeque, Honduras. “Si esta mesa hablara, a saber la cantidad de historias que podrí...

Threads

September 19, 2018

Advocacy, Canada, Mexico, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

Anna Vogt is the director of the MCC Canada advocacy office in Ottawa. “It is not futile to sing the pain and beauty of having been born in America.” –Eduardo Galeano Before I moved to Latin Americ...

Building a City of Peace

August 1, 2018

Advocacy, Haiti, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

Annalee Giesbrecht is the MCC Haiti Advocacy and Communications Co-ordinator. The above photo is of Alex Pierre. Of the dozen or so people sitting talking together in a Port-au-Prince neighbourhood called T...

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

July 20, 2018

Action Alerts, Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

“In this biblical spirit and in solidarity with peacebuilders in Colombia, we write to let the public know that on Saturday, July 14, 2018, we learned of a communiqué in which an illegal armed group, self-ident...

Volcanoes, Displacement, and Guatemalan History

June 26, 2018

Advocacy, Guatemala, Migration

Jack Lesniewski is the co-representative for MCC Guatemala-El Salvador. It’s been almost three weeks since Volcan del Fuego erupted in Guatemala. It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday afternoon and returning...

Mediators and Replicas: PPyJ

May 30, 2018

Advocacy, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence

Emily Bowman is the former Connecting Peoples Coordinator in Honduras. In the photo, children practice a relaxation and breathing technique for de-stressing, led by Damaris Guaza Sandoval and the mediators A...

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

Declaration Regarding Mass Migration in Honduras

Don’t Ever Give Up!

Making Steps towards Reconciliation and Hope

Victoria Mamani, Mother of Four

Si Esta Mesa Hablara (If This Table Spoke)

Threads

Building a City of Peace

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

Volcanoes, Displacement, and Guatemalan History

Mediators and Replicas: PPyJ

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

A Transformative Agenda on Migration