Country Programs – Page 8

Moving Beyond “It’s Complicated”: A Mexican History Lesson from Chiapas

May 23, 2018

Quinn Brenneke is a SALTer working with MCC Mexico partner Voces Mesoamericanas. This post was originally published on Quinn's newsletter. The simple answer I often give to many of the questions I get about...

Even planting trees was a political act: MCC in military-governed Haiti, 1987 to 1994

May 9, 2018

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

Annalee Giesbrecht is the MCC Haiti Advocacy and Communications Co-ordinator. You can find more stories about MCC Haiti's 60 years of work on the MCC Haiti blog. Lesreste Sidort started working for MCC in 1...

Peace Buttons and Education

May 2, 2018

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. As we boarded the bus, José David Valencia handed us all “gestores de paz” buttons to pin to our shirts. We were on our wa...

Blossoms and Bread

April 25, 2018

Advocacy, Mexico, Migration

Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This reflection was originally published on Anna’s personal blog. When people greet each other in the Indigenous language o...

Extra Vocabulary Required in Some Corners of Mexico

March 20, 2018

Advocacy, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence

Quinn Brenneke is a SALTer working with MCC Mexico partner Voces Mesoamericanas. When I had the choice to take a language class in 7th grade, my dad’s wisdom was to learn Spanish. He predicted what has beco...

Emergency Kits and Other Forms of Self-Protection

March 14, 2018

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

Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This reflection was originally published on Anna’s personal blog. What would you pack in your emergency kit in case of a hu...

Interactive Timeline: MCC in Haiti: A History

March 4, 2018

Advocacy, Haiti, Peace and Non-Violence

Alexis Kreiner is from Akron, Ohio. She graduated from Malone University in Canton, Ohio, with a degree in Communication Arts (Public Relations). She is currently working co-ordinating communications materials ...

Highland Abundance with a Glass of Tea

February 14, 2018

Advocacy, Bolivia, Rural Justice

Rebekah Nimtz is an MCC Service Worker in the cross-roads, bread-basket city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. On just another day in Bolivia I find myself flying around mountainous curves in a shared minivan taxi on ...

All that Glitters is Arracacha

February 8, 2018

Advocacy, Colombia, Mining Justice

https://www.facebook.com/annalvogt/videos/10155845510052040/ Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This reflection was originally published on Anna’s personal bl...

We Plant Flowers

January 30, 2018

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

Anna Vogt is the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This reflection was originally published on Anna’s personal blog. “I have three things to tell you.” Alvaro Villarraga says...

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