Country Programs – Page 10

Interactive Timeline: MCC in Haiti: A History

March 4, 2018

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...

Religious Freedom and Human Trafficking in Bolivia

January 25, 2018

Advocacy, Bolivia, Peace and Non-Violence

Steve Plenert is the co-representative for MCC Bolivia. Part of what makes MCC work fascinating is that as a foreign NGO work we are to tread carefully around “politics” but are called to engage with social ...

Learning together in Honduras!

January 17, 2018

Advocacy, Connecting, Honduras, Learning Tours, Peace and Non-Violence

Emily Bowman is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator in Honduras In May 2017, MCC Honduras had the opportunity to welcome a new kind of learning tour: past participants in MCC´s Summer Service Program (summer...

Working Towards a Livable Haiti

January 9, 2018

Advocacy, Haiti, Migration

Annalee Giesbrecht works with MCC Haiti as part of the SALT program. Frantz Janvier runs a papier mâché workshop just outside of Jacmel, Haiti, where he lives in a brightly painted home on land that has bee...

Pushing Past the Barriers

January 2, 2018

Advocacy, Bolivia, Peace and Non-Violence

Rebekah Nimtz is an MCC Service Worker in the cross-roads, bread-basket city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Photo: Salome Flores Ubaldez getting a tire on her wheelchair replaced, Potosí's mining slag piles visible in...

A Christmas Story among the Displaced

December 25, 2017

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mexico, Migration, Rural Justice

Quinn Brenneke is a SALTer working with MCC Mexico partner Voces Mesoamericanas. Mateo Lopez Ramirez's* parents didn’t have a choice. When they heard that they would be forced out of their home by soldiers,...

Christmas Culture in Nicaragua

December 19, 2017

Advocacy, Nicaragua, Peace and Non-Violence

Andrew Claassen is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Nicaragua. As I was pulling on my socks before going to church last Sunday I heard a familiar sound: a small van with large speakers strapped to...

The Food We Share

Voices of Change Sowing Hope in Latin America: Three Women Weaving Dignified Futures

Voces de Cambio Sembrando Semillas de Esperanza en Latinoamérica: Tres Mujeres Tejiendo Futuros Dignos

“Imagino un mundo … donde mujeres y [niñas] podamos caminar en las calles, trabajar, y convivir … sin miedo” (part 3)