Country Programs – Page 22

Peacemakers: The Role of Anabaptist Churches in Guatemala and Honduras

October 19, 2015

Advocacy, Guatemala, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence

Prayer Gathering in the Plaza in Guatemala City. Anna Vogt is the LACA Advocacy and Policy Analyst. “In light of the present situation, we call on: All of the members of the Evangelical Mennonite Church ...

Welcome to the Table

October 14, 2015

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

Charissa Zehr is the Legislative Associate for International Affairs in the MCC Washington Offce. “It looks like all you did was eat,” joked my mom as we reflected on the pictures I had been posting on ...

The Great Mission: From Syria to Latin America

October 12, 2015

Mexico

1

Oscar Woo-Calvachi is the co-representative of MCC's Mexico country program (the following does not necessarily represent the position of MCC). From the Western revolutions in Syria (or Libya) and the creation...

Ayotzinapa: Not Resigned to Oblivion or Silence

September 26, 2015

Advocacy, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence

José Luis Beltran is a journalist who graduated from the School of Journalism Carlos Septien Garcia. He is interested in social issues and has three years of experience working in Mexico Evaluates, an organisat...

New Jerusalem

September 22, 2015

Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice, Uncategorized

Portion of a Sermon led by Krista Loewen and David Epp in the Wildwood Mennonite Church, in Canada. It was inspired on their experience in one of our Learning tours in Guatemala and El Salvador, where they acco...

As If

September 15, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Guatemala, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Advocacy and Policy Analyst. This post was originally published on Anna’s personal blog. When I used to sit on street corners in Mampujan and drink apple flavoured pink pop wi...

Refugee Peacemakers

September 8, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Migration

Omar and I welcoming the students to the Mennonite Church. Photo by Aziz Abdul. David Sulewski, together with his wife Tibrine da Fonesca, works with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ...

Gender Inequality and the Journey of Migrant Women

August 24, 2015

Advocacy, Guatemala, Migration

4

Young people performing a drama during the service week activity. Nancy Sabas, is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Guatemala/El Salvador. She is originally from Honduras. Each year, the Connect...

ELECTIONS: AN OCCASION FOR PRAYER FOR HAITI

August 20, 2015

Action Alerts, Haiti

Katharine Oswald, together with her husband Ted Oswald, works with MCC Haiti as the Policy Analyst & Advocacy Coordinator. This post was originally published on Ted and Katharine’s personal blog. This a...

Jello for Breakfast, Rice the Rest of the Time

August 18, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Rural Justice

Lettuce, but no rice! Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Advocacy and Policy Analyst. This post was originally published on Anna's personal blog. Every lunch and dinner at the conference last month included a g...

The Food We Share

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

“Yo quisiera que termine toda esa violencia” El Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer (part 2)

Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer (parte 1)