Country Programs – Page 24

The Butterflies of Buenaventura (Part 3): A Rising Tide of Tremendous Troublemakers

June 22, 2015

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

David Sulewski, together with his wife Tibrine da Fonesca, works with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ministry of the Mennonite Church in Quito to refugees, the majority of whom are f...

Weekly Round-up: June 19, Special Focus on Haiti

June 19, 2015

Haiti, Weekly Roundup

The Dominican Republic (D.R.) is poised to begin the controversial deportation of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrant workers and, potentially, Dominicans of Haitian descent who have been stripped of their...

In Times of War and in Times of ‘Peace’: The Role of the U.S. Embassy in the Current Political Turmoil of Guatemala

June 11, 2015

Advocacy, Guatemala, Peace and Non-Violence

Guatemala streets. Photo: Anna Vogt By Tobias Roberts, MCC Guatemala. This article was originally published by the Huffington Post on June 1, 2015. The United States government is no stranger to meddling i...

The Butterflies of Buenaventura (Part 2): Our project in life is to be happy

June 9, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

David Sulewski, together with his wife Tibrine da Fonesca, works with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ministry of the Mennonite Church in Quito to refugees, the ...

Injustice Outbreak

June 5, 2015

Advocacy, Haiti, Peace and Non-Violence

INFOGRAPHIC: How the U.N. is Failing Haitian Cholera Victims From HuffingtonPost Impact: "Haiti is a few months away from the five-year anniversary of the introduction of cholera because of the United Nations...

The Marlin Mine and Women’s Resistance

June 4, 2015

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mining Justice

Nancy and Crisanta By Nancy Sabas, the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Guatemala/El Salvador, originally from Honduras. Was it you who sent the miners? They violate the womb of Mother Earth They...

A Reflection on Solidarity

June 2, 2015

Advocacy, General, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

Edder Mecón (in white) is an MCC service worker from Colombia serving in Honduras. He shares a reflection on the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia that he participated in with a Mennonite congregation in...

Truth and Reconciliation

May 28, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Peace and Non-Violence

By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice, peace and non-violent action in Colombia. Originally posted at: thellamadiaries.co...

The Butterflies of Buenaventura (Part 1): A Woman’s Courage

May 27, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Migration

Photo: David Sulewski David Sulewski, together with his wife Tibrine da Fonesca, works with MCC in Quito, Ecuador, coordinating the Refugee Project, a ministry of the Mennonite Church in Quito to refugees, th...

A Step in the Right Direction: Stopping Aerial Fumigations in Colombia

May 19, 2015

Advocacy, Colombia, Rural Justice

Giles Eanes lives and works in Istmina, Choco as part of the MCC Seed program. This blog was first posted on his personal blog. Glyphosate has been in the news a lot lately. Also known as Roundup, this chem...

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)