Country Programs – Page 30

Funky Friday: Arte catracho! con Miriam Sabas

April 25, 2014

Cada viernes, estaremos posteando algo que sobresale de la sociedad y la cultura hondureña. Este viernes, queremos celebrar el arte hondureño. Every Friday, we will be posting about something that stands out i...

Reflections on Colombia: the wounds of displacement

April 21, 2014

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

Photo by Walter Thiessen By Walter Thiessen, MCC Canada board member and professor at St. Stevens University in New Brunswick, Canada. He wrote this reflection after participating in an MCC Colomb...

Days of Prayer and Action in Colombia

April 4, 2014

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

Photo by Cellia Vasquez 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 poste...

Challenges of an indigenous university in a westernized education system

March 31, 2014

El Salvador, Guatemala

By Nancy Sabas¨Are you the same ones that came to kill my people?¨ asked hesitantly an Ixil community Elder to a group of 10 curious students soon-to-become teachers from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada....

¡Adelante! Peace with Justice for ALL Colombians

March 29, 2014

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

By Rebekah Sears, Policy Educator and Advocacy Worker for MCC Colombia. It is that time of year again: Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia (DOPA). From April 4-7 churches, organizations, communities and ind...

Funky Friday! Comida Catracha

March 28, 2014

Funky Friday, Honduras, Just for fun!

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Para divertirnos un poco este viernes, queremos celebrar la comida hondureña: ¿Cuál es su comida favorita de Honduras? Deje un comentario aquí! Amamos la comida catracha! (Especialmente las baleadas.) <3...

Costa a Costa: Transformemos Honduras

March 26, 2014

Advocacy, Honduras, Partner Organization

Click here for English. Cada año la organización Transformemos Honduras tiene un evento que se llama Costa a Costa, donde alrededor de 100 ciclistas viajan más de 700kms de la Ceiba hasta San Lorenzo, Valle por...

Violence and a bag of chips

March 25, 2014

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

By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Disaster Management Coordinator, Mesoamerica & Caribbean Since before I moved to Honduras almost 2 years ago, I had heard about conflicts in the Bajo Aguan, a fertile region in t...

Violence and a bag of chips

March 20, 2014

Advocacy, Honduras

(versión en español abajo, haga click aquí) Violence and a bag of chips written by Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Disaster Management Coordinator, Mesoamerica & Caribbean Since before I moved to Honduras almost 2...

Constructing peace across a violent border

March 18, 2014

Mexico, Migration

Photo credit: Chris Hershberger-Esh By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. Fifty tired-looking migrants, mostly men, formed a ci...

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)

Funky Friday: Arte catracho! con Miriam Sabas

Reflections on Colombia: the wounds of displacement

Days of Prayer and Action in Colombia

Challenges of an indigenous university in a westernized education system

¡Adelante! Peace with Justice for ALL Colombians

Funky Friday! Comida Catracha

Costa a Costa: Transformemos Honduras

Violence and a bag of chips

Violence and a bag of chips

Constructing peace across a violent border

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

A Transformative Agenda on Migration