Country Programs – Page 40

The UN Mission in Haiti: Is MINUSTAH worth the cost?

October 2, 2012

Country Programs, Haiti, Urban Peacebuilding

Wawa and Kristen Chege, Advocacy Coordinators, MCC Haiti write about the October 15th mandate renewal of the UN Mission in Haiti. In 2004, the United Nations passed a resolution authorizing the presence of the...

Caravan for Peace in Mexico ends in Washington DC

September 29, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration, Urban Peacebuilding

A report from the end of the Caravan for Peace across the US which reached Washington DC on Sept 12th. This is a shorten version of the Spanish blog prepared by David Brooks. There is not enough grief or anger...

Righteousness, Peacemaking and Advocacy: A Biblical Reflection

September 10, 2012

Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

Jacqueline Block, a MCC Service Worker in Chiapas Mexico, reflects on a compilation of Henri Nouwen’s writings entitled: The Road to Peace. As I continue my search for what it means to be a peacemaker, and wha...

The Peace Caravan visits the School of the Americas, Georgia

September 3, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration, Uncategorized, Urban Peacebuilding

Deyssy Jael de la Luz García, Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos/Iglesias por la Paz. The Caravan for Peace crossed Arizona and Texas, and is now in Georgia. Along the route they have been received by churches and ...

Life in the campo

August 28, 2012

Nicaragua, Rural Justice

Fruit Kevin helped pick while in the campo. Kevin Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua. Kevin experienced several aspects of life related to living in rural Nicaragua: a lack of access to water and the intense labour r...

Peace Caravan visits Maricopa Jail, Arizona

August 20, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration, Uncategorized, Urban Peacebuilding

The Mexican Caravan for Peace currently crossing the US, visited the infamous Maricopa Jail, Arizona, on Saturday. Jael De la Luz Garcia, a participant from the Mexican Churches for Peace, provides an update a...

Mexican Peace Caravan begins to cross USA

August 14, 2012

Mexico, Migration, Urban Peacebuilding

The Caravan crosses the border at Tijuana By Deyssy Jael de la Luz García This is our first report from Jael, on the Caravan for Peace. Jael is a representative of Churches for Peace , and the Ecumenical Stu...

An old pair of jeans

August 9, 2012

Nicaragua, Rural Justice

By Cassie Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua. This post corresponds to a previous post that reflected on workers who are employed in free trade zones in Nicaragua. I just happened to be wearing an old pair of Gap jea...

How many slaves are working for you?

August 6, 2012

Nicaragua, Rural Justice

By Kevin Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua Cassie and I rode a bus through one of the many “zona francas” (free trade zones) here in Nicaragua. It was a Saturday night and thousands of people were flooding into the str...

Free Trade and Human Rights in Colombia – One Year Later

July 30, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs

Rice threshed by hand in rural Colombia. Photo by Rebekah Sears. Do free trade agreements have an impact on human rights? Canadian and Colombian NGOs are challenging their governments to examine the reality b...

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)

The UN Mission in Haiti: Is MINUSTAH worth the cost?

Caravan for Peace in Mexico ends in Washington DC

Righteousness, Peacemaking and Advocacy: A Biblical Reflection

The Peace Caravan visits the School of the Americas, Georgia

Life in the campo

Peace Caravan visits Maricopa Jail, Arizona

Mexican Peace Caravan begins to cross USA

An old pair of jeans

How many slaves are working for you?

Free Trade and Human Rights in Colombia – One Year Later

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

A Transformative Agenda on Migration