Country Programs – Page 41

How many slaves are working for you?

August 6, 2012

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...

MCC Haiti Plants 5000 trees for National Tree Day

July 16, 2012

Haiti, Rural Justice

By Joshua Steckley, an MCC service worker in Haiti Mennonite Central Committee supports 22 local tree nurseries around Desarmes, a small town in the Artibonite Valley in Haiti. Each year, these nurseries produ...

Who Owns the Lake?

July 3, 2012

Nicaragua, Rural Justice

Adam poses as he jumps off a 10-meter high dock into the pristine waters of the volcanic crater lake located near the hotel and restaurant mentioned in this blog post. Adam Shank and Marisa Cylmer Shank are s...

Mampuján: Forging a path to peace in Colombia

June 25, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

Community members of Mampuján meet with government representatives to discuss reparations for the massacre and displacement that occurred in their community in 2000. By Anna Vogt, a Seed program worker with M...

Mexican Mennonite Churches Call for Peace

June 14, 2012

Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

In May, the 13 churches in the Mexico City area that are part of the Evangelical Anabaptist Mennonite Church Conference (CIEAMM) issued a letter expressing their support of the Movement for Peace with Justice a...

Haiti: United Nations Peace-keepers Held Accountable for Abuses

June 12, 2012

Haiti

By Kristen and Wawa Chege, Advocacy Coordinators, MCC Haiti The current case of UN peacekeeping soldiers, charged with the sexual assault of a young Haitian, raises issues of accountability and effectiveness i...

Immigration from another side of the border wall

June 5, 2012

Mexico, Migration

Kelly, a MCC SALT participant, is working with a MCC partner organization, Instituto de Estudios e Investigación Intercultural (INESIN) in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. She completes her term in ...

A Thread of Peace in Medellín

May 31, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

This post is from Jessica Sarriot, a two-year Seed worker, with MCC in Medellín Colombia. A City Known for Food, Flowers, and Drug Cartels Medellín, a bowl-shaped city known for its overabundant “Bandeja Pai...

Colombia: Human Rights and a Car Bomb

May 17, 2012

Colombia

By Adrienne Wiebe On Tuesday this week (May 15) a car bomb exploded in Bogota and the Canadian government released its first report on the Human Rights impact of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....

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)