Like Drops of Water in an Open Hand
Derrick Charles is MCC Co-Representative for Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Ever since picking up the guitar in middle school, I’ve enjoyed playing and creating with music. Over the years, making music has also...
Making Steps towards Reconciliation and Hope
Ricardo Torres is the Coordinator of Education Programs for MCC Colombia.
It was two in the afternoon on June 3 of this year when four “chivas” (public tourism buses) parked in front of the Mennonite Brethre...
Victoria Mamani, Mother of Four
In the coming months, MCC LACA is republishing stories from the Life Stories project produced by seeders from the MCC Bolivia program. The Life Stories project is an attempt to show how the reflective peacebuil...
Si Esta Mesa Hablara (If This Table Spoke)
During her term as an MCC service worker, Kholiwe Vundla worked as a paralegal assistant with the Deborah Program in Siguatepeque, Honduras.
“Si esta mesa hablara, a saber la cantidad de historias que podrí...
Building a City of Peace
Annalee Giesbrecht is the MCC Haiti Advocacy and Communications Co-ordinator. The above photo is of Alex Pierre.
Of the dozen or so people sitting talking together in a Port-au-Prince neighbourhood called T...
A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia
“In this biblical spirit and in solidarity with peacebuilders in Colombia, we write to let the public know that on Saturday, July 14, 2018, we learned of a communiqué in which an illegal armed group, self-ident...
Volcanoes, Displacement, and Guatemalan History
Jack Lesniewski is the co-representative for MCC Guatemala-El Salvador.
It’s been almost three weeks since Volcan del Fuego erupted in Guatemala. It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday afternoon and returning...
Education from Colombia to Nicaragua
Jenny Silva is an educator with MCC Nicaragua partner, Accion Medica Cristiana. Jenny works in violence and bullying prevention with schools and communities in Bluefields, on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Sh...
Mediators and Replicas: PPyJ
Emily Bowman is the former Connecting Peoples Coordinator in Honduras. In the photo, children practice a relaxation and breathing technique for de-stressing, led by Damaris Guaza Sandoval and the mediators
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