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Mennonite Central Committee

January 13, 2014

Mennonites assist with vital Haitian water programme

Mennonite Central Committee has used a portion of its $16.7 million 'quake response budget to strengthen the Desarmes community.
October 28, 2013

Mennonites seek safe passage for aid in Syria

Mennonite Central Committee is appealing to the UN to enable humanitarian aid to reach the estimated 3,000 Syrian families endangered there.
September 1, 2013

Mennonites send aid to Syria and advocate peace

The relief agency Mennonite Central Committee in the USA is collecting supplies and sending them to refugee camps in Syria.
August 9, 2012

Congolese churches issue a 'cry of distress' over war

Protestant churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued a "cry of distress" following increased killing and displacement of civilians.
December 13, 2011

Churches and the struggle with an energy giant in rural Guatemala

Church leaders in Guatemala have played a significant role in the struggle to thwart controversial plans by a European energy giant, defending the widely ignored rights of the indigenous community, writes Tobias Roberts, on assignment with Mennonite Central Committee from North America. ENEL is the largest utility in Italy and the second largest in Europe, with revenues of more than US$100 billion in 2010.
November 28, 2011

Disarmament advocates hail derailing of flawed cluster bomb accord

Religious leaders and disarmament campaigners have hailed the decision by 50 countries to derail a deeply flawed worldwide accord on cluster bombs.
November 23, 2011

Churches oppose dangerous cluster bomb treaty compromises

Religious groups say a proposed new international law on cluster bombs could put more civilians at risk than an existing treaty would.
October 11, 2011

Mennonites back Lutheran relief work in the Horn of Africa

An NGO supported by Mennonites has made a significant contribution to the Lutheran church's work at refugee camps serving the Horn of Africa.
August 30, 2010

Anabaptist humanitarian service groups seek global cooperation

Anabaptist churches and service organizations from around the world have gathered in Addis Ababa to look at ways of working together more effectively.
August 12, 2010

North American Mennonites honour aid worker killed in Afghanistan

Mennonites in North America are reflecting with sadness, but also hope, on the life of a development worker killed in Afghanistan last week.