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December 2012

Putting faith in action through meat canning Winkler is one of more than 30 canning sites in Canada and the U.S. where thousands of volunteers assist MCC’s canning crew with preserving about half a million cans of turkey, beef and pork for hungry people around the world.
International volunteers enrich lives of Winnipegers Every year, Rebecca and Vinh Huynh and their three children, Lien, 7, Mai-Anh, 5, and Tai, 3, share their home and lives with a participant from Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP). Find out how these visitors enrich their lives year after year.

October 2012

Healthy living begins with wholesome food at Sam's Place Sam's Place - a used book store, cafe, and performing arts venue - offers more than just entertainment to its community of Elmwood.

July 2012

Rally raises awareness of missing, murdered women Gladys Terichow interviews Norman Meade at a rally in Winnipeg which aimed to raise awareness of missing and murdered Aboriginal women

October 2011

MCC Manitoba and Initiatives for Just Communities ask the federal government to give careful consideration to the implications of Bill C-10 “Community organisations working in partnership with government policy and practice have contributed to creating safer communities. Our concern is that Bill C-10 could move us further away from this goal,” says Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Manitoba Program’s Director Deborah Martin-Koop.

September 2011

No break here: Students take time in summer to work for MCC Manitoba MCC Manitoba had five summer interns working for them this summer.

May 2011

MDS Ready to Respond to Flood Recovery and Clean-up Efforts MDS focused on long-term flood recovery

December 2010

New direction for Sam's Place Focus shifts for Sam's Place

April 2010

Travelling art exhibition explores food justice issues The exhibition, Just Food: Right to Food from a Faith Perspective, features the artwork of seven Canadian artists and 12 international artists, and is designed to raises questions on the right to food and responsibilities to end hunger from a human rights approach and a faith perspective.
Upcoming concerts to launch new MCC CD featuring Maasai choirs Take Your Place, a CD/DVD featuring Calgary vocalist Kim Thiessen, Winnipeg musician Darryl Neustaedter Barg and church choirs from Maasai communities in Kenya, will be launched at a series of CD release concerts in Manitoba and Alberta.