By Sarah Adams

February 19, 2013

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The first time I went to Syria through my work with Mennonite Central Committee, almost four years ago, I was unable to access social networking websites. Today, the armed conflict prohibits me from entering the country, but I get a lot of my daily updates through my Facebook feed.

Recently I was chatting with a friend in Aleppo:
Me: How are you? Are you safe?
Friend: No one is safe here.

By Gladys Terichow

Jan. 3, 2012

JUBA, South Sudan—Carrying her two-year old daughter Ester on her back, Jerisa Muro walks to a sewing class almost two miles from her home in Juba, the capital city of South Sudan.

Muro, a mother of four children, ages 2 to 11, hopes to start a tailoring business and earn enough money so that her children can go to school. She is especially concerned that her two eldest children are not attending school.

AKRON, Pa. – “Men are gold, women are cloth” – this common Khmer proverb reflects the lowly status women bear in Cambodia, where Women Peacemakers, a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) partner, is working to reduce violence against women.

Blurb: MCC scales up food response in Syria to aid 25,000 people through difficult winter months and provide a respite for their host community.

Gladys Terichow November 23, 2012

WINNIPEG, Man. — As the conflict in war-stricken Syria continues to claim lives and destroy livelihoods, the number of people facing hunger has jumped to 2 million.

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is scaling up its emergency food response in Syria by providing just over $1.3 million of assistance through MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

By MCC Staff

Nov. 12, 2012

AKRON, Pa. – As snow and temperatures begin to fall in the Middle East and violence in Syria shows no signs of abating, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is intensifying its response to meet basic human needs.

For more than a year, Syrian civilians have been on the move, seeking shelter away from the fighting between the Syrian army and opposition groups.

By Gladys Terichow Blurb: Intergenerational classes allow young and old to talk candidly about HIV and AIDS.

Nov. 7, 2012

ARUSHA, Tanzania – Tears flow freely at Binti Mama (daughter mother) gatherings as mothers and their teenage daughters talk openly about issues such as HIV and AIDS.

Led by an intergenerational team of students, teachers and women, the gatherings provide a safe setting for listening and learning across generations.

By Gladys Terichow

Oct. 1, 2012

OPARI, South Sudan— After fleeing aerial bombings in South Sudan and living in a refugee camp in Uganda for 14 years, Caesaer Hakim and his family were excited that the day to return home had finally arrived.

But when they got to their ancestral home in Opari, they found another family living on their land.

Sept. 6, 2012

AKRON, Pa. – Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) efforts to ease the suffering of displaced families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue with short-term distribution of food and household items and emergency access to health care for about 225 families or 1,350 people.

MCC provides emergency food assistance in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.

By Gladys Terichow

Aug. 27, 2012 WINNIPEG, Man. – More than 18.7 million people, including 1 million children, are affected by a food and malnutrition crisis in the Sahel region in West Africa, according to reports from a United Nations agency.

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is on the ground and providing emergency food assistance in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.