Relief, development and podcast

On this episode we're talking about the importance of integrating peace and development in Colombia, a place with a long history of armed conflict.  Featuring a story from Dionisio Alarcón about how he uses storytelling to help victims of violence process their trauma. Host Scott interviews Sara Melgarejo, an MCC staff person who has a front row seat to our peacebuilding work in the region. Full t...

On this episode we explore how honouring treaties with Indigenous peoples is connected to peacebuilding.   We feature the story of the Two Row Wampum belt and guest Adrian Jacobs, who is Ganosono of the Turtle Clan, Cayuga Nation of the Six Nations Haudenosaunee Confederacy, joins us to talk about how his people are asserting sovereignty and fighting for the land that is rightfully theirs, accordi...

Amal Nassar, a Palestinian woman from Tent of Nations in the West Bank, is committed to peace with neighbouring settlements even as they face constant pressure to leave their land. Mike and Linda Shantz join host Scott Campbell to talk about their experience on an MCC learning tour to Palestine and Israel in 2019 and explore how relationship building is connected to peacebuilding. Full transcript...

While in prison in Zambia, Zebron Mwale found his attitude around reconciliation radically transformed after joining a peace club. Issa Ebombolo joins host Scott Campbell to talk about the creation of peace clubs and bringing them to the Zambian correctional facilities as well as his own personal journey to becoming a peace builder. Full transcript available here: https://mcc.org/sites/mcc.org/fil...

This episode we explore how COVID-19 is affecting people crossing borders as they navigate an already complex and often unsafe system. Featuring a story from Josefa (real name not used for security reasons), who is seeking asylum to the United States after fleeing her home in Venezuela. Host Scott Campbell also interviews Katherine Smith, the border and migration coordinator for MCC's West Coast o...

Etaferaw Anke in Ethiopia shares a story about how COVID-19 arriving in her country has impacted her clothing business and made it difficult for her to provide for herself and her daughter.   Host Scott Campbell interviews Annie Loewen, one of MCC's humanitarian assistance coordinators, who shares about how COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting women and what MCC is doing to address this issue....

Dr. Christian Isichei, from MCC partner Faith Alive in Nigeria, shares a story about a 16-year-old girl named Emmanuela who recovered from COVID-19 to go on to help others in her community struggling with the virus.   Scott interviews Paul Shetler Fast, MCC's global health coordinator who has been working closely with MCC's COVID-19 response.   Full show transcript here: https://mcccanada.ca/sites...

On this episode of the podcast we talk to Rick Cober Bauman, Executive Director of MCC Canada, about the challenges and successes of the last year and looking ahead to 2021. We also ask him a question from a listener and get more personal with rapid-fire 20 questions.

Christmas is just around the corner  and t his episode is our   gift to you. A  reprieve from  this year. Today on the show, an interview with Andrew Unger from the Daily Bonnet. A satirical rundown performed by comedian Jane Testar. A song about the MCC Christmas Giving guide performed by The WhizBang  Shufflers. Plus, a Christmas story from the MCC archives.  

On this episode of the show, we're talking about peace.   MCC alumni Titus Peachey, shares how a shattered garden hoe motivates him and his wife Linda to advocate for Laos villages still being injured and killed by cluster bombs forty years after the Vietnam war.   Gopar Tapkida, MCC rep in Zimbabwe, joins host Scott Campbell to talk about his journey to becoming a peacebuilder.   Plus, we'll hear...

It's MCC's 100th birthday! Listen in for the story of how MCC was formed and the story of Anna Janzen Funk, one of the women who ran MCC's first relief kitchen. Featuring Esther Epp-Thiesen who *literally* wrote the book on the history of MCC Canada.

This episode takes a deep dive into what community means, featuring a "loaves and fishes" story from an MCC partner in Colombia, an interview with Elaine Hofer, a Hutterite woman, and a story about the "dragon" of Addis Ababa.

We're taking a short break this month from our usual episodes to bring you an update from Mark Epp, Director of International Program for MCC Canada. He shares some of the challenges and surprises we've encountered in responding to COVID-19. We also bring you a "bright spot story" from Lucas Land, former MCC staff in Bolivia.  We'll be back next month with another full episode.

On this episode of the show, Rima (full name not used for security reasons), who works for an MCC partner in Syria, shares about how she and her colleagues found joy amidst danger when a bomb fell nearby during a craft workshop.   Comedian Matt Falk joins host Scott Campbell to talk about how comedy can shift culture and be used as a tool for social change.   MCC worker Annalee Giesbrecht ends the...

Mulanda Jimmy Juma shares about how his experience as a displaced person helps inform his work for MCC today in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how our partners there are responding to COVID-19 in camps for displaced people.   Olympian Cindy Klassen joins host Scott Campbell to talk about her Olympic career, her life today and how she views achievement and success.   MCC worker Alex Azar in J...

On the first episode of this new podcast, MCC staff Annalee Giesbrecht and Paul Fast share the story of how, several years ago, MCC partners contributed to the elimination of cholera cases in two remote communities in Haiti. The two talk about how these lessons can be applied to a COVID-19 response. Professional storyteller Cate Friesen joins host Scott Campbell to talk about her work, some of the...