MCC Stories

World AIDS Day World AIDS Day is Dec. 1, and this year's theme is Universal Access and Human Rights. As you view these photos, we invite you to reflect on all those who are not fortunate enough to have access to treatment, support or medications. Learn more about MCC's work with HIV and AIDS at aids.mcc.org.

Peace on earth This Christmas season, view a gallery of images and Bible verses celebrating peace on earth.

Congo: A mission of health In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MCC funds medicines and supplies for Mennonite hospitals.

A new creation: reflections from Isaiah 65 View photographs from around the world celebrating the theme "A new creation" for the Easter season

A home for children in Zambia Children who formerly lived on the streets in Zambia find a home and receive education at Chisomo Drop-In Centre in Lusaka, Zambia

Beauty and hope in Burundi Burundi is a small, Central-East African nation whose recent history is tarnished by ethnic conflict, genocide, war and extreme poverty, however, it is a nation that is beginning to write itself a new story.

Patricia Gyang, a mother of three, cannot hear an alarm but often rises by 4 a.m. to start her bread dough. She supplies shops around Jos, Nigeria, with pastries and meat pies and bakes and decorates custom-made cakes for all occasions.

When Levy Madjibe visits victims of flooding in the capital of Burkina Faso, he hears the same story repeatedly – "I was surprised by the water, and I've lost everything."

Recent flooding in Burkina Faso, West Africa, has forced 150,000 people from their homes, predominantly in the capital, Ouagodougou, where MCC workers are based.

Gopar Tapkida, an MCC regional peace networker, describes his efforts to ease tensions that have led to deadly violence along religious lines in the city of Jos, Nigeria.

MCC is appealing for financial contributions to help provide medications and other supplies to Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

MCC provides financial support to a day care center to ensure children affected by AIDS have a loving, adult presence in their lives.

YAMEN! (Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network) helps connect young adults and congregations within the global Anabaptist family.

Sudanese churches are among the largest and most trusted organizations in the region.

A community AIDS educator from Kenya spends a year in Canada through MCC's International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP).

Family fled to Saskatoon, Sask., from Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Corn flour is being distributed to nearly 4,000 people in southern Rift Valley Province.

MCC has supported a Somali women's organization for more than a decade in its work in water, education and financing for women to start small businesses.

Learning tour offered chance to learn about global AIDS issues and care for AIDS patients.

Participant reflects on impact of three-week cross-cultural MCC learning tour to Kenya and Tanzania.