Ep 32 - Giving our best: generosity, specificity and riding the roller coaster with the Material Resources team

In this episode of Undercurrents, host Ken Ogasawara goes behind the scenes with the Material Resources team at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to explore how relief kits, hygiene kits, school kits, and canned meat are prepared and shipped to communities facing crisis around the world — and right here in Ontario.What does it actually take to send a relief kit overseas? Why is MCC so specific about items like metal pencil sharpeners, heavy-duty nail clippers, toothbrush colours, towel sizes, and notebook page counts? And how does a brand-new 10,000 square foot industrial meat cannery help feed families experiencing food insecurity?Transcription is here.Discussion guide is here.Volunteer at the meat cannery: https://mcc.org/MCCOntarioMeatCanneryEmail [email protected] for more details.Learn more about relief kits (we are in urgent need!): https://mcc.org/get-involved/kits/reliefDonate toward a relief kit:https://mcc.org/get-involved/giving/designations/kits-and-comfortersPetition from Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB):https://foodgrainsbank.ca/postcard/ A major driver of crisis requiring material resources responses, is climate change. Sign this petition so our government will respond fairly and adequately:https://mcc.org/campaign/support-fair-canadian-response-climate-change-0Undercurrents is sponsored in part by Kindred Credit Union.