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Relief, development and podcast
by Mennonite Central Committee
Relief, Development and Podcast, is a podcast from Mennonite Central Committee. This show is about connecting with the realities faced by displaced and people made vulnerable around the world.Episodes feature special guests, stories from the field and updates about people and programs making an impact all around the world. Together we’ll hear stories about relief, development and peace, and how your support for MCC helps to meet basic human needs and work for peace and justice.
Episodes
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Myanmar Earthquake response / Crystal Conklin and Lizar
In this episode, we check in with our partners in Myanmar after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake at the end of March. Join us as we speak with MCC partners on the ground and rep Crystal Conlin. MCC partners share firsthand accounts of the destruction, the immediate relief efforts, and the ongoing...
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Together we can / Ken Ogasawara
Join us on a fascinating journey as we explore the story behind MCC's first-ever stationary meat cannery in Ontario. Hosted by Ken Ogasawara, this episode delves into the history, challenges, and triumphs of the Mennonite Central Committee's meat canning operations. From the early days of the...
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Peace libraries in Rwanda
This episode features a visit to the Gicumbia Children's Peace Library in Rwanda. The library fosters a culture of peace and reading among children, in response to the lingering legacy of the 1994 Rwandan genocide of the Tutsis. Full transcript and show notes here.
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Reflecting on 2024 / Christy and Meghan
It's 2025. And we're looking back on last year. In this episode, hosts Christy Kauffman and Meghan Mast share some favorite moments from the podcast and talk about why these clips impacted them. Meghan also shares an announcement. Full transcript available here.
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Christ (still) under the rubble / Reverend Munther Isaac and Anthony Khair
This episode features a conversation between Reverend Munther Isaac and his former student Anthony Khair. The two Christian Palestinian men talk about how they are navigating grief and the immense loss in Gaza, while cultivating courage and resilience. Their conversation covers challenging truths...
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Talking climate, practicing peace / Jessica Stoltzfus Buller
With Canadian thanksgiving just past and the United States election around the corner, some people are psyching themselves up for the awkward conversations that can come up. Sometimes this means talking about difficult topics. Bumping elbows with people who have conflicting worldviews. Maybe it...
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Group of helping hands Nepal / Surendra Shrestha
Surendra Shrestha, Executive Director of SAHAS, discussed the challenges faced by Nepali farmers, including lack of irrigation, poor seed quality, and climate change impacts. He emphasized the importance of community-based organizations (CBOs) in addressing these issues, highlighting their role…
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The lost story of Dr. Dismukes - Black history in Appalachia
Rediscovering black history in Appalachian coal town, MCC staff in Kimball West Virginia piece together a story of a Black owned hospital that used to sit on the site of the current Appalachia Build program site. mcc.org/dismukes Dismukes project cordinator Tylah Cline [email protected] Transcript
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Behind the scenes with MCC emergency relief / Bruce Guenther
Bruce Guenther remembers his grandma describing the smell of the bread at the MCC soup kitchen in Ukraine. She received food from MCC over 100 years ago. Today, Bruce helps coordinate MCC's relief response, getting food and other basic needs to those who need it most. View full transcript here.
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A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh / Jahangir Alam
When pesticides are used so much it starts to harm the community, MCC partners are looking to find natural ways to grow a safe vegetable. Go into the field with us to Bogura Bangladesh where MCC staff member Jahangir Alam shows us exactly what that looks like and the challenges that come with it....
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The Enneagram Prison Project
"I didn't expect something like this program to be in jail," says EPP participant Chantelle Peele. "It was very compassionate and understanding. And it came from a place of true caring. You can sense it right away when you walked in the room that the guides, and the facilitators cared, and they...
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Distributing aid in Myanmar at great risk / "Mr. Khong"
Myanmar has been in crisis since the military seized power again in 2021. Distributing aid is dangerous, so MCC's partners in the region face significant challenges. Meet Mr. Khong (not using his real name for security reasons), an MCC partner in Myanmar. He shares how he is navigating these...
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Nonviolent resistance: Just peace in Palestine and Israel part 2 / Jonathan Kuttab, Alain Epp Weaver and Jad Issac
Part two of the conversation with Jonathan Kuttab and Alain Epp Weaver focuses stories of Palestinian nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation. We also hear stories from Jad Issac, the director general of the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ), an MCC partner of over 40 years....
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Gaza update: Just peace in Palestine and Israel Part 1 / Jonathan Kuttab and Alain Epp Weaver
Gaza has seen so much devastation over the last few months. In this episode we are joined by Palestinian human rights lawyer and former MCC volunteer, Jonathan Kuttab, as well as Alain Epp Weaver, director of MCC's planning learning and disaster response department, to talk about the current...
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Community built stoves / Tariro Cynthia Mutsindikwa
Meet the engineer behind Score Against Poverty's fuel-efficient stoves used in Mwenezi, Zimbabwe. Cynthia discusses the importance of the community being involved in the design. You'll hear how the collaborations of the community of women, the engineer and the local artisan all a part of making…
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Love is a house / featuring author Yann Martel
In his book "The High Mountains of Portugal," Yann Martel writes... "Love is a house with many rooms, this room to feed the love, this one to entertain it, this one to clean it, this one to dress it, this one to allow it to rest, and each of these rooms can also just as well be the room for...
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Goatcast: The mystery of the Damascus "goat monster"
One person said it "looked like a goat wearing a goat costume." MCC staff Colin Friesen said it looks kinda like a bantha from Star Wars, but less hairy and also kind of like a camel? On this episode of the podcast we explore the mystery...of why the Damascus goat looks the way it does and why an...
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"Everyone is entitled to dignity and safety:" An update from Palestine and Israel / Sarah Funkhouser, Seth Malone and Pastor Ashraf Tannous
"A ceasefire and a just end to the occupation, is the biggest need. There, of course, are enormous humanitarian needs, you know, water, food, fuel, electricity have all been cut off to the entirety of Gaza...But the real need is for a solution so that everyone can live peacefully on the land."...
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Dignity kits part 2: Sewing for home / Rebecca Deng
Meet the South Sudanese sewing group that has become so much more. The women, living in Canada now, are sewing comforters and putting together dignity kits for MCC that will be sent to their home country. The founder, Rebecca Deng, shares her personal story of living through the South Sudanese...
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Dignity kits part 1: Impact in South Sudan / Anne Kuria
Reusable pads, along with other hygiene tools in a bucket, can make a big difference in a girl's life. It can be a part of keeping her in school and adding to her education. At Loreto Rumbek School in South Sudan, Anne Kuria shines some light on the bigger context of why these simple hygiene…
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Welcoming IDPs with water in DR Congo / Reverend Kimbila
What does it take for an internally displaced person in DR Congo to become stable? Reverend Antoine Kimbila, general secretary of the Community of Mennonite Brethren Churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo, shares about the needs of this growing community in Kikwit and how the church is...
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Update on the hunger crisis / Andy Harrington
"For those of you listening to this podcast, I want you to imagine this was happening to your family." The global hunger rate began climbing in 2019 and grew exponentially with the arrival of the pandemic, escalating climate disasters and the invasion of Ukraine. Today on the show, an update on…
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Lay of the land / Colleen Hookimaw and Bill Loutitt
A rebroadcast of our sibling podcast Undercurrents. In this episode, host Ken Ogasawara joins Colleen Hookimaw, a Cree woman, who shows him the lay of the (physical and metaphorical) land. We also hear from Bill Loutitt, who shares his lifelong journey with traditional Indigenous foods. Together,...
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Telling the Palestinian story in the U.S. / Anthony Jeer
Seeing humanity on every side of the world, and every side of the wall. In this episode Anthony reflects on his visit to the U.S. Mexico border wall as a Palestinian who lives next to the wall when he is at home Bethlehem. As a Palestinian Christian he has had a unique experience sharing his…
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State of exception in El Salvador
El Salvador has been dealing with a lot of gang violence over the past several decades. In response, the President announced the state of exception. While gang violence has quieted since then, another issue has arisen. People are being arrested and taken away from their communities with no...
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Women's literacy in Afghanistan
On this episode, an interview with a partner in Afghanistan who is teaching women to read in country where that's become increasingly difficult since the Taliban took control. We're not using the name of the guest or the partner for security reasons. Full transcript and show notes available here.
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A conversation with Malcolm Gladwell
We're taking a break from the usual programming to bring you an episode from our sibling podcast Undercurrents, produced by MCC Ontario and hosted by the very wonderful Ken Ogasawara. In this episode, Ken speaks with best-selling author, public speaker and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell. They cover a...
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MCC responds to earthquakes in Syria / Petra Antoun
"There [will] always be hope somewhere but now, everything is destroyed. There are still areas that were not affected directly, not destroyed but the people there are destroyed from inside." Today on the show, an update from MCC staff Petra Antoun in Syria on the aftermath of the earthquakes and...
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Men Can Cook / Zimbabwe
In this episode we bring you to the Mwenezi district of Zimbabwe to a program that cooks up more than just food...they're also...stirring up the patriarchy! A story of what happened when Zimbabweans from MCC's local partner SCORE Against Poverty came together to create a program that addresses...
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Audio diaries from Ukraine / Emily Loewen
On this bonus episode, on-the-ground interview clips and audio diaries from Emily Loewen's recent trip to Ukraine. Emily is the head producer of this podcast and MCC Canada's marketing and communications manager. Full transcript available here.
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Peace pigs / With Mary Ilero and Sam Eibu
A gift of a pig can bring peace in a household, but how? Today on the episode we speak with Mary Ilero, a recipient of a pig from MCC's partner in rural Uganda. Many MCC supporters have participated in Christmas giving this past year and so we wanted to share Mary's story so you can see the…
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Giving gifts of music / Girl Named Tom
Today on the show, we feature an interview with Girl Named Tom – a sibling music group with Mennonite roots and an affinity for MCC – who won "The Voice," a national U.S. singing competition in December 2021. Shortly afterward, their father died from cancer. They carry his love with them as they...
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Preventing and responding to abuse in the church / Jaymie Friesen and Val Hiebert
Today on the show, we're talking about a difficult, but important topic. Abuse. And more specifically, abuse in the church community. We'll explore how church culture can sometimes enable abuse, how to prevent it and how to best respond when it happens. Our guests are Jaymie Friesen and Val...
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Making decisions day by day / Checking in with partner in Ukraine
The latest shelling on cities across Ukraine has killed and injured dozens of people and led to widespread damage to civilian areas. Many MCC supporters have a soft spot, maybe even a personal connection, to Ukraine. Maybe you're watching closely and wondering about the safety of MCC staff and...
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Empowering refugee children through education / Daniel Ameny in Uganda
Daniel Ameny arrived in Uganda as a refugee from DRC when he was only ten years old. Today he is 35 and helping other refugee children in the country get an education, through the local MCC partner organization that he helped found. "Education is my only hope, was my only hope to change my life,"...
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Wisdom within Indigenous roots / MCC staff Ricardo Salinas in Guatemala
Much of the farming industry across the Americas has been industrialized over the course of colonization. Storyteller Ricardo Salinas in Guatemala is learning how Indigenous farming methods are making a comeback in the San Marcos community to help combat the effects of climate change. He says...
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Emergency supplies arrive in Ukraine / MCC staff Nadiya
It's been over five months since the Russian military invaded Ukraine and, because of the war, supply chains in-country have been disrupted. Many essential items are difficult to find. Recently, a shipment of emergency supplies sent from the United States and Canada arrived in Ukraine and are…
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The hunger crisis / Andy Harrington from CFGB
Right now, around the world hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry. 50 million have exhausted all options and are teetering on the edge of famine. That's up from 27 million in 2019 before the pandemic began. A substantial increase. Today on the show, we're bringing you a bonus episode...
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Imagining better futures / Sibonokuhle Ncube on climate change and faith
Dr. Sibonokuhle Ncube says climate change chose her since she learned as a child that people in her rural village in Zimbabwe suffered from drought and hunger. But today she doesn't focus on all that is broken and what to fear, she focuses her energy on working towards a better future. You're…
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Pressure on top of pressure in Haiti / Conversation with Rony and Naomi, MCC staff in Haiti
We talk with Rony Janvier, MCC Haiti rep, and Naomi Docilait, program director, about the current unpredictability in Haiti. Gang violence, natural disasters and climate change are all factors making life difficult for a vulnerable population. Transcript...
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"No road is safe" / Asiyah and Desalegn on the civil war in Ethiopia
While it has barely made the news, the northern part of Ethiopia has entered its 17th month of civil war. On this episode we hear from two Ethiopians––Asiyah Mohammed, a pastoralist, who fled the Afar region after a shell landed near her home and Desalegn Abebe Ejo, a pastor from Addis Ababa who...
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"I understood that we are refugees now" / Anna from Ukraine
For years Anna (full name not used for security reasons), an MCC staff person, supported people who were displaced from the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Now she is one of those people and, in this bonus episode, she shares a bit of what it was like to quickly pack up and leave her home behind.…
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The state of refugee sponsorship / Interview with Kaylee Perez
On this episode we're talking about refugee sponsorship with Kaylee Perez, MCC Canada's migration and resettlement associate. She talks about how relationships between people from different cultural backgrounds can be powerfully transformative. She also shares what the work of sponsorship has…
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"I couldn't believe it" / An update from Ukraine with partner Maxym Oliferovski
In this bonus episode, we get an update from Maxym Oliferovski, program director for an MCC partner in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. He and his wife decided to stay to help distribute emergency supplies and help other people evacuate. At the time of recording, they were less than 100 km from the front...
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Leaving Afghanistan / Stories by Sadia and Najia
On this episode of "Relief, Development and Podcast," we're bringing you the stories of Sadia and Najia––two people from Afghanistan who left their homes and now live in Canada. Full names not used for security reasons. Transcript and show notes available here:...
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Migration and Family / A personal story from Lynette Madrigal
On this bonus episode, Lynette tells us her story of growing up with an undocumented parent, and how that experience of having a migrant narrative has shaped her path. Serving alongside migrants today in Guatemala, she finds compassion through listening to peoples stories and finds it expands her...
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Rethinking migration / Interview with Saulo Padilla (immigration education coordinator)
On this episode we're thinking critically about the human experience of migration. What causes people to leave their home? Why can some people move freely across borders, while others are criminalized for it? Saulo Padilla, MCC's immigration education coordinator, shares about his own experience...
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Holiday food traditions around the world
For this special Christmas episode, we hear stories from members of the MCC global community about how they fill their bellies and nourish their spirits during this season. Featuring Connex Kalinde with a story of hot Coca-Cola in Malawi, Gabriella Hernandez on how the nativity scene comes to…
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Increasing local food security in India / guest MCC project officer Pabitra Paramanya
On this episode we look at food insecurity in India and how MCC partners are working alongside rural farmers to increase access to food for their families. We talk to MCC project officer Pabitra Paramanya about this work, and how partners help farmers try new methods and increase their yields. We...
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Disaster response to Haiti earthquake 2021 / Guests MCC staff Paul Shetler Fast and Muriel Chaperon
On this episode we look at the recent earthquake in Haiti, hearing about the vast and diverse needs in the affected communities. We talk to global health coordinator Paul Shetler Fast about the first distribution of relief and look at what a long term response might look like. We also talked to…
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Relief, Development and Podcast, is a podcast from Mennonite Central Committee. This show is about connecting with the realities faced by displaced and people made vulnerable around the world.Episodes feature special guests, stories from the field and updates about people and programs making an impact all around the world. Together we’ll hear stories about relief, development and peace, and how your support for MCC helps to meet basic human needs and work for peace and justice.
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