Victor Ncube is a 3-month-old baby at Isaiah’s Baby Home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, which provides basic services for abandoned or orphaned children. At any given time, up to 20 children at the home receive free health-care services and nutritional assistance, with the support of Mennonite Central Committee. About 830 women die each day due to…
It has been six years since the disastrous January 2010 earthquake in Haiti which killed over 200,000 Haitians; it was also the year of the tragic outbreak of cholera that has now infected more than 785,000 people. Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness and there are an estimated 3-5 million cases around the world each…
For the Sake of Our Neighbors I never intended to live in Honduras for four years. The reports of violence alone keep most people from even booking a flight, and I wasn’t convinced I could eat tortillas three times a day. I certainly never imagined I would ride on the back of a motorcycle through…
This is part 2 of 2 blog posts this week that Rachelle Lyndaker-Schlabach wrote for The Gathering Place, a website for Anabaptist youth and youth leaders. We usually don’t read Scripture with an eye to what it says about political engagement. But it is there, time and time again, throughout the Biblical text. These include:…
By Charles Kwuelum The second aim of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals is zero hunger and malnutrition by 2030. This means that every individual would have enough healthy food for a productive life. Is this a fantasy or a realizable dream? Progress has been made towards achieving the targets of the first set of…
Helping Youth Talk About Hard Issues This is part 1 of 2 blog posts this week that Rachelle Lyndaker-Schlabach wrote for The Gathering Place, a website for Anabaptist youth and youth leaders. In this election season, it is tempting to go to either of two extremes. Many identify strongly with one particular party or candidate,…
Could you imagine a world where all children have the same rights and opportunities? A world where school-age children, boys and girls, receive adequate education? According to the United Nations, about 57 million children do not attend school globally, with half from sub-Saharan Africa. The lack of opportunity and infrastructure in education is a hurdle…
MCC Washington Memo 