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Recent PodcastsA perspective on the roots of war in eastern CongoPosted on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 14:48 by Deo Namwira speaks about factors driving war in eastern Congo, including the mining of coltan, a metal used in electronics. Flooding in LaosPosted on Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 12:15 by Kaylie Tiessen, an MCC worker in Laos, describes how communities have been affected by widespread flooding along the Mekong river. MCC is providing $20,000 to help farmers replant rice, beans and other vegetables. Sand dams in KenyaPosted on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 12:02 by Dan Wiens, MCC coordinator for water and food programs, talks about how sand dams are helping to restore the environment in Kenya. Houses for homeless cyclone survivorsPosted on Friday, December 07, 2007 at 13:31 by Larry Fisher describes an effort to build 1,250 houses for people whose homes were destroyed by Cyclone Sidr in coastal Bangladesh. Back to school in Aceh, IndonesiaPosted on Friday, November 02, 2007 at 14:06 by On Oct. 25, people in the town of Lhoknga, Indonesia, celebrated the opening of a new junior high school. MCC helped build the school to replace one destroyed in the 2004 tsunami. Jeff Yoder discusses how the new school is one of many signs that the town is recovering. Nicaraguans struggle to recover from FelixPosted on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 11:27 by Belinda Forbes, of MCC partner Accion Medica Cristiana, describes the destruction left by Hurricane Felix in remote, largely indigenous communities in northeastern Nicaragua. Water from sand: An idea travels from Kenya to MozambiquePosted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 10:38 by Sand dams give rural, African communities a way to store water for people, gardens and livestock. Steven Hochstetler Shirk explains how MCC helped a group of Mozambicans learn from the success of sand dams in Kenya. MCC provides aid for earthquake survivors in PeruPosted on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 15:01 by MCC is providing blankets and canned meat for survivors of the Aug. 15 earthquake in Peru. Luis Enrique Lazo, a spokesman for the Salesian Missions, discusses how his organization will distribute the aid. MCC provides food for children in North KoreaPosted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 09:59 by MCC is partnering with a Canadian organization, First Steps, to provide 200 tons of soybeans to North Korean schools and orphanages. Susan Ritchie, executive director of First Steps, discusses the problem of child malnutrition in North Korea and the need for humanitarian aid. Cluster bombs: Working for a banPosted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 15:14 by MCC's Titus Peachey reports on international efforts to ban cluster bombs, deadly ordnance that can remain dangerous even years after a war has ended. MCC News with Tony KrabillPosted on Friday, June 08, 2007 at 09:40 by In this report: Zimbabwes economic crisis, steps toward reconciliation in Uganda and dramatic progress on AIDS in Cambodia. Oliva Gonzales: Suffering and hope in ColombiaPosted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 16:34 by Oliva Gonzales is part of a project to document human rights violations against Colombian Protestant church pastors and leaders. She collects stories of suffering and examples of how churches are bringing hope among the horror of Colombia's armed conflict. Read more about the documentation project or listen to another podcast about the project. Zimbabwe in crisisPosted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 13:14 by Bruce Campbell-Janz, an MCC Africa director, describes the economic crisis in Zimbabwe and MCCs work with the Zimbabwean Brethren in Christ church. MCC News with Tony KrabillPosted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 13:13 by In this report: Tsunami recovery and civil war in Sri Lanka and an update on efforts to ban cluster bombs. Steps toward reconciliation in northern UgandaPosted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 12:12 by Angelina Atyam describes the difficult work of achieving reconciliation with ex-combatants in northern Uganda, some of whom were abducted as children. Atyam is chair of Concerned Parents Association, an MCC-supported group that formed in response to child abductions. MCC partner sees dramatic progress on AIDS in CambodiaPosted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 17:58 by Cambodia has made dramatic progress in preventing and treating AIDS in recent years, according to Arlys Herem, a nurse practitioner with a Cambodian AIDS care organization that is supported by MCC. Tsunami recovery and civil war in Sri LankaPosted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 at 16:47 by Nigel Kenward, an MCC worker in Sri Lanka, explains how more than two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck the island, an escalating civil war is creating similar humanitarian needs in the country. Virginian Mennonites help build sand dams in KenyaPosted on Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:31 by Ervie Glick describes the experiences of a group from Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va., that spent most of two weeks helping rural Kenyans build dams. Different narratives in Iran and the U.S.Posted on Friday, March 09, 2007 at 14:59 by Iranians and Americans have very different views on the troubled relations between their countries, according to J. Daryl Byler, director of MCC's Washington Office. Byler describes his experiences on a recent delegation to Iran and his subsequent work to communicate the Iranian perspective on Capitol Hill. MCC responds to interfaith conflict in EthiopiaPosted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 at 13:55 by Mekonnen Dessalegn, MCC's program facillitator, discusses MCC's response to a conflict between Muslims and Christians in Ethiopia's Jimma region. |
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