Giving Projects
This year, the Southern California Festival & Sale Board is spotlighting the following MCC Giving Projects. In close partnership with churches and communities across Canada, the U.S. and around the world, MCC responds to immediate needs and works for sustainable development and lasting peace. Our initiatives are making a difference for communities in need around the world in the name of Christ. Here's is just a snapshot of some of the ways MCC works in 45 countries worldwide. Donate here or during the specials auction at the Sale.
WATER IN RWANDA
Anita Antonio is diligently pumping water from a newly installed well, symbolizing the vital access to clean water brought to their community by Christian Council of Mozambique's borehole project. MCC supports clean water in schools, as well as investing in school supplies and nutritious meals for 40 girls who live in a dormitory at Machanga Secondary School. In this area, cost, lack of transportation and social constraints make it difficult for girls to attend school. The girls all help with daily chores like getting water. (United Church of Christ photo)
FARMING AND FOOD SECURITY IN RWANDA
Agricultural projects like this come alongside members of a farmer field school (FFS) in Rwanda’s Kayonza District work in small groups to harvest and bag potatoes (known as “Irish potatoes” in Rwanda to distinguish them from sweet potatoes) grown at their FFS plot.
EDUCATION & COUNSELING IN LEBANON
MCC's partner Tahaddi offers resources for special needs students at Tahaddi's education center in Hay el Gharbeh, Beirut, Lebanon. In this photo, a Kindergarten 3 student* participates in a fun bubbles experiment as part of Tahaddi’s 2024 summer activities which took place in July for a total of four weeks at the education center. Kindergarten students* craft the letter B during an Arabic lesson in an MCC partner Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD) classroom in Wadi Zainy, Lebanon
TRAUMA COUNSELING IN UKRAINE
Masha* is assisted by volunteers while sitting on a horse during therapy for children who are displaced and affected by war. MCC, with partner Association of Mennonite Brethren Churches of Ukraine (AMBCU), is helping people in Mukachevo and Uzhhorod districts who have been displaced because of Russia's military attack on Ukraine. AMBCU's assistance includes physical rehabilitation for the children through therapeutic riding. Therapeutic riding, as seen in the photo, utilizes the natural gait and movement of a horse to help children experiencing the effects of trauma
