“Today’s pledged funds are urgently needed by millions of Syrians at home and dispersed across the region. They are needed now more than ever. While we welcome countries’ pledges that have kept their...
By Jason Dueck Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) newest resource kit will support vulnerable women and girls with dignity. The new dignity kit contains hygiene and sanitary items tailored for women...
Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your appointment as Permanent Representative of the United States to the...
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council and UN member states to urgently institute a coordinated, global arms embargo on Myanmar in response to the February 1,...
Jan. 28, 2021 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Eight of Alice Joubanian’s grandchildren – all under 8 years old ‒ lived with her and her daughter in a Beirut camp for Armenian refugees when a massive explosion of...
Raised in the midst of violence, Mulanda Jimmy Juma has dedicated his life to building peace. Mulanda Jimmy Juma currently serves as representative for MCC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
October 22, 2020.- The undersigned civil society organizations denounce the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border externalization operations in Guatemala as documented by a new Senate...
Garry and Kate Mayhew were cleaning up after dinner in their Beirut, Lebanon, apartment when they felt the ground shake just before they heard the boom, so loud and so powerful it threw them to the...
By Emily Jones Summary: To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among displaced people and refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, MCC and local partners distributed hygiene supplies. Refugees and...
In a letter to congressional leadership, 34 civil society groups highlight the urgent need for the U.S. government to provide $12 billion in the international response to the COVID-19 crisis,...