THE GLOBAL & LOCAL MISSION OF MCC
MCC is a global, non-profit charity organization that strives to share God’s love and compassion through relief, development, and peace-building. MCC BC is the local arm of MCC which strives to meet local needs such as Abuse Response and Prevention, Homelessness Outreach and Prevention, Indigenous Neighbours and Refugee Resettlement. It is also a ministry of Mennonite/Anabaptist churches in BC. The BC office raises funds, mobilizes materials and provides international workers. MCC BC is one of six provincial offices in Canada.
There are currently more than 60 million displaced people in the world, over half of whom are children. With the help of hundreds of partners in more than 51 countries, and thousands of donors and volunteers, MCC continues to meet the physical needs of those living in the margins. Caring for refugees has been at the heart of MCC’s works since it was established in 1920 by Mennonites and Mennonite Brethren groups forming a “central committee” to coordinate their responses to those suffering in southern Russia. One century later, MCC is celebrating 100 years of humanitarian relief, encouraging sustainable development and strengthening peace-building initiatives.
Russia 1923. A refugee train with a family of Mennonites from Schoenwiese, southern Russia (present-day Ukraine). 
Germany 1947 – MCC contributed all of the food supplies being packed by forty-three workers. 4,538 tons of food, clothing, and other supplies were distributed in Germany. 
Korea 1952 – the Mennonite Vocational School was started in 1952 to provide vocational training for orphaned boys. 
Vietnam 1975 – MCC volunteers who remained in Saigon during the war. 
Somalia 1981- Construction of a water reservoir for a farm nursery at a refugee camp in Somalia in 1981. MCC provided technical support for the farm project. 
Congo 1993 – Agriculture was the main focus of MCC’s efforts in Zaire. 
Mexico 2001 – MCC supported a project to help families construct household water cisterns. 
Iran 2005 – Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) staff and MCC staff look at drawing of a high school in Iran being constructed in a village. 
Haiti 2010 – Humanitarian aid was delivered after the earthquake. 
Guatemala 2013 – MCC works in community based eco-tourism, agricultural development and the construction of trout ponds in Guatemala. 
Ethiopia 2016 – MCC added a school feeding program to the current Global Family education project in Adama (also known as Nazret), Ethiopia. 
Nepal 2017 – MCC’s partner, the Brethren in Community Welfare Society (BICWS), provided emergency food, tarps and bamboo for housing reconstruction. 
Bangladesh 2018 – The MCC Bangladesh program aims to enable the women to both find meaningful work and stability in their lives. 
USA 2020 – Co-vid 19 humanitarian aid packages were shipped globally and locally to help people through the quarantine. 
Lebanon 2020 – MCC project with the European Union peace-building project, helps to clean up the Beirut neighborhood after the explosion.
