Charity News from Saturday, Apr. 29, 2000American Jewish Committee Outraged At Pittsburgh ShootingsAmerican Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee today expressed outrage at the shooting rampage in the Pittsburgh area, which left one Jewish woman and four others dead, and two synagogues damaged. "We join with the African American, Asian and Indian communities in... MCC executive committee ponders recommendations for closer MCC/Mennonite World Conference relationship Mennonite Central Committee | MCC's executive committee helped organize the 1948 MWC assembly. * that MWC and MCC continue the exchange of "participant observers" between executive committees; this could eventually lead to MCC inviting MWC to appoint members to the MCC ... Villagers in Jordan building dreams with modest loans Mennonite Central Committee | MCC first began giving out grants and loans in Jordan some 10 years ago. Greg and Fay Foster, MCC country representatives, have chosen to build up five communities for a few years at a time before moving on to new communities. MCC to help drill well for K'ekcki school Mennonite Central Committee | From the placing of the school's first brick, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has been there, offering design and construction support, supplying work teams, funding and now long-term MCC volunteers. Menno Loewen, an MCC volunteer from Belize, ... Clouds, but no rain---three-year drought causes hunger in Ethiopia Mennonite Central Committee | Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) workers Linda and Robert Hovde report rain clouds appear on the horizon, then the wind blows them away and no rain falls. The grain comes via Canadian contributions to MCC through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Mennonites join thousands in calling for Jubilee Mennonite Central Committee | WASHINGTON-- When Pilgrims Mennonite Church, Akron, Pa., agreed to forego their normal Sunday service and go to a rally calling for cancellation of debt of the world's poorest countries, held in Washington April 9, wooly hats and gloves weren't in... Peace is a community project for this Hungarian Roman Catholic family Mennonite Central Committee | Bokor is one of Mennonite Central Committee's (MCC) partners in peace work in the Balkans and other Eastern European countries. Bokor leader Gyula Simonyi recently visited North American Mennonite communities with his family to share their story ... Mennonites gather in Washington to discuss race, public policy Mennonite Central Committee | Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights director, asked a group gathered to discuss Anabaptist approaches to race and public policy. Henderson spoke about current challenges to affirmative action during the annual spring seminar ...
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