Charity News from Saturday, May. 6, 2000

Common ground for Christians, Muslims crucial but elusive
Mennonite Central Committee | BEIRUT, Lebanon--If Muslims and Christians are to live together peacefully, they need to search for words in common, says a leading Muslim social activist in Lebanon. Al-Sadr is director of the Imam Al-Sadr Centre for Research and Studies, named ...

Women's Concerns groups share ideas, information at Bi-national meeting
Mennonite Central Committee | Calling themselves Femmes en Action (Women in Action), six women from Mennonite Brethren churches in the Montreal area have been exploring ways to unite Mennonite women in their province. The six founding women of Femmes en Action recently ...

Crops and communities flourish with water from new reservoirs
Mennonite Central Committee | WADI ARABA, Jordan--Concrete catchments built with Mennonite Central Committee's (MCC) help are serving up water in the desert, in defiance of a severe drought that has parched much of Jordan. The water catchment that serves Abu Atif and his ...

MCC BC Announces New Executive Director
Mennonite Central Committee | Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) BC is pleased to announce the appointment of a new executive director, Laura Loewen. Loewen has worked at MCC Africa (as Country Representative in Zambia/Zimbabwe), MCC Canada, and with Menno Travel Service.

 

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