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Parents follow children by doing service with MDS

Sometimes it’s the children who do the leading. That’s what happened to Mike and Carolyn Strathdee of Kitchener, Ont. Both of their daughters, now young adults, have done service trips. When the couple heard that Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)...

MDS “feels like a family to me”

It’s a long way from Africa to the north woods of Minnesota, but Inkosiihnle Ndlovu-Mathuthu and Jack Odhiambo are enjoying themselves on a cool morning in mid-September as they put new windows into Polly Lussier’s home on the Red Lake Nation...

Volunteers Needed Fall 2023

  Arcadia, FL Hurricane Ian struck Florida on September 27, 2022, as a Category 4 hurricane. With the wind speed of just short of a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Ian was the fifth most powerful storm to ever hit the country. This hurricane was the...

Summer students reflect on service with MDS

Eight students received scholarships to serve in Cape Breton Long days and early mornings, and a “ton of manual labour.” That’s one of the things Jared Sumner of Surrey, B.C. remembers about his month in Cape Breton as a student scholarship...

“A Way to do Something Meaningful in Summer”

Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) projects depend on many things to be successful—tools, materials, expert advice and direction from Project Directors and Crew Leaders. And good food—and lots of it. That’s where cooks like Hannah Cober, 27, of...

Volunteers Needed in U.S. this Fall and Winter

Who doesn’t like to escape winter for a bit and bask in the sun? With MDS, you can feel the warmth not only from the sun but also the warm glow that arises inside your heart as you serve people impacted by natural disasters. Now that our project in...

“You brought hope and love to the community”

For Amanda McDougall-Merrill, Mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, volunteers with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada did more than repair homes damaged by Hurricane Fiona in Cape Breton. “You brought hope and love to the community...

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