While many Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Denare Beach, Saskatchewan are retired, or in the later stages of their careers, some young adults are also pounding nails, building concrete forms, and sawing wood to build houses. That...
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Three generations from the same extended family came together to serve with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) at Denare Beach in June. The three—grandfather Henry Warkentin, 74, his son Eric, 46, and grandson Parks, 18—installed furnace ductwork...
As former Chair of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Ontario Unit, Nicholas Hamm used to look for disasters where the organization could serve. In July, a disaster came looking for him. That’s when the Niagara region of Ontario, where he lives,...
On June 7, 2026, heavy rainfall (180 millimetres) across western Manitoba caused significant flooding throughout the Swan Valley region, affecting rural areas as well as the towns of Swan River and Minitonas. Rising water overwhelmed drainage systems...
Of all the things lost in the 2025 wildfire that destroyed their home in Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, it was losing her sacred bundle that hurt Carmell Monias the most. For the Indigenous woman, the bundle contained some of her most special...
In late May, 2025, the residents of the remote Saskatchewan town of Denare Beach were told to evacuate. The out-of-control Wolf Fire was on its way, threatening the community of 850 people located in the northern part of the province about 400...
Before a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project can get started, there’s the driving—trucks, trailers, and vans need to get to the project site to help get things ready for volunteers to arrive. And driving means that MDS needs drivers. In this...
For two Winnipeg friends, serving with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Puerto Rico was a good way to spend time together for a week in March—and bring joy to a disaster survivor. “It was a great way to learn about another part of the world,...
Gord and Marianne Siemens of Saskatoon have caught a “bug”—the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) bug. The “bug” has taken them across Canada, from B.C. to Nova Scotia, and to places like Texas and Florida, since 2018. “The first time was...
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