Making trails, building a new rope course, repairing cabins and enjoying a week in beautiful New Brunswick—these are the things awaiting youth groups that want to do service with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada this summer. “We are...
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If, as the old African proverb puts it, it takes a village to raise a child, it can also take a community to help someone recover from disaster. That’s the story Trina Enns tells about how her church—the South Abbotsford Church, part of the...
Wesley Emmelot and his wife, Maureen Parsley, lost almost everything when the Tulameen River overflowed its banks in the town of Princeton, B.C. in mid-November 2021. “There was a foot of water in the house, and the basement was filled with water...
Mario Loutef has been working on his flooded home in Princeton, B.C. since the water receded over three months ago. “It’s exhausting,” said the 59-year-old semi-retired carpenter. “There was over a metre of water in the house. We lost...
BARRY’S BAY, Ont. — A family separated by illness is being reunited through the joint efforts of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Ontario Unit and the Roman Catholic Knights of Columbus. Through the project, Marc and Carole Jobin and...
The Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Annual Celebration, held January 21-22 in Sarasota, Florida, drew nearly 400 joyful participants, some in-person and some through a livestream. Together, they reminisced, reconnected, and shared their vision for...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is calling for volunteers to help with clean out and rebuilding of homes in Princeton, B.C. following the catastrophic flood that hit that town in mid-November. MDS Canada began muck out work on December 6th...
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C. and Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada have entered into a partnership agreement to respond to the floods that hit B.C. last November. “When the full scope of the flooding became known, it was apparent we...
2020-21 was a hard year for MDS Canada. Once again, the pandemic was the big story. It curtailed most of our responses in this country and prevented Canadians from going to the U.S. to volunteer. But it didn’t stop us from doing what we could to...
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