Nine years ago, farmers in Saskatchewan sent hay to drought-stricken livestock producers in Ontario through Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada. Now farmers in Ontario are preparing to repay their generosity the same way. “Farmers in...
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“A derelict house has become a home.” That’s what Dan Driedger, Executive Director of MennoHomes in Waterloo Region, Ont., said about how volunteers from Mennonite Disaster Service Ontario made it possible for a Syrian refugee family of five...
As wildfires continue to burn in California, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is reaching out in prayer for the thousands of people who have been forced to evacuate, and thousands more who see the telltale smoke clouds on the horizon and wonder if...
In light of news about unmarked graves of children at former residential schools in B.C., Saskatchewan and other parts of the Canada, the work of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Indigenous Neighbours office...
As the only restaurant in the small town of Osler, Saskatchewan, the Osler Restaurant is a central gathering space for meetings, meals, coffee and conversation for the community—including members of the Osler Mennonite Church, located right across...
MDS volunteers work on renovations at the MCC Indigenous Neighbours office in Timmins, Ont. A joint release from Mennonite Disaster Service and Mennonite Central Committee Doing Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer work in Canada during a...
MDS volunteers (l to r), Paul Steckle, Andrew Weber, Glenn Bowman, Glenn Weber and Dan Bauman begin work on renovating the northern home of MCC Ontario’s Indigenous Neighbours Program. MCC Photo. Two years after working together on a project to...
John Longhurst, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada communications coordinator, is receiving the Manitoba Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Understanding. “In this province where we so proudly embrace...
Will provide more grants for congregations responding to COVID-19 needs WINNIPEG, Man. – After a successful first year, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada has announced a new round of funding from the Spirit of MDS Fund. The 2021 round of...
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