Three years ago I introduced you to our newly arrived service workers Mainza and Tasiana. Time has certainly seemed to go quickly because we just saw them off at the airport at the end of their three year term of service. From Zambia, Mainza and Tasiana are Anabaptists belonging to the Brethren in Christ church….
Category: MCC in Cambodia
Online Conflict Between Thailand and Cambodia
In 2023 Cambodia hosted the Southeast Asia Games for the first time. You can think of the SEA Games as a regional Olympics that – in addition to hosting well known international sports like Soccer – include Southeast Asian regional sports like Sepak Takraw, Ouk Chaktrang, Pencak Sila, and traditional boat races. The martial arts…
Song Pray’s Compost – a messy creative process
Last month we took a team from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank out to visit our Agricultural and Livelihoods project with long term MCC partner Organization To Develop Our Villages. We spent two days visiting ‘old’ farmers who are graduating from the project this year. These farmers were all living below the poverty line and going…
No coincidences with God – Experience of Service in Cambodia
Bell, the second YAMEN participant from Myanmar, is volunteering with one of our local partners, Mission DOVE, and was recently interviewed for their blog. I thought that I’d share her responses here as well. “My name is Bell, and I’m from Myanmar. I’m currently a volunteer teacher at Mission Dove, teaching Level 6 students. Even though…
Peace Club Explorative Visit Learning Tour
In August 2025, MCC India and MCC Bangladesh made an explorative visit to MCC Cambodia’s Peaceful Education in Rural Primary Schools program in Prey Veng province. This learning tour was intended to promote the mutual exchange of knowledge and to share the results of MCC Cambodia’s efforts to localize the Peace Club curriculum to the…
Two New Positions with MCC Cambodia & Myanmar
Three years go fast. We’re once again looking for people to join our team to support incredible partners who are doing inspiring work in Cambodia and Myanmar. This time around we have two open Partner Advisor positions. Both positions will accompany and strengthen the capacity of local MCC partners in the areas that where they’ve…
Peace Clubs and a Bombshell
Last month I traveled to Prey Veng province to sign Peace Club agreements with two new rural Primary Schools. I’ve written about the importance of doing this in person before – our work is about more than tasks, it’s about relationships. Also, when I go to meet the people participating in our projects directly, I…
National Staff Retreat to Kampong Speu
In late February 2025 the MCC Cambodia & Myanmar team went on a one-day national staff retreat to a restaurant and garden in Kampong Speu province. This retreat is a special time of fellowship for the team as it’s the only regular time when the full MCC team spends time with our national staff’s family…
How are we impacted by the US foreign funding freeze?
A few people have reached out to ask how we have been affected by the US government foreign funding freeze and I thought it was worth writing about here. First, we were not directly affected. The vast majority of Mennonite Central Committee’s support comes from Anabaptist church bodies and congregations in the US and Canada,…
Growth, Change, and Expectations – A Year of Service in Cambodia
Garrett who joined the Seek cohort in 2024 and returned as a SALT participant for 2024-2025 recently wrote about his experiences volunteering with one of our local partners, Mission DOVE. My name is Garrett Walker and I came as an intern at YESIC/Dove in January until June 2024. I come to Cambodia from Manitoba, Canada to…