Mennonite Central Committee - MCC SK

09/28/2026

Join us at the MCC Centre for Buckets of Thanks and give hope to those in need. Help us pack 500 Relief Kit buckets for people affected by disaster and conflict. Canadian Relief Kits will go to Ukraine, Zambia and Malawi this year. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we’re also inviting you to bring a fall dessert to share with our community after we pack kits. See you there! 

📍MCC Centre, Saskatoon
🗓️October 18th
🕑 2:00-4:00PM

09/19/2026

What should have been a regular morning for 10-year-old Alisha Tamang became a fight for survival as floodwaters destroyed much of the peaceful life in Nepal that she’d known.

Alisha escaped to safety with her mother and younger sister but is now living in temporary shelter. With dozens of bridges across Nepal destroyed, there are few safe routes to bring emergency food and supplies to her family.

Through one of our local partners, SAHAS (Group of Helping Hands), MCC has delivered emergency food and relief items to Alisha’s family in Bidur, Nepal. Now she and her family have the essential food they need, while much around them remains uncertain.

Alisha’s mother, Sita, still worries about her daughter’s health and future. “We give the children whatever nutritious food comes in the relief items. I worry about their health.”

Your support of MCC's response to the flooding in Nepal will continue to support families like Alisha’s. A gift today will provide food, water purification tablets and trauma support to those in need. https://mcc.org/get-involved/giving/designations/nepal-flooding-response

Photo courtesy of SAHAS

09/18/2026

Q&A: Village Savings and Loan Associations

Q: How does a Village Savings and Loan Association work?

A: Village savings and loan associations allow people like Againmore Dziva (pictured) in Zimbabwe who don’t have enough income to meet all their needs to pool their resources and support each other. Members of their group would never meet the financial requirements for a loan at a typical bank, but their VSLA allows them to invest in each other in ways they couldn’t have before.

Q: Where does the money come from?

A: Each member of a VSLA pays a set amount to join, $10 to $20 is typical. Then each month, they each contribute a fixed amount, ranging from $6 to $25 for different groups — up to a week’s wages for some. All the VSLAs that MCC Partner SCORE supports were also given $250 of seed funding from MCC’s LINCZ initiative, creating a starting pool of between $300 to $710 depending on the size of the group.

Q: How does the money get used?

A: Each VSLA meets monthly, led by their elected treasurer and chairperson, and each member presents their needs that month; school fees, medicine, food, livestock, a new fence, etc. Everyone presents to the group, and the total pot is divided up fairly amongst the members. In some cases, the VLSA might opt to collectively invest in nearby small businesses as another way to generate profits.

Q: How can a VSLA grow so quickly?

A: Whatever someone withdraws from the group fund, they’re expected to pay back the amount they withdrew with 20% interest, in addition to their monthly investment. While 20% could be considered predatory if it were charged by a bank, it’s by design for these VSLAs. It not only encourages members to consider amounts that are realistic to pay back within a month to create sustainable growth, but it also means their total fund can grow aggressively in the right conditions.

Q: What if someone can’t pay it back?

A: There are policies in place for rare cases where repayment isn’t possible under those terms, but the members are already in community and want to see each other succeed together. Once repayments are logged and the coffers are reloaded, the process begins again and a new month’s needs are presented.

Additional Info: This project was funded in partnership with Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada and MCC’s LINCZ initiative. LINCZ helps communities across Zimbabwe lead their own solutions to adapt and thrive in the face of climate change.

MCC/Fairpicture photo/Tendai Marima

09/17/2026

WOW! 🤩 Because of your enthusiasm for the MCC School Kit Challenge, this year we collected over 46,000 school kits! That's way above our goal of 30,000 kits! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who posted on social media about the ! Winners of the pizza parties will be contacted directly.

09/17/2026

Registration Link in bio. Treaty is an important framework for building peace in our province. To mark the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6, this year’s Peace Conference presents a special partnership with the Office of the Treaty Commissioner. We will take a close look into the original meaning and covenantal intentions of Treaty, and explore the implications of living as Treaty people in Saskatchewan today.

09/16/2026

What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

Forced to Flee is an interactive refugee simulation, created by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, that helps participants better understand some of the difficult choices faced by people who are forced to flee their homes because of conflict, violence or hunger.

Through a guided group experience and discussion, participants gain insight into the realities of displacement, build empathy for refugees and newcomers, and explore how communities can respond with welcome, compassion and support.

Forced to Flee is part of MCC Canada’s We’re Better Together campaign, which celebrates the ways stronger communities are built through welcome, inclusion and belonging.

To learn more, visit https://mcc.org/resources/forced-flee

09/16/2026

On September 23, MCC Saskatchewan's Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom video conference to accommodate participation from across the province. We will look back over the activities and financial realities of the 2025-2026 year in Saskatchewan and share glimpses of MCC’s international work through Learning Tour glimpses from Cambodia, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda.

To register, click the link in our bio.

09/15/2026

Sanvi Silwal is 4 and had just begun her first term of preschool in Machhapokhari, Nepal. When deadly floods swept through the region in late August, Sanvi’s family was lucky to escape alive. But their home, all their belongings and Sanvi’s school were ripped away by the surging water.

With dozens of bridges across the country destroyed, getting relief to families like Sanvi’s has been incredibly challenging.

Sanvi’s mother, Smita, says, “She needs nutritious food to grow healthy and develop well. I worry when I cannot give her the food she needs.”

But through one of our local partners, SAHAS (Group of Helping Hands), MCC has brought emergency food and relief items to Machhapokhari, ensuring that Sanvi and her family have the food they need as much around them remains uncertain.

Thank you for your continued support to MCC's response to the flooding in Nepal. Your gift today will provide food, water purification tablets and trauma support to those in need. https://mcc.org/get-involved/giving/designations/nepal-flooding-response

(Photo courtesy of SAHAS)

09/14/2026

More stunning comforters for MCC's relief work around the world!

Interested in making a comforter for MCC? Visit https://mcc.org/get-involved/kits/comforters to learn more.

09/12/2026

Bangladesh stands at a critical moment in its journey towards stronger, more equitable healthcare. Across the country, communities face a severe shortage of midwives and nurses. While government efforts to expand the health workforce and advance universal health coverage are gaining momentum, significant gaps remain.

With your support, MCC's partner World Mission Prayer League (LAMB Hospital) is helping train the next generation of nurses and midwives in Bangladesh. For 140 nursing students, scholarships that cover almost half of their tuition are easing financial pressure, enabling students to stay in school and work towards this meaningful career with high earning potential.

For Jonota Tudu, a third-year student at LAMB Nursing & Midwifery Institute, benefits from this lifechanging financial assistance, enabling her to go to school to be a nurse. This will provide her with a career and steady income and help address the nursing shortage across Bangladesh.

Photo courtesy of World Mission Prayer League — LAMB Hospital/Manik Sarker

09/10/2026

Volunteers rock! We could not do our work of relief, development and peace without them!

09/10/2026

Together with Turning the Tide bookstore, MCC Saskatchewan is joining with a national advocacy organization, Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ), to promote their recently-published book, A Renewed Canadian Welcome.

At a time when government cuts are limiting options for bringing people to safety in Canada, and reducing the support they can receive in finding a future here, the authors call for a shift of policy towards welcome. Through a mix of stories and policy analysis, the message is proclaimed that Canadian national policy should centre lived experience and uphold our international obligations.

We will hear from CPJ’s executive director, two of the contributors to the book, and an Afghan woman who has applied to bring her family. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss.

📍MCC Centre, 600 45th St. West, Saskatoon.
🗓 Monday, September 14
🕖 7:00-9:00 p.m.

09/09/2026

Together, we can open our country’s doors wider to refugees once again and help build a better Canada. Send a letter to the Prime Minister today by asking him to keep Canada a country of welcome. https://mcc.org/campaign/keep-canada-country-welcome
_
MCC Canada has joined with the Canadian Council for Refugees and partners across Canada for the We're Better Together campaign. Learn more, explore resources and take action to help build welcoming communities — because we're better together.

09/08/2026

They drew their dream future. Then it started coming true.

See how a simple tool called the visioning journey helped families transform their future in Kenya.

This project is supported by MCC through Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada

MCC Video/Jessica Banninga

07/20/2026

Join us August 6 for a morning of refreshments and connection as you drink in the beauty of the Buhler's garden. Learn about how compassion and generosity are building more peaceful communities in Saskatoon and rural Uganda. Speakers include St. Michael's School Principal, Steven Cole, and our own Gina Khonje!

Funds raised will support MCCs international livelihoods and development work and St. Michael's School food program.

Admission is by donation at the event. Please RSVP here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/MennoniteCentralCommittee2/CultivatingPeacefulCommunities2
See you there!

06/19/2026

Today, a group of MCC Saskatchewan staff joined thousands of participants at Rock Your Roots, walking together to support truth and reconciliation and honour residential school survivors. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this beautiful and meaningful day.

06/16/2026

The Relief Sale was this Saturday. We wanted to know which all-time favourite reigned supreme. Here’s what we found out.

06/11/2026

What do all the funds raised at our Relief Sale go to?

This year, we're focusing on education. Through 96 educational projects in 33 countries around the world, MCC is addressing the barriers that keep people from learning.

Through meals at school, funded school fees, bikes, school kits and hygiene items, we are working to ensure everyone have access to the education they deserve.

Every dollar raised through the Relief Sale helps support this important work.

The challenge: Help 24,000 kids attend school by donating 24,000 sc...