The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is the relief and development agency of the Mennonite churches of North America. For over 75 years, MCC has chosen to make a difference in the lives of those around us. What began in the 1920s as a small organization to help Mennonites in Russia after WW1 has grown to include people of all races and religions who are in need. MCC currently has more than 900 men and women volunteering in more than 50 countries worldwide.

MCC is a relief agency. When war, famine, and other disasters strike, MCC is able to provide emergency materials such as food, clothing and blankets to help meet immediate need.

But MCC is also a development agency. Rather than making people dependent on aid, MCC volunteerslive and learn together with people in their world. By learning language and culture, background and traditions, MCC volunteers look for ways to combine that knowledge with training to help others become self-sufficient. In this way, we are enriched as we learn about others and we are able to give people back their dignity. To that end, the work of MCC is varied and changing, including health care,agriculture, education, conciliation, job creation and disaster response.