Founded in 1950, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a volunteer network of the North American Mennonite churches that responds to those affected by disasters in Canada and the U.S. In…
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How do you repair a disaster 142 years in the making? For Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), it will happen one desk, one table, and one bench at a time.
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Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparing, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to…
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Hope – reawakened, rebuilt or restored – is at the core of the work and experience of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). This was evident during the MDS All-Unit Annual Meeting…
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CALGARY “It was extremely daunting, knowing it was only one small basement on one street,” says volunteer Nancy Thiessen. “All we could do was take one milk crate of debris…
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Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers are responding to flood damaged areas in Alberta. Triggered by torrential rain, the extensive flooding killed at least four people and displaced more than 175,000 others.…
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A new normal is emerging in Staten Island’s Midland Beach neighbourhood where Mennonite Disaster Service has set up alongside the ministries of Oasis Christian Center, to clean up and rebuild…
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MDS volunteers dig in and help clean up after Hurricane Sandy.
AKRON, Pa. MCC is responding to the devastation left by Hurricane Sandy when it swept through Haiti in late October. Parts of Haiti received as much as 20 inches (508…
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The opening of a new Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) building was like a “reunion of many long-time friends from all over Canada and the U.S.,” said MDS staff Jerry Klassen. Eight months after breaking ground, MDS dedicated the opening of the new binational office located at 583 Airport Road in Lititz, Pa., Nov. 13.