Ep 32 - Giving our best: generosity, specificity and riding the roller coaster with the Material Resources team

<p>In this episode of <strong>Undercurrents</strong>, host <strong>Ken Ogasawara</strong> goes behind the scenes with the <strong>Material Resources team at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)</strong> to explore how <strong>relief kits, hygiene kits, school kits, and canned meat</strong> are prepared and shipped to communities facing crisis around the world — and right here in Ontario.</p><p>What does it actually take to send a relief kit overseas? Why is MCC so specific about items like <strong>metal pencil sharpeners, heavy-duty nail clippers, toothbrush colours, towel sizes, and notebook page counts</strong>? And how does a brand-new <strong>10,000 square foot industrial meat cannery</strong> help feed families experiencing food insecurity?</p><p><a href="https://mcc.org/media/document/150103" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Transcription is here.</a></p><p><a href="https://mcc.org/media/document/150102" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Discussion guide is here.</a></p><p>Volunteer at the meat cannery: <a href="https://mcc.org/MCCOntarioMeatCannery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mcc.org/MCCOntarioMeatCannery</a><br>Email <a href="mailto:dylanyantzi@mcco.ca" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">dylanyantzi@mcco.ca</a> for more details.</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about relief kits (we are in urgent need!): <br><a href="https://mcc.org/get-involved/kits/relief">https://mcc.org/get-involved/kits/relief</a></p><p><br></p><p>Donate toward a relief kit:</p><p><a href="https://mcc.org/get-involved/giving/designations/kits-and-comforters" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mcc.org/get-involved/giving/designations/kits-and-comforters</a><br>Petition from Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB):</p><p><a href="https://foodgrainsbank.ca/postcard/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://foodgrainsbank.ca/postcard/</a></p><p> </p><p>A major driver of crisis requiring material resources responses, is climate change. Sign this petition so our government will respond fairly and adequately:</p><p><a href="https://mcc.org/campaign/support-fair-canadian-response-climate-change-0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mcc.org/campaign/support-fair-canadian-response-climate-change-0</a></p><p>Undercurrents is sponsored in part by <a href="https://www.kindredcu.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kindred Credit Union.</a></p>