Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 2, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 local Winnipeg june 2000 Mcc festival Relief june the Forks new video examines refugees struggle to Cope in adopted land a new 30minute video produced by mennonite Central committee examines the difficulties facing refugees arriving in Canada and urges viewers to help newcomers feel More the video i am not a stranger Chal Lenges viewers to put themselves in the shoes of a refugee to better understand what they Are going last year about refugees landed in of which were refugee refugee claimants Are those who make their Way to Canada and request refugee status at a port of in contrast to sponsored refugees processed claimants do not have the usual financial and social sup the refugee situation worldwide is becoming More even As Many countries like Canada Are becoming More civil natural Dis asters and economic hardships Are the Pri Mary causes of Dis i am not a stranger can be purchased at Mcc offices across Call 1888622 6337 for the Mcc office nearest new Mcc video examines the difficulties refugees Loewen windows 18005639367 in terms of product Thermal performance and structural Loewen stands alone As a company with an uncompromising commitment to manufacturing Quality authorized clearance Center pallis6r factory discontinued product leather sofas bedroom furniture entertainment units tables 289 King phone 951 93 closed selection of Cash a carry Caol nets in Winnipeg bring in your take Home your fully assembled cabinets in Stock traditional Oak Cambridge Oak accent White melamine with Oak pulls i Contemp a White melamine Craft line counter tops in Stock with custom cutting finishing effect Oil if i my ask about specials on discontinued lines 289 King Street 9436100 mennonite Central committee thanks these businesses for their generous major sponsors Crosstown credit Union Defehr foundation supporting sponsors Edison rentals nol construction Kitchen Craft of Canada contributors Macaulay Thorvaldson Altmar distributors Assiniboia credit Union Bonaventure travel Central Canadian structures 1998 Eloitte touche fast insurance services Fri Sens Altona John Fehr insurance Monarch industries Penners Iga Henderson Highway Quilico developments Winnipeg Reimer express lines Steinbach credit Union Wallace Wallace fences Wellington West capital Western profiles limited Woodland Supply donors carpathia credit Union limited Concord projects Crown construction equipment Darcy Deacon Braun insurance services Glen Eden funeral Home cemetery Polukoff Chiarella chartered accountants Independent jewellers Klassen funeral Chapel Knowles Warkentin Bridges mennonite foundation of Canada olympic building systems Tracey Murray Tina Giesbrecht and Rob Giesbrecht of Asper perimeter Concrete Security decorating team insurance brokers Winnipeg building decorating Winters plumbing heating supporters Chi compel Tel pay division heritage aluminium Glass products Rahns audio video Winters Auto body Canadian broadcasting corporation Job radio Concordia Hospital contemporary printing services Crosstown credit Union limited elite communications Enron electric company festival tents inner tech Security services John Martin Antiques radio Southern Manitoba Reimer express lines tar business marketing services coca cola Superior propane and of who f to nun ifs inf 00ju4m0 i tuh9 a Vav of c sudanese refugees waiting for the Battle lines to shift so they can go Mcc Sale proceeds to help refugees this proceeds from the Winnipeg Mcc Festi Val and Relief Sale will support people who Are refugees or have been displaced from their Homes particularly in Sudan and millions of people around the world dont have a Home to go Here Are some of the reasons Why i environmental disasters destroy recent disasters in the news include Hurricane Mitch in latin the Orissa Cyclone in and mud slides in i poverty creates i War and other conflicts Force people to flee for their examples of this Are the conflicts in Sierra Leone and peo ple end up in refugee Camps or whatever shelter they can the worlds largest number of internally displaced people some four million live in caught in an ongoing civil they move about to avoid the fighting and stay Many have fled the War torn South to government held Espe near where hundreds of thousands live in Mcc is providing food for peo ple attending local peace Semi Nars and and school it is assisting sudanese refugees waiting in Egypt for refugee sponsorship to in an estimated people Are homeless Fol lowing mudslides in mid Decem hillsides collapsed and the Earth flowed like lava after being saturated by 400 centimetres of rain Over a three Day the mudslides destroyed Homes and seriously damaged another refugees flee with what they sometimes expecting to return Home Mcc is helping with health Relief food and medical the 20th Century has produced the largest number of refugees in according to United nation million people Are now classified As refugees or people of the number of people without a Home climbs to an estimated 50 million when those displaced within their own countries is less than one per cent of the refugees will be permanently no one wants including in almost 25 per cent of All new immigrants to Canada were by the late that number was reduced to 10 per ten thousand visit us at the Forks june 2 3 other times youll find us at 963 Henderson Hwy 6615545 134 Plaza drive 2616381 help us win the Kace against Huntington disease Call vent Al 6941779 cant make it to our 7th annual Winnipeg Mcc festival Relief Sale but youd like to support macs Relief and development programs around the world clip out this Coupon and Send with your donation to 134 Plaza r3t p i i amount enclosed please Send me More information about service opportunities with q Mark with ant Mcc the mennonite Central committee a Christian resource for meeting human v i ;