Global Activism: Mennonite Central Committee Combines Peacebuilding With Development

Global Activism: Mennonite Central Committee Combines Peacebuilding With Development

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After years away from the development work of their youths in southern Africa, Ben and Beth Weisbrod decided to get back into game. In time they realized their efforts were missing an important element. 

For our Global Activism series, we’ll ask the Weisbrod’s, co-directors for Central and West Africa at the Mennonite Central Committee, about how they discovered that peacebuilding and conflict resolution were the keys to successful development work.