Charles Conklin
@charlesconklin.com
Mennonite Computer Scientist who God took on a long journey to become a Nonprofit Administrator. Interested in peacebuilding, holistic development, just economics, the global church, and technologies that uplift people - not commoditize them.
MCC Cambodia is #recruiting for a Climate Solutions Partner Advisor. This position supports local partners in introducing, strengthening, & expanding climate solutions.
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Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
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Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
MCC Cambodia is #recruiting for a Climate Solutions Partner Advisor. This position supports local partners in introducing, strengthening, & expanding climate solutions.
mccglobal.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/fRec...
Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
mccglobal.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/fRec...
Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
Oscar Suárez, MCC Cambodia, and Sin Putheary, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, at Day 2 of #IVCO2025 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. So many great connections and learnings.
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Oscar Suárez, MCC Cambodia, and Sin Putheary, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, at Day 2 of #IVCO2025 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. So many great connections and learnings.
ECPAT presenting on the distinction between volunteering and voluntourism at #IVCO2025, outlining the Child Protection and Safeguarding dangers. The session acknowledges that voluntourism isn't going to stop and offers practical guidelines on how voluntourism could be made better through regulation.
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
ECPAT presenting on the distinction between volunteering and voluntourism at #IVCO2025, outlining the Child Protection and Safeguarding dangers. The session acknowledges that voluntourism isn't going to stop and offers practical guidelines on how voluntourism could be made better through regulation.
So good to hear Sujin Cha from KOICA talk about the structural barriers to international volunteering faced by people with disabilities at #IVCO2025.
September 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
So good to hear Sujin Cha from KOICA talk about the structural barriers to international volunteering faced by people with disabilities at #IVCO2025.
The session on "Supporting Volunteers to Access Their Work - Responding to limits on Visas and Work Permits, and other Barriers" is about to begin at #IVCO2025. One of the timely and pressing challenges facing international volunteerism - important to come together to share and collaborate.
September 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The session on "Supporting Volunteers to Access Their Work - Responding to limits on Visas and Work Permits, and other Barriers" is about to begin at #IVCO2025. One of the timely and pressing challenges facing international volunteerism - important to come together to share and collaborate.
Singing "In Jesus Christ We Are One Family" during the 2025-2026 SALT/YAMEN Host Family gathering at Phnom Penh Mennonite Church.
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Singing "In Jesus Christ We Are One Family" during the 2025-2026 SALT/YAMEN Host Family gathering at Phnom Penh Mennonite Church.
The "Volunteering in challenging environments - Lived experiences from the field" session at #IVCO2025. Fantastic to hear directly from current and recent international volunteers.
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The "Volunteering in challenging environments - Lived experiences from the field" session at #IVCO2025. Fantastic to hear directly from current and recent international volunteers.
MCC Cambodia International Seek Facilitator, Oscar Suarez, shares about MCC's exchange programs as part of a panel discussion on the International Exchange of Volunteers between Civil Society Organisations at #IVCO2025.
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
MCC Cambodia International Seek Facilitator, Oscar Suarez, shares about MCC's exchange programs as part of a panel discussion on the International Exchange of Volunteers between Civil Society Organisations at #IVCO2025.
Registration yesterday at the 2025 Conference of International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (#IVCO2025) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Registration yesterday at the 2025 Conference of International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (#IVCO2025) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Attending the 13th Asian Peace Practitioners Research Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Glad to meet peacebuilders - some familiar, some new - from across the region at this complex moment.
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Attending the 13th Asian Peace Practitioners Research Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Glad to meet peacebuilders - some familiar, some new - from across the region at this complex moment.
Great to see Hello Cambodia 🇰🇭 in the kids section of the sanctuary at North Star Mennonite in Drake, Saskatchewan. Love this outreach from MCC.
July 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Great to see Hello Cambodia 🇰🇭 in the kids section of the sanctuary at North Star Mennonite in Drake, Saskatchewan. Love this outreach from MCC.
Reading The Cat & the Toaster: Living System Ministry in a Technological Age by Douglas A. Hall with Judy Hall & Steve Daman. The call for a holistic approach to ministry brings to mind the full meaning of שׁלום.
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reading The Cat & the Toaster: Living System Ministry in a Technological Age by Douglas A. Hall with Judy Hall & Steve Daman. The call for a holistic approach to ministry brings to mind the full meaning of שׁלום.
While we were in Hualien last month we visited the Taiwanese Mennonite New Dawn organization's chicken therapy program for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism.
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
July 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
While we were in Hualien last month we visited the Taiwanese Mennonite New Dawn organization's chicken therapy program for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism.
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
Crystal sharing the sermon last Sunday at North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, Saskatchewan. It's good to be here again after three years.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
July 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Crystal sharing the sermon last Sunday at North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, Saskatchewan. It's good to be here again after three years.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
Grace Building, Mercy Building, Peace Building, Faith Building. The wings at the Mennonite Christian Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan - the largest Mennonite Hospital in the world. It originated as a MCC mountain mobile clinic program in 1948 with the hospital opening in 1956.
July 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Grace Building, Mercy Building, Peace Building, Faith Building. The wings at the Mennonite Christian Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan - the largest Mennonite Hospital in the world. It originated as a MCC mountain mobile clinic program in 1948 with the hospital opening in 1956.
Crystal presenting a copy of the Anabaptist Community Bible to Dr. Harold Lu at the Meilun Mennonite Church in Hualien, Taiwan. Dr. Lu is a member of the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan steering committee.
July 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Crystal presenting a copy of the Anabaptist Community Bible to Dr. Harold Lu at the Meilun Mennonite Church in Hualien, Taiwan. Dr. Lu is a member of the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan steering committee.
Visiting the largest Mennonite Hospital in the world - the Mennonite Christian Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan. Taking a photo by the Mennonite Historical Corridor with the Hospital Chaplain, Grace, who lead a medical mission to Myanmar following the earthquake earlier this year.
June 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Visiting the largest Mennonite Hospital in the world - the Mennonite Christian Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan. Taking a photo by the Mennonite Historical Corridor with the Hospital Chaplain, Grace, who lead a medical mission to Myanmar following the earthquake earlier this year.
Last week I was honored to present Vietnam Mennonite Church President Huynh Dinh Nghia with a copy of the Anabaptist Community Bible. We were meeting to reestablish collaboration between MCC and VMC for the purpose of resuming Vietnamese Mennonite participation in MCC’s exchange programs.
June 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Last week I was honored to present Vietnam Mennonite Church President Huynh Dinh Nghia with a copy of the Anabaptist Community Bible. We were meeting to reestablish collaboration between MCC and VMC for the purpose of resuming Vietnamese Mennonite participation in MCC’s exchange programs.
Attending a church service at Phnom Penh Mennonite the Sunday after many Anabaptists gathered in Europe to celebrate the 500th anniversary (I stayed in Cambodia but one of our team, a Mennonite from Colombia, was able to attend).
June 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Attending a church service at Phnom Penh Mennonite the Sunday after many Anabaptists gathered in Europe to celebrate the 500th anniversary (I stayed in Cambodia but one of our team, a Mennonite from Colombia, was able to attend).
Leading a session on Mennonite Approaches to Peacebuilding during a recent partner gathering.
March 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Leading a session on Mennonite Approaches to Peacebuilding during a recent partner gathering.
Breakfast of Kuyteav soup and Khmer Coffee.
January 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Breakfast of Kuyteav soup and Khmer Coffee.
Last night the 2025 Seek discipleship cohort joined Phnom Penh Mennonite Church for fellowship and worship. This year's Seek cohort includes young Anabaptists from Colombia, Canada, Congo, and Kenya.
January 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Last night the 2025 Seek discipleship cohort joined Phnom Penh Mennonite Church for fellowship and worship. This year's Seek cohort includes young Anabaptists from Colombia, Canada, Congo, and Kenya.
Standing outside of Fairfield Mennonite - the church where I became a Mennonite during High School - with Pastor Joyce - who baptized me. I wouldn't be who I am or where I am if not for her. Joyce and Earl are the reason I went to Bluffton and after graduation signed up for service with MCC.
December 6, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Standing outside of Fairfield Mennonite - the church where I became a Mennonite during High School - with Pastor Joyce - who baptized me. I wouldn't be who I am or where I am if not for her. Joyce and Earl are the reason I went to Bluffton and after graduation signed up for service with MCC.
Victor and Joyce finetune the camera angle for the video interview of a farmer in rural Mesang district about the impacts of a project supported by MCC's account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Victor and Joyce finetune the camera angle for the video interview of a farmer in rural Mesang district about the impacts of a project supported by MCC's account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
YAMEN participant Samuel from South Sudan harvests rice the traditional way in rural Prey Veng province, Cambodia.
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 AM
YAMEN participant Samuel from South Sudan harvests rice the traditional way in rural Prey Veng province, Cambodia.