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Chile Earthquake

Chile: Giving Campaign: Chile Earthquake
Mercy Corps is partnering with a local health organization in Chile's earthquake zone to ease disaster-related trauma in children and youth. Read More ›

Haiti Earthquake

Giving Campaign: Haiti Earthquake
Mercy Corps’ experienced, crisis-tested emergency team is on the ground in Port-au-Prince, responding to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti. Read More ›

Fuel-Efficient Stove Kit

Mercy Kit: Fuel-Efficient Stove Kit
Past and current conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo have consigned hundreds of thousands of residents to large, barely habitable camps. Read More ›

Recent Blog Posts

Airports, we had a good run, but it's over. No hard feelings?

Posted March 18, 2010 10:16 am by Steve Haley

While flying back to Beirut today, I realized that my heart didn’t skip a beat as far as airports were concerned.

Transforming Haiti's countryside

Posted March 16, 2010 5:18 pm by Roger Burks

Today's issue of The New York Times discusses the struggles of Haiti's rural villages to absorb displaced families from Port-au-Prince, the country's sprawling and shattered capital.

Voting in Iraq: an act of faith

Posted March 16, 2010 12:13 pm by Greg Tuke

I learned this week that voting in Iraq presents pretty daunting challenges.

Playing earthquake while the ground rumbles and tempers flare

Posted March 15, 2010 10:06 am by Karen Anderson

The EPES Center here is an oasis of respite from the surrounding catastrophe, two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Chilean communities.

Cash for work and planning for the future

Posted March 14, 2010 11:23 pm by Kokoévi Sossouvi

I met 62-year-old Rosemarie Joseph at the Lycée Jean-Marie Vincent, a spontaneous camp for displaced families on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

We've tidied up the website

Posted March 11, 2010 4:11 pm by Paul Souders

We redesigned our website about a year ago. After watching our design in action for twelve months, I made a few changes.

Celebrating International Women's Day in Afghanistan

Posted March 11, 2010 9:57 am by Sayeed Farhad Zalmi

Mercy Corps Afghanistan celebrated International Women's Day in Kabul with bunches of flowers and gifts for female staff.

Spring of hope: EPES provides emergency water to earthquake survivors

Posted March 10, 2010 4:04 pm by Karen Anderson

Within 24 hours of the earthquake — and still unable to locate several of its staff members— EPES, Mercy Corps' local partner in Chile, was in action.

Training to help children heal — a healing process in itself

Posted March 10, 2010 10:38 am by Fabiola Coupet

I’m Fabiola, a part of Mercy Corps Haiti’s staff of nationals, hired as the communication officer about three weeks ago.

In Chile, hard work and messages of hope

Posted March 9, 2010 7:01 pm by Karen Anderson

Concepción felt like a war zone. When we arrived last Thursday — five days after the earthquake struck — an 18-hour curfew was in place and the military was posted throughout the city.

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Liberia:

Growing Leaders

The Liberian people are able and eager to improve their own lives. With just a bit of help, they’re off and running.

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