Sri Lanka: 

One Table: Farming Rice, Intensively

Kanthi Weerasinghe is one of 160 farmers in the village of Yahangala East experimenting with a method of growing rice called SRI, which is short for System of Rice Intensification. Read More ›

Indonesia: 

Recycled Life

Darpi, a 56-year-old woman who’s been living in Jakarta's Penjaringan slum since the mid-1970s, is proof that things can improve. Read More ›

Pakistan: 

Giving Campaign: Crisis in Pakistan

Fighting between the Pakistan Army and Taliban militants has displaced about 2.5 million people in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Read More ›

Indonesia: 

Special Report: Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors

Street vendors, hawking anything from food to medicine, dominate Jakarta's urban landscape even as they scrape by to provide for their families. Here are five of their stories. Read More ›

China: 

Special Report: China Earthquake, One Year Later

One year after the disastrous Wenchuan earthquake, Mercy Corps is still helping children and families pick up the pieces. Read More ›

DR Congo: 

Helping Those With Nowhere Else to Go

We're providing clean drinking water to tens of thousands of displaced Congolese — including 34-year-old Odette Bihoyoki, whose story reveals the horrors of eastern Congo's ongoing war. Read More ›

Somalia: 

There's more to Somalia than piracy

You've probably been following the recent news about pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia. Nearly everyone agrees that the root of the problem isn't at sea, but on shore. Read More ›

Annual Report 2008: Turning Crisis Into Opportunity

Mercy Corps turns crisis into opportunity in some of the world’s toughest places. Read More ›

Central African Republic: 

Life, Interrupted

We're assisting Luc Mbarte and more than 400 other vulnerable families in a troubled area of Central African Republic through the Gates Foundation-funded Global Food Crisis Response Program. Read More ›

Uganda: 

Peace Through Forgiveness

In a modest straw-thatched hut in northern Uganda's Pader district, lives one woman whose work — and story — represent great hopes for peace. Read More ›

Sri Lanka: 

Photo Essay: Rice and Recovery

Mercy Corps continues to help Sri Lanka "build back better" from the tsunami, and focus on the country's culinary staple — rice — as a way to lift farmers' incomes and protect families against global price shocks. Read More ›

West Bank/Gaza: 

What We’re Doing in Gaza

Mercy Corps has launched a comprehensive psychosocial program involving one-on-one treatment to traumatized youth and assistance to parents and caregivers. Read More ›