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Liberia:
Blog Post: Mama na come
I think the women of Liberia are showing the way to this beautiful country's future. Read More ›
Blog Post: Thirty years ago today...
Founder Dan O'Neill reflects on how a relief effort for Cambodian refugees — started by just a few people — became an organization called Mercy Corps. Read More ›
Tajikistan:
Blog Post: Six days on the road
I'm both exhausted and exhilarated by my six-day journey through the red clay rocky back-roads of Tajikistan's border area with Kyrgyzstan in the Rasht Valley. Read More ›
Indonesia:
Blog Post: Lasting change
Lasting change — the important kind — comes from teaching people how to do things differently and supporting them along the way. Read More ›
Recent Blog Posts
Leaving the past behind
Posted November 23, 2009 8:10 pm by Piva Bell
Much of the beauty and peacefulness of Lamteungoh village is the result of tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction programs — and hard work.
Thanks to Indiana Jones
Posted November 23, 2009 2:58 pm by Roger Burks
Wherever I go, I am amazed by the generosity of families who invite me into their homes to share whatever they can offer. Some of my most memorable meals have been spent with them.
Panic in my neighborhood
Posted November 23, 2009 1:23 am by Farida A Erikawati
Suddenly, on a hot Sunday afternoon in north Jakarta, many scattered crowds of people rain through our neighborhood while shouting “Fire...fire!”
We're all the beneficiaries
Posted November 21, 2009 2:44 am by Seth Rue
Mercy Corps' offices in Jerusalem rest on the Mount of Olives, in a grove of olive trees that are hundreds of years old. Looking to the west, you can see all of the Old City and beyond.
Faster is better
Posted November 19, 2009 10:10 pm by Alique Nursholiqin
Every morning at 3:30, Ridwan starts making tempeh. He’s been doing this for almost 18 years. But, these days, it's just a little easier.
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Jordan, Oct 27, 2009
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India, Oct 15, 2009
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- Writer @loudmind shares his most memorable meals from the field. (And how it all started w/ Indiana Jones.) http://bit.ly/5XIdcR
- If you can spend $10 on cranberry sauce, can you spend $10 a help feed a family? Put the "giving" back in Thanksgiving: http://bit.ly/QKG4X
- Take a look at what women in CAR and our team around the globe are thankful for. Then add your thanks: http://bit.ly/4oXciH #thanksgiving
- We're all the beneficiaries. The fishermen in Gaza, the women applying for university in Iraq - they're our mentors. http://bit.ly/8O5zbQ
- 30 years ago today, the effort that became Mercy Corps began. Find out how, from Founder Dan O'Neill: http://bit.ly/48GMaU
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