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Mercy Corps ranks among top 10 international NGOs for social innovation February 27, 2013
Mercy Corps is proud to be recognized for its "leadership in using social innovation as an engine for sustainable development" by The Global Journal.
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Partners extend our impact around the world February 25, 2013
On International Corporate Philanthropy Day, we're recognizing the companies who have joined us to save and improve lives around the world.
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Central African Republic, Timor-Leste: Employees engaged to drive strategic community investment February 21, 2013
Western Union's new Innovation Awards ask employees to choose which Mercy Corps initiatives to invest in. The first two awards are funding economic development programs in the Central African Republic and Timor-Leste.
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Nicaragua: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters committed to fighting hunger in the coffeelands February 19, 2013
Partnering with Mercy Corps and other industry leaders, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is leading a movement to help coffee farmers grow more, earn more, and build food security in their communities.
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Timor-Leste: Fighting hunger in a neglected nation February 15, 2013
In one of the world's newest countries, where over one-third of the population regularly experiences food shortages, we're helping 4,500 subsistence farmers build the foundation for sustainable change.
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Central African Republic: Restoring dignity: One LRA survivor's story February 14, 2013
A teenage girl kidnapped by the LRA in the Central African Republic finds a new life thanks to Mercy Corps' counseling center and vocational training.
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Guatemala: Juan Tista Toj, pharmacist in Guatemala February 13, 2013
More pharmacies will begin serving remote villages thanks to a pilot program that Mercy Corps and partners are taking to scale throughout the country.
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Kosovo: New homes after more than a decade of displacement February 13, 2013
We built new houses and apartments so families could finally move out of lead-contaminated camps where they had been living since the Kosovo War in 1999.
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DR Congo: Lives spent on the run February 12, 2013
Many children like this little girl in the Democratic Republic of Congo have never known a permanent home.
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Jordan, Syria: A new home full of warmth and laughter February 11, 2013
Meet one family who finally has protection from freezing temperatures thanks to Mercy Corps' winterization project in northern Jordan.