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Japan: Darkness and daylight May 13, 2011

My plane landed at Tokyo's Narita Airport at five o'clock in the afternoon. The sun set around 6:30, as we were driving into the city — and it just kept getting darker.
Japan: Returning to Touhoku May 13, 2011
Libya: Humanitarian corridor to Misurata urgently needed May 11, 2011

Mercy Corps is urgently appealing for the immediate establishment of a secure humanitarian corridor into Misurata, Libya.
Japan: More than a glimpse of Japan May 11, 2011

Today — two months to the day after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami — I'm on the way to check on the progress of our emergency relief efforts. I'm writing this from an airplane; I'll land in Tokyo about 18 hours from now.
Libya: Coming up for air May 11, 2011

To be honest, I spend too much time looking under the hood of a relief operation. Between the growing demands of program start-up, the maze of UN meetings and post-conflict issue debates, my days get eaten up pretty quickly.
Afghanistan: 'All roads lead to women' May 6, 2011

This afternoon Gayle Tzemach Lemmon talked with Mercy Corps’ communications director Joy Portella and supporters from around the country and the world about the importance of investing in women -- a theme of her New York Times bestselling book, Th
The Arab Spring and a new era May 6, 2011
Japan: Fun with "tacos" in Japan May 6, 2011
Libya: Humanitarian aid amidst the shelling of Misrata May 5, 2011

As the city of Misrata is indiscriminately shelled and bombed, putting innocent civilians' lives at risk, Mercy Corps emergency response team member Fadl Moukadem is helping coordinate relief efforts in the city, including getting people evacuated from the war zone by boat.
Libya: How things change on the road from Egypt to Libya May 5, 2011

It was early in the morning, when the Imams had just finished their morning calls to prayer. Our driver, Raffa — wearing a smile on his face — waited in front of the apartment building where I was staying in Cairo, Egypt to start the 900-mile-long road trip to Benghazi, Libya.