Afghanistan
Despite risks, once-oppressed Afghans are taking advantage of new opportunities to nurture a nascent democracy.
Mercy Corps has been working alongside the indomitable Afghan people for more than 20 years, helping them build their businesses, improve their health, educate their children and participate more fully in civil society. This boy radiates the enthusiasm of participants at a field-based coaching session for community workers. They’re learning how to improve village life by involving local people in the decisions that affect them. Other Mercy Corps programs in Afghanistan provide microloans to hardworking entrepreneurs (more than two-thirds of whom are women) and mobile veterinary services to help farmers improve the health of their animals.
Blog Post: Today's Afghan businesswoman ›
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Economic Development
Since I first met her eight years ago in Kabul, Storai has grown into the confident and competent leader of an institution that provides small loans to 9,800 clients, 65 percent of whom are women.
Blog Post: Hot as an anvil in Afghanistan ›
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Economic Development
On this visit to Afghanistan, I headed out to an area I have not visited before: Jalalabad, a two-hour drive to the east that requires winding through gorges and sharpened mountain terrain.
Blog Post: Invest in Afghanistan's mothers ›
After years of war and oppression, the mothers of Afghanistan can now step out of their homes and into the marketplace. Microfinance helps mothers, who in turn build stronger, healthier families and communities.
One Table: Invest in Afghanistan's mothers ›
Topics: Microfinance, Women's Empowerment
After years of war and oppression, the mothers of Afghanistan can now step out of their homes and into the marketplace. Microfinance helps mothers, who in turn build stronger, healthier families and communities.
Blog Post: Renewing a family’s dream of land ›
Topics: Rural, Food/Nutrition, Economic Development, Agriculture
Good agricultural land is considered more valuable than gold treasure in northern Afghanistan — unless your land is constantly under floodwaters.
Optimism and Hope Takes Root ›
For the people of Afghanistan, conflict and uncertainty has been a constant in their lives. But as the dust settles, new opportunities are taking root.
Special Report: Regrowing the Land ›
For the people of Afghanistan, conflict and uncertainty have been a constant in their lives. But as the dust settles, new opportunities are taking root.
Cooking Up Yogurt With Syeed ›
Topics: Microfinance
The yogurt that this Afghan entrepreneur makes may be plain but the impact it is having on his life is anything but.
Trial By Fire ›
Topics: Microfinance, Women's Empowerment
Life is considerably easier these days for Nasrin and her four children, thanks to a Mercy Corps-facilitated loan that's fueled a now-thriving bakery.
The Fruits of a New Beginning ›
Topics: Agriculture
Abdul Said Majid, a farmer and schoolteacher, always worked hard to feed his family but often met calamity. Mercy Corps is helping him seed new opportunity.
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