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Video: Nineteen: Hepi, Soto Ayam Soup Seller ›

Topics: Urban, Economic Development

Hepi, 47, sells chicken soup every day on Platform 3 at Central Jakarta's Kota Train Station.

Video: Nineteen: Sriyusiati, Soto Betawi Soup Seller ›

Topics: Urban, Marginalized Groups, Economic Development

Sriyusiati, 49, operates a food stall in South Jakarta, selling coconut rice, beef soup and other traditional dishes to office workers.

Video: Reach Hopes for the Poor ›

Topics: Urban

Mercy Corps Indonesia's Urban Program aims to build just, productive and secure urban communities.

Sticking With Rice ›

Topics: Economic Development

Times are tough on the Indonesian isle of Sumatra. Mercy Corps is helping rice farmers cope by demonstrating techniques that increase yields — and their financial security.

Paying the Bills ›

A Jakarta couples squeezes its family of six into a tiny dwelling, paying an exorbitant share of income just for water that's not 100-percent safe.

Video: Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands ›

Topics: Health, Children

A Mercy Corps survey in five provinces of Indonesia found that only 30 percent of school-age children wash their hands before eating and after using toilets.

Video: A New Path to the School and Market ›

Topics: Rural, Economic Development

Elpido Soplantila, Public Affairs officer for Mercy Corps in Maluku, Indonesia, reports on how the construction of a new concrete path is improving villagers access to area schools and markets.

Video: Healthy Places, Prosperous People ›

Topics: Economic Development, Governance, Health, Marginalized Groups, Urban, Water/Sanitation

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is expected to become East Asia's largest metropolitan region by 2015.

Resilience and Hope ›

Mercy Corps supporter Anita Bekenstein reports on her recent visit to Banda Aceh, where efforts continue to rebuild after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Promoting 'Early and Exclusive' Breastfeeding ›

Topics: Children, Health, Women's Empowerment

Breastfeeding rates may be at a 20-year high in the U.S., but they're alarmingly low in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mercy Corps is helping mothers and clinics give at-risk infants a healthier start.

Indonesia Facts

  • Population (2008): 238 million
  • Size: slightly less than three times the size of Texas
  • Human Development Index rank: 109 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1999
  • Primary work: Financial services for poor families, access to clean water, nutrition programs for schoolchildren, breastfeeding awareness and support, and recovery programs for tsunami survivors
  • Comprising 17,508 islands, it is the world's largest archipelagic state
  • World's fourth most-populous country
  • World's largest Muslim-majority country

Program Details

Mercy Corps is in Indonesia to address the root causes of poverty, thereby improving the quality of life for disaster and conflict affected, urban and coastal communities.

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Recent posts on globalenvision.org, Mercy Corps' student-written blog that explores the confluence of markets and poverty alleviation through news, commentary and discussion.

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