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My Journey to Pakistan ›

At the beginning of January, Mercy Corps program officer Jackie Lee traveled from her Hong Kong home to Pakistan to get a firsthand look at our efforts to help earthquake survivors recover from the devastation.

A Beautiful Mind ›

Life in a Nutshell ›

When There's a Will, There's a Way ›

Distribution Day ›

Winter in a Homemade Shelter ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Emergencies

Supplying Reopened Schools in Pakistan ›

Topics: Emergencies, Education, Children

In Battal, a town whose schools were flattened by October's earthquake, Mercy Corps helped re-open tented schools and stepped in to supply students with bookbags, textbooks, coloring books, crayons and other items.

Blanket Campaign Warms Survivors ›

Topics: Emergencies

Seattle entrepreneur Richard Berger proved that one person can make a difference.

Record Disasters, Rapid Response ›

Topics: Emergencies

It's been a year full of natural calamities. Learn how Mercy Corps is able to muster swift responses - and keep focused on the work of building healthy and stable communities.

Latest from the Quake Zone ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps communications officer Cassandra Nelson reports on weather conditions, the state of survivors and the aid response in earthquake-ravaged Pakistan.

Pakistan Facts

  • Population (2008): 173 million
  • Size: twice as big as California
  • Human Development Index rank: 139 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1986
  • Primary work: Combating tuberculosis with education and treatment, supporting Afghan refugees with vocational and marketing training, improving maternal and newborn health
  • Number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan: 2 million (UN Refugee Agency)
  • Literacy rate: 49.9%
  • Estimated # of new TB cases each year: 280,000+ (USAID)
  • Civilians displaced due to airstrikes: 200,000+ (WHO/UNICEF)

Program Details

Mercy Corps In Pakistan: Better health, public facilities and work opportunities revitalize communities.

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