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Q&A: Cassandra Nelson on the Pakistan Earthquake ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps' Cassandra Nelson reports from Islamabad as she prepares to join Pakistan earthquake relief efforts.

Relief Operations Expand in Pakistan ›

Topics: Emergencies
Rescue and relief efforts are continuing in Pakistan, after a devastating earthquake centered in that country's Northwest Frontier Province killed 40,000 people. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake is the strongest to hit the region in sixty years.

Pakistan Bound: Relief Worker Shares Her Expertise ›

Topics: Emergencies

With the din of Heathrow airport right behind her and the devastation of northern Pakistan hours in front of her, GEO team member Susan Romanski talks about balancing relief with recovery.

Providing Immediate Aid to Earthquake Survivors in Pakistan ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps is undertaking an immediate response to the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered in the remote Hindu Kush mountains of northern Pakistan

Responding to Severe Weather in Pakistan ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps is distributing emergency food and supplies in Pakistan to help people in Baluchistan, Pakistan cope with high amounts of precipitation that have led to severe snowfall in the north and flooding in the south of the province.

Quetta ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment

Friday was my 7th anniversary with Mercy Corps and I celebrated it by going to "real" Pakistan.

A New Beginning ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment

One aid worker comments on her experiences in the field.

Male-Female Interaction ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Peaceful Change

One aid worker experiences with culture working in Pakistan.

Diary of an Aid Worker ›

Topics: Hunger, Emergencies

Rachel Lieber is the Grants and Reports Manager in Mercy Corps' South Asia Regional Office in Islamabad, Pakistan. She provides periodic updates about her work and life in Pakistan.

Hope Springs Eternal ›

Topics: Peaceful Change, Health, Emergencies, Education, Agriculture

Program aids Afghan refugees in Pakistan affected by years of severe drought.

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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