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Tahanee: Teaching Job Skills to Young Women ›

Topics: Education

A new school for girls in the West Bank town of Dura has boosted the hopes of job hunters.

Priming Gaza's Economy ›

Topics: Emergencies

Amid a truce between Israel and the main Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, Mercy Corps is adding much-needed cash directly into the pockets of vulnerable families.

Life and Death on the Sea ›

Topics: Emergencies

Hamad is among more than 300 bereft families accepting emergency food aid from Mercy Corps workers last week.

Letter to Secretary Rice ›

On behalf of the undersigned U.S.-based international humanitarian and development organisations, we write to you with urgent and great concern regarding the current crisis in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon. As all parties continue to escalate this conflict,

In the Crossfire: Needs Persist in Gaza ›

Ordinary families need your help to survive what the UN calls a "desperate" and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.

A Growing Despair ›

Topics: Agriculture, Economic Development

Gaza's El Laham family used to live comfortably on tomatoes grown in their hoop-frame greenhouses for export. Now they're suffering from a freefalling Palestinian economy.

Struggling to Survive ›

Topics: Emergencies

Over the past week, Mercy Corps provided staple food supplies - including sacks of flour and sugar and large bottles of vegetable oil - to 300 families in Al Mawassi. Najwa's family was one of them.

Serving the Vulnerable ›

Topics: Health, Children

Mercy Corps is engaged in a humanitarian response in Gaza, where hospitals shelves sit empty, people cook with wood for lack of heating oil and the wages of 73,000 government employees haven't been paid since February.

Connecting Two Cultures ›

Topics: Education, Civil Society, Technology & Internet

Mercy Corps held a videoconference between Palestinian and American youth as part of its Beyond Borders program.

Gaza Beset By Food Shortages, Economic Woe ›

Topics: Health, Hunger

As the crisis in Gaza deepens for already-impoverished families, Mercy Corps is launching a critical new emergency response to help them survive.

West Bank/Gaza Facts

  • Population (2008): 2.4 million
  • Size: slightly smaller than Delaware
  • Human Development Index rank: n/a
  • Mercy Corps involvement dates to 1986
  • Primary work: Rebuilding schools in the West Bank, equipping people with disabilities, delivering food aid to Gazan families, connecting Palestinian youth with U.S. high schoolers, providing employment in economically isolated Gaza.

Program Details

Since the 1980s, Mercy Corps has been working to help Palestinians in Gaza meet their immediate needs for survival and find durable solutions to chronic problems.

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