Emergency response

Haiti: Their teacher went to Haiti…and now they want to help February 17, 2010

Sara Logue was a high school student when she visited Haiti in 2003. Now a fifth grade teacher at Tom McCall Upper Elementary School in Forest Grove, Oregon, she’s making sure her students are connected with the world beyond the walls of the school.

Haiti: Beginning again with hope and faith February 15, 2010

Haiti: A study in contrasts February 12, 2010

In many ways, Haiti is a study in contrasts. Here in Petionville, houses lay in ruins while directly next door a brightly painted Yamaha dealership sits undamaged. Amid concrete rubble and twisted rebar, children run and play and smile.

Haiti: Haiti earthquake teaches third-graders what wealth means February 12, 2010

Haiti: Working together to help Haiti's children February 11, 2010

Haiti: Second graders rally around Haitian classmate February 10, 2010

Shania Dormezil, a second grader at Sacramento Elementary, was born here in the United States. Her sister, fourth grader Fabiola, was about three years old when the family immigrated from Haiti, and her brother, fifth grader Kevin, was about four.

Haiti: Drawing up plans February 10, 2010

After working on interviews and gathering stories about our Comfort for Kids program, I learned that some of our team was headed out to see our new office and some of the neighborhoods around it, all of which were greatly damaged in the quake.

West Bank and Gaza: Mercy Corps continues humanitarian assistance in Gaza February 10, 2010

Failing Gaza: No rebuilding, no recovery, no more excuses is the title of the latest report on Gaza, one year after Operation Cast Lead, the three-month military conflict between Israel and Hamas.