Emergency response

Haiti: Lighting a candle for Haiti January 14, 2010

The crowd grew. Candles lit children's faces. A Haitian-American woman stood up and started to to talk about the earthquake. She lamented that she had not been able to contact her family and had no idea if any of them were alive. She choked up, and couldn’t continue as grief overwhelmed her.

Haiti: Meet our Haiti response team January 14, 2010

The first members of our emergency-response team are headed to the quake zone, where they'll quickly assess needs and begin delivering relief to affected families.

Haiti: Ready to lead January 14, 2010

There just aren’t that many people as qualified to lead an emergency response team as Richard Jacquot. And today, Mercy Corps is counting on him to lead our disaster relief and recovery efforts in earthquake-struck Haiti.

Haiti: Satellite images of the destruction January 14, 2010

Here are three satellite images that detail the scale of the destruction in Port-au-Prince. The images include the National Palace, Downtown Port-au-Prince and Sylvio Cator Stadium.

Indonesia: Humble heart for Haiti January 14, 2010

Haiti: Humanitarian veteran Jenny Vaughan prepares to depart for Haiti January 13, 2010

One of our Boston-based staff, Jenny Vaughan, is headed to Haiti first thing Thursday morning as part of Mercy Corps' earthquake response team. Jenny has been with Mercy Corps for two years and is currently working with our Conflict Management program.

Haiti: How you can best help Haiti's earthquake survivors January 13, 2010

We want to thank everyone for the incredible outpouring of support and offers to deploy and help out with the emergency relief effort. We appreciate your willingness to lend a hand!

Haiti: Scrambling to help Haiti January 12, 2010

I've been on the phone for most of the last three hours figuring out the best way we can respond to the news in Haiti.