Emergency response
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Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
Life can change for millions of families in an instant: natural disasters can take loved ones and the outbreak of war drive families from their homes. When the unthinkable happens, Mercy Corps delivers rapid, lifesaving aid to hard-hit communities.
All stories about Emergency response
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Afghanistan: Rehabilitation Program improving lives of disabled Afghans January 7, 2002
For Afghan families living in the refugee villages in Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, the challenges they face each day are enormous. This is especially true for those who are disabled, as well as for those who must care for disabled relatives, children and friends.
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Afghanistan: “We were born from this ground and we are not leaving” December 31, 2001
KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan - This week the markets and bazaars of Kandahar are open and there appears to be a feeling of hope. The dusty streets are congested with motorized rickshaws, pick-up trucks and old Russian made four-wheelers.
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Afghanistan: Needs remain great in southern Afghanistan December 28, 2001
The situation in Kandahar, Afghanistan is both hopeful and dire.
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Afghanistan: Refugee mom: 'We came here to save our lives' December 17, 2001
QUETTA, Pakistan - Taghnesa, 40, fled her village in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz nearly three months ago when the fighting between Northern Alliance troops and the Taliban escalated.
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Afghanistan: Mercy Corps launches campaign for Afghan children December 13, 2001
Mercy Corps is responding to the urgent needs in Afghanistan, launching an unprecedented $5 million campaign to provide lifesaving aid to children. With the arrival of winter, hunger and hardship increase dramatically, further compounding the difficulties faced by Afghan families.
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Afghanistan: Margaret Larson reports from Pakistan refugee camp December 11, 2001
CHAMAN, PAKISTAN, Dec. 10 - I've been working directly at the border, near Chaman, Pakistan and it has been amazing.
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Afghanistan: Afghan refugees continue to seek shelter in Pakistan November 21, 2001
A recent stream of Afghan refugees crossing the border into Pakistan has sped up the transfer of refugee families from a temporary refugee camp to a more permanent camp at Roghani near the Chaman border crossing.
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Afghanistan: Mercy Corps to assist additional 10,000 Afghan families November 9, 2001
Mercy Corps has received a $2 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency support to drought and conflict-affected families in southern Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: For Afghans, no hope, no help, no time left October 29, 2001
As this bleak moonscape we call Afghanistan disgorges its dazed masses into this country, one is struck by the sheer magnitude of bad news borne by an essentially hospitable, beautiful people: 22 years of continuous war, including a brutal decade of Soviet occupation; years more of civil war; fou
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United States: Giving Comfort to New York City’s Children October 24, 2001
The reviews are in: Comfort Kits are a hit. That is the universal response from the children and families in New York City who have received the Sept. 11 Comfort Kits being distributed by Mercy Corps.