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: 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.
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Afghanistan: New camp for Afghan refugees opens October 24, 2001
A new camp opened today to provide shelter and immediate assistance to Afghan refugees who are crossing into Pakistan. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) established the camp near the Chaman border crossing, in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan and aid agencies.
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Afghanistan: Mercy Corps taking action to aid Afghans October 11, 2001
Several new Mercy Corps activities have been initiated this week as part of the agency' s ongoing commitment to provide life-saving operations and services to people in Afghanistan and neighboring countries.
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Afghanistan: Mercy Corps Country Director: Afghanistan situation 'bleak' October 4, 2001
Twenty years of violence, four years of severe drought and the possibility of an impending refugee crisis is making life extraordinarily difficult for the citizens that remain inside of Afghanistan and with winter fast approaching the numbers of those suffering is sure to rise.
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Program to Aid Malnourished Eritreans October 2, 2001
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Afghanistan: Mercy Corps prepares for flood of refugees leaving Afghanistan September 28, 2001
It's becoming more difficult than ever to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and even to neighboring Pakistan. Local workers with relief groups such as Portland-based Mercy Corps are among those going to remote, safer places or leaving Afghanistan altogether.
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Afghanistan: A family struggles to survive in Afghanistan July 18, 2001
Mullah Hatem is 75 years old. Two months ago he was forced to leave his home in Ghor Province and take his family further south in search of food and water. He is sick and cannot afford to feed his family, let alone visit a doctor.