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Pakistan:

Flooding ‘From Bad To Worse’

Flooding in Pakistan's Sindh Province is going "from bad to worse," the UN says. Our team is on the ground delivering drinking water and supplies, and treating hundreds daily at two mobile health clinics -- 40 percent of whom are children under the age of 5.

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Update from Haiti: A Six-Month Report

Haiti: Special Report: Update from Haiti: A Six-Month Report
Thanks to the resources you have entrusted to us, we continue to bring our unwavering dedication, best ideas and 30 years of experience to help Haitians rebuild their country. Read More ›

Breaking ground, in more ways than one

Uganda: Blog Post: Breaking ground, in more ways than one
Moruitit has long been a hideout for the competing Jie and Dodoth warriors who have rustled cattle, stolen property and ambushed vehicles in an ongoing conflict. But we might, tentatively, say that’s history. Read More ›

Pakistan Flooding

Pakistan: Pakistan Flooding
Mercy Corps is providing clean water, staple foods and clean-up tools to families affected by massive flooding in Pakistan, which has killed at least 1,600 people and affected 20 million people. Read More ›

Recent Blog Posts

Truly, skills for employment and skills for life

Posted September 2, 2010 2:17 am by Tara Noronha

Under a perfect, blue Ugandan sky, youth from two neighboring schools prepared to deliver remarks on the importance of abstinence, safe sex, delayed marriage, and healthy life choices.

The Headless Horsemen ride again (this time for Mercy Corps)!

Posted August 31, 2010 6:49 pm by Dan O'Neill

On Saturday, 27 motorcycle riders logged 300 miles through Washington's Puget Sound area to raise thousands for Mercy Corps.

An African kilometer

Posted August 31, 2010 11:03 am by Roger Burks

In most parts of the world, a kilometer is shorter than a mile — but not in Africa. Here, a kilometer feels many miles long.

Three days, 22 people, 10 countries and many untold stories

Posted August 30, 2010 8:24 am by Roger Burks

For the next three days, I am teaching a Mercy Corps-sponsored writing and photography workshop in Kitgum, Uganda — and am excited to share the participants' work with you.

Moving all over the place

Posted August 28, 2010 8:56 pm by Roger Burks

With Labor Day fast approaching, I’m sure many of us are wondering where our summers went. I know exactly where mine was spent, and where I am going next.

Friends in the field

Posted August 25, 2010 1:01 am by Brad Myers

Every day across the globe, heartfelt goodbyes are exchanged between foreign and local humanitarian staff. Programs are implemented and completed. And, in this case, interns come and go.

Homemade signs and help

Posted August 24, 2010 5:20 am by Pete O'Farrell

For the most part, it looked like all the other tents in this growing camp for internally-displaced persons (IDPs), currently populated by more than 3,000 people who've been driven from their homes by Pakistan's floods.

Revving the local economy

Posted August 24, 2010 12:53 am by Juan Christie

During a recent distribution of sewing machines to local women, there was an unexpected benefit to one particular group of businesspeople.

Well-traveled, troublesome mementoes

Posted August 23, 2010 3:18 pm by Dan O'Neill

There I was, quickly surrounded by SeaTac airport security guards and detained for questioning.

SOS! Global civil society gathers to “Seek Out Solutions” to the world’s toughest problems

Posted August 22, 2010 2:22 pm by Ruth Allen

What could a politician from Mozambique, a community leader from Nepal,a journalist from the United Kingdom and me possibly have in common?

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Aid Workers Warn of Famine Disaster in Niger
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We'll Be Here as Long as Afghans Need Us
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Aug 10, 2010

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KGW-TV "Live @ 7" (NBC, Portland)

Aug 3, 2010

Mercy Corps Photojournalist Cassandra Nelson: Stories from the Field
KATU-TV "AM Northwest" (ABC, Portland)

Aug 1, 2010

A Woman's Work
Portland Monthly

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