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CNN: Aid worker - Gaza on Verge of Collapse ›
All of Gaza is on the verge of collapse: Most people have no electricity, no running water and inadequate food supplies. Only a fraction of aid needed to sustain Gaza's 1.5 million residents is getting in.
Wall Street Journal: Aid to Gazans Hampered By Israeli Bureaucracy ›
This week, Mercy Corps, an international aid organization based in Portland, Ore., and Edinburgh, Scotland, encountered obstacles highlighting some of the difficulties of getting supplies into Gaza.
MSNBC.com: Gaza Palestinians: 'Everywhere is dangerous' ›
College students in Gaza describe life in the battle zone
Oregonian: Northwest Relief Groups' Efforts Stall as Fighting Rages in Gaza ›
Mercy Corps workers are distributing local stocks of blankets and plastic sheeting in Gaza, when possible amid the fighting.
OPB News: Oregon Humanitarian Agencies Send Aid To Gaza ›
Oregon aid agencies are responding to the situation in the Gaza strip, where Israeli forces and Hamas are now fighting on the ground.
Teen Voices: January Activist of the Month: Katie Simon ›
Katie was honored in October, 2008 by Mercy Corps with a Global Action Award honoring high school students who have taken outstanding actions to fight global poverty.
Seattle Times: Aid Group Fears a Battle on the Ground in Gaza ›
Q&A with Andy Dwonch, Mercy Corp's mission director for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Mercy Corps is a Portland-based aid agency. Dwonch returned to Seattle from Jerusalem
Oregonian: Private Gifts to Mercy Corps and Medical Teams Drop, but Needs Do Not ›
Portland-based Mercy Corps and Medical Teams International cope with less.
Seattle Times: Despite Tough Economic Times, It's Still a Wonderful Life ›
It is the poor and oppressed both at home and around the world who are disproportionately hard hit by the economic downturn.
IndUS Business Journal: N.C. State Student Honored for Health Work in Mysore ›
Ravishankar organized two rural eye care camps
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