Mercy Corps in the news
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Haiti: Hope for Haiti shows telethons still work in the text era January 26, 2010
Right after the Haiti earthquake, my wife and I, like lots of other people, decided we should donate some money to relief, as soon as possible. We decided on a figure, went online, and sent the money (to Mercy Corps, largely because it was the same organization we donated to after the Indian Ocean tsunami). Last Friday, I sat down to watch George Clooney's Hope for Haiti Now telethon, mainly out of professional obligation, because I had already donated. Naturally, I made it maybe 20 minutes into the broadcast before I opened my browser and donated more.
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Haiti: New Seasons Market will match contributions to Haiti relief effort January 26, 2010
New Seasons Market is collecting and then matching donations to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based international relief agency, to help survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Haitian city of Port-au-Prince. The Portland Metro area stores will collectively match contributions up to $20,000. Mercy Corps will use donations to provide immediate humanitarian relief, help with clean water supplies, offer trauma support for children and provide long-term job creation to help people rebuild their lives.
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Haiti: In Haiti, children are the most vulnerable January 25, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the night, the children wake up crying. "They always ask for someone to be with them. They ask why it happened. They think God is mad at them," says Marie Louise Woel-Michel, a hospital volunteer in the shattered Carrefour neighborhood of the Haitian capital. "They don't play."
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Haiti: Re-imagining Haiti January 25, 2010
Neal Keny-Guyer is the CEO of Mercy Corps, based in Portland. Myanmar. Sichuan. Katrina. Aceh. Their names conjure awful scenes of destruction. In our response to these crises, what lessons have we learned? And how should we be applying them to Haiti, the troubled nation that was perhaps the least prepared of any for tragedy on this scale? As I pack my bags to head to Port-au-Prince, here are a few thoughts.
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Haiti: Denverite bringing comfort to children in Haiti January 25, 2010
Children who survived the Haiti earthquake already are asking difficult questions. Why did my parents die? Why is my neighbor fine, but I lost my house and everything in it? Why did my friend die? Adults, themselves traumatized and struggling to find food and water, usually lack the right words.
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Haiti: Donors' fund-raising pages come up big for Mercy Corps January 25, 2010
Supporters of Mercy Corps have sprung into action since the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, raising more than $500,000 through their personal fund-raising pages — a significant portion of the $7.1-million the Portland, Ore., group has received for relief efforts. Once someone has set up a fund-raising page on the Mercy Corps Web site, they can use e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook to ask their friends and family members to donate.
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Haiti: Portland plays songs for Haiti and raises nearly $150,000 for Mercy Corps January 25, 2010
About a half an hour after the final note was played, Stephen Marc Beaudoin, who'd organized Thursday night's "Songs for Haiti" benefit at the Aladdin Theater bounced into the bar next door, still singing the closing number. All that had changed was a word. "Amaaaaazing benefit!" There's no other way to describe a benefit thrown together in six days that raises in the neighborhood of $150,000 for Mercy Corps. And that number could grow.
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Haiti: Mercy Corps fundraiser: Behind the scenes of "Songs for Haiti" January 22, 2010
Portland, ORE- I am very humbled by what I’ve witnessed at the Aladdin Theatre in southeast Portland as co-MC of a phenomenal event. The amazing work of Mercy Corps, one of the first relief organizations on the ground in earthquake torn Haiti—was the beneficiary of the fundraiser. I will offer this disclaimer that I did not take notes during the performance—so I apologize in advance if I inadvertently leave someone out of my recollection of the whirlwind of events and breathtaking generosity this evening.
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Haiti: Doctors reopen Haiti hospital, begin surgery indoors January 21, 2010
A medical team led by a Silverdale doctor has helped to reopen a Port-au-Prince hospital, moved the patients back inside and started operating on broken bones often complicated by infections. "The good news is we're making a dent," Dan Diamond said Thursday by telephone from Haiti. "We really think that we are going to not only save lives but save limbs." Diamond, who went to Haiti with the Northwest-based Medical Teams International, said the hospital was initially condemned after the Jan. 12 earthquake. A second assessment showed it was safe for occupation.
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Haiti: Mercy Corps plans trauma care for kids in Haiti January 21, 2010
Mercy Corps is gearing up to comfort 100,000 kids in Haiti who risk long-term trauma from the earthquake. They've lost parents, friends and homes. Without treatment, they could sink into depression, turn towards aggression and suffer deep emotional scars. Leaning on a program developed after 9/11, the Portland-based agency will train locals who are not mental health professionals to help children heal.