http://www.mercycorps.org/ The Latest Mercy Corps Children Content en-us (c) 2007 Mercy Corps http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:59:01 -0700 Charity Mercy Corps In-house CMS 60 http://www.mercycorps.org/ /images/donate/mercy_logo_red.gif http://www.mercycorps.org/ 136 48 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/children/2290/ Nine teens used a Mercy Corps filmmaking course to express their needs, aspirations and dreams — part of projects aimed at enhancing youth artistic skills and addressing societal challenges with technology. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:24:21 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/2277/ Mercy Corps is taking the lead in a yearlong distribution of 100,000 metric tons of food to quell rampant hunger in North Korea. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:14:49 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/peru/2212/ Nine-year old Maria survived last August's Peru earthquake — but life in the aftermath was often nightmarish. Mercy Corps helped heal her emotional wounds. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:02:14 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/2189/ As Somalia slides closer to famine, Mercy Corps continues to drill boreholes, build schools and offer short-term jobs in an area where few global relief agencies will tread. Thu, 22 May 2008 09:05:03 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/emergencies/1816/ Mercy Corps is helping more than 50,000 displaced people meet their most basic needs in areas of conflict-ravaged northeastern Congo near the Rwandan border. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:55:18 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/children/2151/ It's not the classroom, or the doctor's office, or some other site where you might expect to find traumatized children receiving supportive services. But athletic fields and playgrounds, Mercy Corps and its partners believe, can be the place where innovative — and effective — approaches to emotional recovery take flight. The Moving Forward initiative, a collaborative endeavor between Mercy Corps, NIKE and CARE aims to help youth emerge from the physical and emotional rubble of emergencies by stepping onto the soccer pitches, volleyball courts and dance halls of their recovering communities. The approach capitalizes on the capacity of coaches and teachers to use sport- and game-based methodologies to help youth recover from the trauma they experience during and after disasters. As part of a pilot project initiated by Mercy Corps in response to the coastal earthquake in Peru last August, two dozen coaches and teachers were trained as mentors to work with kids in the most affected areas. Using sports like soccer, volleyball and dance, these mentors helped more than 300 kids cope with the psychosocial stress that follows losing homes and schools and living in crowded shelters. Twice a week, youth joined their mentors in community play areas to take part in soccer and volleyball matches and dance instruction to build their self-esteem, trust in others, teamwork and resiliency. Each mentor was equipped with a NIKE-outfitted sport bag containing all the tools of the sport-mentor trade: soccer balls, volleyballs, practice vests, cones, rope and so on. The experience and tools developed will help the Moving Forward initiative develop a one-of-a-kind toolkit to help child-service professionals engage youth in sports and games after natural and manmade disasters strike. The toolkit will be refined by all of the partners as we learn more about how to best use sports and games to promote kids' psychosocial recovery. Food, water and shelter are essential to disaster recovery. But the power of sports can't be overlooked in helping youth recover their optimism and hope. Wed, 07 May 2008 06:41:37 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/indonesia/2120/ Breastfeeding rates may be at a 20-year high in the U.S., but they're alarmingly low in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mercy Corps is helping mothers and clinics give at-risk infants a healthier start. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:50:45 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/zimbabwe/2100/ Tryphine lost her father when she was seven and her home at age 12. Mercy Corps is connecting her to the help she needs to overcome the challenges thrown her way at such an early age. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:02:39 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/sudan/2101/ Thanks to Mercy Corps supporters, we continue to help the hardworking people of Sudan survive — and even envision brighter times ahead. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:48:06 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/honduras/2064/ Proyecto Aldea Global (PAG), a longtime Mercy Corps partner, is helping to address the plight of Honduran students and teachers through a program called PROLENCAH. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:22:18 -0800 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/children/2038/ For many years Hu Yan and her brother floated from city to city with their mother, a migrant worker. Today, they have settled in a place where they're flourishing. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:33:09 -0800 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/jordan/1885/ Iraqi and Jordanian children spent a summer day together in Amman to help acclimate Iraqis to their new home and defuse tensions between refugees and their host communities. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:06:36 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1833/ The Liangshan Yi are an ethnic group at risk; faced with the challenges of a Chinese economy that seems to be leaving them behind, they need the optimism, ingenuity and action of their youth more than ever. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:44:26 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1837/ Zhuhe Township is hundreds of miles - and seems hundreds of years - away from China's rapidly growing, ultramodern cities. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:43:28 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1838/ Professor Hou Yuangao, alongside Mercy Corps, is helping to save and preserve his own endangered ethnic group. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:33:38 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/1839/ The young women of Project GLOW display remarkable grace and a zest for life amid the hardships of life in the Liangshan Yi villages. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:34:47 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/1840/ Having already endured an untimely loss, a mother finds solace in a daughter involved in Project GLOW. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:01:33 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/1842/ Mercy Corps China's Program Officer for Project GLOW discusses her work in the Liangshan Yi area. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:14:30 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1843/ Young Mahai Azhi, who's gone from being an orphan to succeeding in school, musically shares her poignant emotions. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:59:43 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/emergencies/1817/ Like thousands of Congolese children fleeing from conflict, young Giselle's path to relative safety in Goma has been grueling. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:38:26 -0700