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Kyrgyzstan: A Recipe for Healthy Kids October 31, 2006

It's nearly lunchtime in Kyrgyzstan, and the kindergarteners in Nasiba Tashirova's classroom are getting a bit restless. A gaggle of bouncy boys and girls are dancing and exchanging handclaps while their teacher helps a group of classmates wash up for lunch.
South Sudan: Improving Child Health in Recovering South August 31, 2006

Few habitable places on earth are more remote than the villages of Ulang County, South Sudan. Some families there live a two-hour walk from the nearest water source. Others can reach the main town only by walking six hours along a narrow trail.
Niger: Niger's Faces of Need August 22, 2006

Niger in a time of crisis is not a place for the faint of heart.
West Bank and Gaza: Gaza Beset By Food Shortages, Economic Woe May 18, 2006

As the representatives of donor governments made fresh vows to rapidly establish a flow of aid to Palestinians on Monday, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues.
Indonesia: Five Stops for Ratih April 21, 2006
Niger: Help Nigerien Mothers Like Fatima February 15, 2006

Fatima lives with her husband and their six children in Sanam, a remote village in Niger that's accessed only by a barely passable dirt road.
Ethiopia: Turning Over a New Leaf in Ethiopia January 19, 2006
Food Resources: Help That Lasts a Long Time January 6, 2006

Of the wide array of issues Mercy Corps tackles around the globe, hunger and nutrition may be the one most familiar to Americans. Nearly everyone has heard appeals to feed far-off, famine-stricken countries and the less fortunate closer to home.
Q&A: Filling the Gaps November 22, 2005

Carlos Cardenas started his medical career in the hospital emergency rooms of his native Peru. What he witnessed there horrified him: young women crowded the wards, sick and dying from misguided, borderline abusive treatments.
Niger: Malnutrition Still Shadows Niger's Children October 21, 2005

In the aftermath of devastating drought and a crop-killing locust infestation, Mercy Corps field workers are working to stabilize the fragile health of thousands of Nigerien children.