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Haiti: What cash-for-work has (and hasn't) done for Haiti December 6, 2010

Haiti: Assessing Mercy Corps' cash-for-work program in Haiti December 6, 2010

Tajikistan: A leader emerges November 25, 2010

Zokasjon Ergaschev sits at a desk in his small office surrounded by images of mothers and children with headlines such as “Wash Your Hands” and “Immunize Your Child” in Tajik and Russian.

Afghanistan: Searching for the next Frank Perdue November 15, 2010

Tajikistan: Turning water into cash November 15, 2010

“For the last three years, my yields have been 30 percent of what they were before,” says Sabur Kumischev, as he makes a sweeping motion with his hand indicating the land where his crops are grown. “All I could grow was corn. The other farmers could only grow corn.

Haiti: How we're helping families in Haiti's rural villages November 5, 2010

I arrived in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday of this week, just ahead of Tomas, the tropical storm that just passed through Haiti today.

Indonesia: Chocolate starts out tasting like vanilla yoghurt — who knew? October 23, 2010

Whenever I travel, I’m always sure to pack an emergency supply of chocolate. But until yesterday, when I saw cacao trees for the first time and talked to cacao famers in Indonesia about the help they are getting from Mercy Corps, I’d never really thought about where it comes from.

Tajikistan: In a pickle no more October 14, 2010