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1979

CAMBODIAN REFUGEE CRISIS

Dan O'Neill creates Save The Refugees Fund and raises $1 million for families fleeing the "killing fields" of Cambodia. The fund soon evolves into Mercy Corps.

Jon Warren for Mercy Corps

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For 30 years, in the midst of economic collapse, political transitions, armed conflict, and natural disasters, Mercy Corps has been helping millions of individuals, families and communities turn crises into opportunities for sustainable, positive change.

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