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Children are remarkably imaginative and resilient — but also heartbreakingly fragile and vulnerable. Mercy Corps works with communities to shelter and nurture children through innovative education, health and nutrition programs. Teaching the next generation and keeping them healthy are essential to tomorrow's strong, vibrant societies.

Blog Post: Meeting with Haiti's First Lady ›

Country: Haiti

I just met with Elisabeth Préval, Haiti's First Lady, to discuss our Comfort for Kids program.

Blog Post: Displaced and uncertain ›

Country: Haiti

One million people are displaced by the earthquake. There are tent encampments throughout the city — every open space is now filled with tents.

Blog Post: What the Haitian people still have ›

Country: Haiti

It has meant a lot to me to be back here in Haiti. I had spent some time here 15 years ago and just fell in love with the culture, people, and their artistic and spiritual life.

Blog Post: Struggling with a post-earthquake birthday party ›

Country: Haiti

Children in Haiti are afraid. They're afraid to be alone, afraid of loud noises, afraid of another earthquake.

Blog Post: Five-year-old gives up his secret stash ›

Country: Haiti

When consultant Steve McBee offered to match Haiti donations from his colleagues, he didn’t expect a contribution from his 5-year-old son, Brody.

Blog Post: A community's enthusiasm to heal their children ›

Country: Haiti

Today — my first day in Haiti — I traveled to a Port-au-Prince neighborhood to discuss Comfort for Kids with the mayor and deputy mayor.

Blog Post: Sous les belles étoiles ›

Country: Haiti

Today, I heard one of the most beautiful and most heartbreaking things of my life. It’s something I’ll always carry with me — and perhaps the one phrase I’ll attach to my time in Haiti.

Blog Post: Healing the emotional wounds of Haiti's children ›

Country: Haiti

After the physical wounds from this traumatic event heal, psychological trauma remains long afterward -- if untreated, it can last forever.

Blog Post: Helping inform policy in China ›

Country: China

I'll be representing Mercy Corps at the National Post-disaster Psychosocial Response Plan Review Seminar — great recognition for programs we implemented after last year's earthquake.

Blog Post: "My Child's Café" nourishes kids in North Jakarta ›

Country: Indonesia

This program was launched in response to the global food price spikes of 2008 in Indonesia, a country with alarming rates of child malnutrition.

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