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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.

Helping Kids Cope ›

Country: Pakistan

Life has been anything but routine for Salman since his family was displaced from their home in early May. Activity kits and organized sports are helping restore a sense of normalcy.

Blog Post: Tools for life ›

Country: Colombia

I teach weekly yoga classes to fifth graders at a school in Bogota's Ciudad Bolivar, where many youth I teach have been forcibly displaced by Colombia's ongoing conflict.

Blog Post: Building children's confidence through sport ›

Country: Colombia

Mercy Corps Colombia manages an innovative program which aims to both eliminate and mitigate the effects of some of the worst forms of child labor through sports activities.

Blog Post: New beginnings ›

Country: Uganda

Little Mindi was the first baby born to the village of Agora since, just weeks earlier, Acholi families had returned here from the displacement camps where they'd taken uncertain refuge for years.

Blog Post: Staff pitch in to help more kids in Pakistan ›

Country: Pakistan

On Saturday, we distributed shoes, toys and coloring books to displaced children in Pakistan, bought using nearly $4,000 in staff contributions.

Blog Post: Updates from Pakistan ›

Country: Pakistan

Our team in Pakistan continues to distribute $45 vouchers for families living in schools, public buildings and makeshift camps to buy what they need.

Blog Post: Helping kids displaced in Pakistan ›

Country: Pakistan

Mercy Corps has begun providing sports and social activities to 1,200 displaced school-age children in Pakistan.

Eat your tempeh, kids ›

Country: Indonesia

Mercy Corps is working to reduce child malnutrition in Indonesia's capital by educating parents and teachers — and by sponsoring street-food carts that sell healthy snacks.

Christine: There for Sichuan's Survivors ›

Country: China

Caring staff like Christine Fu define our mission. We don't just respond to emergencies, we stay as long as we're needed — and often become part of the community.

Healing the Future ›

Country: China

At the one-year anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake, there's still much more we can do, together, for the children of Sichuan.

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