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War tears at every fiber of society, but conflict doesn't have to be violent to harm communities. Mercy Corps works to not only help families rebuild after the destruction of war, but also manage friction points and find solutions so shots are never fired.

Blog Post: A ritual for healing ›

Country: Tajikistan

The soul is significant in building community capacity through relating, healing and celebrating.

Blog Post: Ned Lamont calls out Mercy Corps' work on The Huffington Post ›

Country: Iraq
Ned Lamont — former Democratic Senate candidate in Connecticut and Mercy Corps board member — discusses the "Independence Day" aspects of U.S. troops pulling out of Iraqi cities.

Blog Post: Connecting Sudan's displaced ›

Country: Sudan

War-torn communities are finding a voice in the most unlikely of places, thanks to new Information and Communication Technology across southern Sudan and the Three Areas.

Blog Post: A million subtle shades of gray ›

For the most part, black-and-white thinking doesn’t hold true anymore. These days everything is focused or diffused through countless prisms of culture, society, history, individuality and situation.

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.

A Step Forward in Darfur ›

Country: Sudan

Mercy Corps Scotland is preparing to enter Darfur to help thousands of Sudanese impacted by the continuing strife there.

One Table: Simple things can make the biggest difference in the DRC ›

Country: DR Congo

It's hard to sum up Congo's years of conflict, more than five million conflict-related deaths, thousands of displaced people, and the beauty of the country and its people in a few words.

Blog Post: Displacement figure tops 3.5 million ›

Country: Pakistan
Newest figures from the Government of Pakistan figures show the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has risen to an estimated 3.584 million.

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.

One Table: A Stove to Save Lives ›

Country: DR Congo

For 59-year-old Dafroza Baleberaho, building improved cookstoves isn’t just about preventing climate change, it’s about saving women’s lives.

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Even in the world’s most violent places, there is always room for hope. Since the late 1990s, Mercy Corps has implemented more than 70 peace-building programs in 20 war-torn countries.

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