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The environment underpins and defines all aspects of human society. Environmental degradation most strongly impacts vulnerable communities, primarily because these places lack the coping mechanisms that normally protect lives and livelihoods. Mercy Corps is committed to helping these communities address and adapt to environmental changes.

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: The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction — Day 4 ›

It is always nice when things you are really interested in come together. Today, on day 4 of the Global Platform, those things were the Sphere guidelines and disaster risk reduction.

Blog Post: Congo's "conflict charcoal" ›

Country: DR Congo

Most people have heard of conflict or "blood" diamonds, but fewer may be aware of conflict charcoal — a trade controlled by one of Congo's long-standing rebel groups.

Recycled Life ›

Country: Indonesia

Darpi, a 56-year-old woman who’s been living in Jakarta's Penjaringan slum since the mid-1970s, is proof that things can improve.

Blog Post: Riding the green wave ›

Harnessing innovation and community engagement, Mercy Corps has created programs that benefit both the environment and some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Blog Post: Inside the Green Rope ›

Country: DR Congo

It's firewood distribution day here in Buhimba Camp. Hundreds of women, most of whom are elderly, have lined up to wait their turn.

Buzzing with Cosmic Energy ›

Country: India

Time spent with Rajah Banerjee — tea estate owner, agricultural pioneer, mystic and Mercy Corps supporter — is a mind-altering experience.

Turning Trash into Cash ›

Country: Ethiopia

With support from Mercy Corps and a local organization called Women in Self-Employment (WISE), Tafessu and her neighbors are finding a way to transform potato skins and fruit peels into fuel.

Video: Deconstruction Documentary ›

Country: United States

This brief video documentary, which discusses and demonstrates deconstruction, was filmed during Mercy Corps' Flight of Friendship to New Orleans in April 2007.

Mercy Corps Congratulates Gore, UN on Prize ›

Mercy Corps congratulates Al Gore and the UN panel, whose work highlights how climate change impacts communities around the globe.

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