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Our work to build healthy communities, families and individuals is at the heart of Mercy Corps' vision for social change. By partnering with a range of partners, from village health committees to government agencies, we help build the means to improve maternal, newborn and child health, ensure proper nutrition and combat infectious diseases.

Blog Post: Urban fish tales ›

Country: Indonesia

Where there is water, men will fish. But I never imagined I'd see lines cast smack dab in the middle of Jakarta, a megapolitan city of at least 8.5 million people.

Blog Post: Photo of the Day: A message of hope ›

Country: China

Psychosocial programing may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Mercy Corps' work, but one look at this photo and you realize how important it is.

Blog Post: Dishing out healthy street food ›

Country: Indonesia

The Healthy Street Foods Project trains and mentors local entrepreneurs to sell healthy food to children in order to both reduce malnutrition and address poverty and unemployment.

Blog Post: IDP crisis worsens by the day ›

Country: Pakistan

The news coming in is not good. Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) are still pouring out of parts of northern Pakistan where fighting is continuing between Taliban militants and military forces.

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.

Babies, Full and Contented ›

Country: Pakistan

Moms in Pakistan are getting some much-needed nutritional advice, with happier, healthier children as a result.

Strengthening Local Health Systems ›

Country: Pakistan

In Pakistan, our tuberculosis campaign uses a comprehensive approach that’s restoring thousands of people to good health.

Video: Keeping Tajiks Healthy ›

Country: Tajikistan

Tajikistan is one of the poorest republics of the former Soviet Union, with a weak economy that is reflected in the poor health and low standard of living of the population.

Sadiqa's Story ›

Country: Pakistan

It was about a year ago when Sadiqa got a cough that wouldn't go away. The widowed mother of five, was stricken with tuberculosis, and sought treatment at a regional health clinic established by Mercy Corps.

Video: Teen Honored With Global Action Award ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps' Global Action Awards honor young people who have taken outstanding actions to fight global poverty. In 2008, Sindhu Ravishankar was one of four Global Action Award recipients.

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Mercy Corps views public health as the foundation for long-term global development. Without reliable access to proper nutrition, clean water, sanitation and health services, it is impossible for people to move beyond the urgency of meeting their most basic needs.

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