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VH1 Announces "Get Up Stand Up" in Partnership With Mercy Corps ›

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We'll Always Have Fried Pickles ›

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A Road to Somewhere ›

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The War on Katrina ›

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Crossing Great Distances ›

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Comfort for Kids' Post-9/11 Debut ›

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Hurricane Katrina isn't the first time Mercy Corps has deployed Comfort for Kids as part of its response to a domestic disaster.

In Between Roadblocks ›

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The Kindness of Neighbors ›

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Returning to a Different Place ›

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Helping Children Heal ›

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Mercy Corps is helping ease the transition of evacuees bound for Oregon by creating “Comfort Kits," part of a long tradition of tending to the psychological needs of children affected by trauma.

United States Facts

  • Population (2008): 303.8 million
  • Size: about three-tenths the size of Africa
  • Human Development Index rank: 15 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps was founded here in 1979
  • Mercy Corps Northwest has worked here since 1998

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