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Families are uncertain and vulnerable as they return to their communities to rebuild homes and lives after a crisis. Mercy Corps help them transition from relief to recovery through innovative programs that get them back to work quickly, which restores dignity, puts pay in workers' pockets and injects cash into ailing local economies.

Blog Post: Fatou Ali gets economic independence ›

Country: Central African Republic

Today, thanks to Mercy Corps, I can support my family by providing food for our table, schooling for the kids, and being able to pay for their health care and clothing.

Blog Post: A harsh reality for Mongolia's herders ›

Country: Mongolia

Even though analysts are reporting that most markets have begun to emerge from the crisis, Mongolia's people — particularly herders — are still feeling the worst of it.

Blog Post: Exploring Jakarta's hidden city ›

Country: Indonesia

Today we brought more than a dozen Mercy Corps staff to Penjaringan, Jakarta's biggest slum — to continue the writing and photography training we began yesterday.

Blog Post: Simple is sustainable ›

International development doesn’t have to be complicated to work — in fact, in most cases, it probably shouldn’t be.

More Than Run-of-the-Mill Progress ›

Country: Kosovo

Prospects for Kosovo’s future stability and prosperity rest in returning and re-integrating internally displaced people and refugee populations to their native homes.

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.

Special Report: Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors ›

Country: Indonesia

Street vendors, hawking anything from food to medicine, dominate Jakarta's urban landscape even as they scrape by to provide for their families. Here are five of their stories.

Blog Post: Burmese farmers caught in poverty trap ›

Country: Myanmar

Farming communities in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta have always followed a cycle of debt. Each year, wealthy land owners would lend farmers money, tools and cattle needed to till the soil.

Nourishing Opportunity ›

Country: Nepal

Phoolmaya Shrestha spent years selling snacks to schoolchildren to keep her family afloat — but now, with a loan facilitated by Mercy Corps, she's found new opportunities.

Video: Afghan Women Learning Skills Toward Independence ›

Country: Afghanistan

Afghanistan is one of the world’s least developed countries. Most women in Afghanistan are wholly dependent upon their husbands and sons, and many are illiterate.

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