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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.

Video: Resettling Internally Displaced People ›

Country: Kosovo

The armed conflict in Kosovo in the late 1990’s resulted in the displacement of over 800,000 Kosovars.

Video: Creative Jobs Keep Teens Close to Home ›

Country: India

Darjeeling is in the foothills of the Himalayas in northeast India and is famous for producing fine teas. Tea estates are enormous and employ roughly 25% of the local population.

Change Brewing in the Tea Lands ›

Country: India

In India's Assam state and Darjeeling district, tea dominates the local economies and societies — but communities are beginning to determine their own futures.

A Different Kind of Teatime ›

Country: India

Since its inception in Assam, CHAI has helped more than 500 families break the cycle of poverty through savings and small business development.

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.

Planting Day ›

Country: China
The day a garden is established is one of happiness and hope for families - especially with the knowledge that they can remain at home and tend it through harvest.

Bringing a Culture Back from the Brink ›

Country: China

Professor Hou Yuangao, alongside Mercy Corps, is helping to save and preserve his own endangered ethnic group.

The China Few Have Seen ›

Country: China

Zhuhe Township is hundreds of miles - and seems hundreds of years - away from China's rapidly growing, ultramodern cities.

Photo Essay: Life in the Himalayan Foothills ›

Country: India

Darjeeling's soaring natural splendor often hides the depths of poverty.

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