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Marginalized Groups

In nearly every country, there are groups that suffer discrimination, displacement and poverty solely because of their ethnicity, beliefs, language or social class. Their path out of poverty is especially challenging. Mercy Corps helps them to be heard and recognized so they can exchange oppression for opportunity.

Special Report: Reinterpreting Tea Leaves ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps and Tazo Tea Company are helping almost 13,000 people empower themselves and find opportunities to build better lives for themselves, their families and communities.

Perfect Harmony Family ›

Country: China
The 500 pounds of homemade noodles that Guo Guifen sells each market day keep local cook-pots full - and have won her family the village's top honor.

Blog Post: Finding a voice in northern Uganda ›

Country: Uganda

Through Mercy Corps' Pader Peace Program, Ugandans who were once bruised by conflict and battered by neglect are engaging in collaborative dialogue that finally gives them a voice.

Blog Post: Everyone is an architect ›

As unbelievable as it may sound, more than half of the world's population is now living in cities — a trend that has explicit consequences for us all.

Blog Post: Recognizing our common humanity through photos ›

Country: West Bank/Gaza

For two days now, we've hand-carried photo frames from Israel's border to the Gaza Strip, walking through a long silent tunnel and crossing a high cement wall.

Blog Post: Ibu Durti...please don't run away! ›

Country: Indonesia

On the last day of a Mother Support Group training, 22-year-old Ibu Durti showed up with her 14-day-old baby and a bag full of clothes.

Opening the Taps ›

Country: Indonesia

If water is life, then Tanah Merah was dying.

Blog Post: Shaking off the numbness ›

Country: Indonesia

Yesterday, a colleague in Indonesia told me that one of the slum areas we had visited while I was in Jakarta had been reduced to smoldering wreckage.

Blog Post: A world most will never see ›

Country: Indonesia

Most of us in wealthy nations are used to a world of consumption - we rarely see where what we purchase is produced.

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.

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