Salvaging a Dream

Opening a retail store is a scary proposition anytime. Doing so in a downturned economy can be downright terrifying. Read more >

Feeding a Family

No fewer than 13 children depend on Sophie's income from her food stall in the Central African Republic. Among her challenges are two most of us can relate to: the rising cost of food and fuel. Read more >

Real Challenges

Afghanistan Country Director Nigel Pont gives his unique perspective on the present situation and what Mercy Corps is doing today and in the future to help communities and families in this challenging region. Read more >

The Apple Project Video

This nine-minute documentary shows every step of the Apple Project, Mercy Corps' program to help farmers grow better varieties of apples and to increase their financial... Read more >

Microfinance leaders win prestigious posts

Mercy Corps is pleased to announce that leaders of two of its microfinance institutions have been elected to the seven-member board of the Microfinance... Read more >

Microfinance Partners

XacBank Since Mercy Corps co-founded XacBank in 2001, the microfinance bank has set the standard for providing full-scale banking and financial services in one of... Read more >

Microfinance resources

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor is a consortium of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies that support microfinance. The Council for Microfinance... Read more >

Roots of Change

Offering credit to female farmers is reducing the potential for violent conflict in war-weary eastern Tajikistan. Read more >

Small Loans, Big Difference

One Afghanistan microlender is helping women who range in occupation from weavers to hairdressers to animal herders. Read more >

Microfinance in Afghanistan

Mercy Corps' Shirine Pont highlights a few success stories from the agency's Ariana microfinance program in Afghanistan. Read more >