Water
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Photo: Sean Sheridan for Mercy Corps
Water is the source of life — but when it's not properly managed, can breed disease, create conflict and destroy communities. Mercy Corps works to provide access to clean water around the world, whether it's bringing relief during droughts or rebuilding wells in remote villages. We also help people learn proper sanitation, improve distribution and irrigation, and strengthen communities against flooding.
All stories about Water
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Ethiopia: Tackling water poverty June 29, 2011
The lack of water accounts for enormous challenges for impoverished villages and families in Ethiopia. Mercy Corps is working with communities to ensure sustainable clean water for thousands of people.
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Indonesia: Water tanks in Mentawai displacement camp, Indonesia June 27, 2011
Bright orange water tanks, provided by Mercy Corps through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, located behind the temporary shelters of a displacement camp in Indonesia's Mentawai Islands.
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Indonesia: Inviting the rain June 27, 2011
In their old villages — before the earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia's Mentawai Islands last year — people never had trouble getting fresh water. Their homes were always located close to rivers, because they knew that water is of the utmost importance.
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Indonesia: Water pump for displaced families on the island of Sipora, Indonesia June 21, 2011
The people living in Masokut were very enthusiastic about the installation of a hydraulic pump, which helps getting clean water easier for tsunami-affected families.
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Indonesia: Water flows and greens grow June 20, 2011
Thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mercy Corps´ hygiene promotion, livelihood, water and sanitation programs are improving living conditions for those living in displacement camps on Indonesia's Mentawai
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Nepal: When your man goes to India June 15, 2011
The Nepali women we’ve been talking to don’t complain. Or not like I imagine most of us would if we were faced with the hardships they endure — on their own — every day. They live a long way from any services or resources.
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Iraq: Addressing water deficiency concerns in Iraq June 7, 2011
For years, suffering and tiredness was Amina's lifestyle. In 1994, she and her family were forcibly moved away from their ancestral village of Kuna-Kamtar by the Iraqi army. She was displaced until 2003, when the old Iraqi regime collapsed and her family was able to return home.
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Libya: Acting now while planning for Libya's long-term needs June 1, 2011
As the crisis in Libya nears the four-month mark, Mercy Corps has stepped up both immediate assistance and long-term support to Libyan families.
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Liberia: Delivering clean water to Ivorian refugees in Liberia May 3, 2011
Even though the political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) ended almost a month ago, a humanitarian catastrophe remains. More than a million Ivoriens fled their homes to escape fierce fighting during the crisis, including at least 135,000 people that escaped into neighboring Liberia.
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Colombia: Responding to Colombia's 'worst natural disaster' April 26, 2011
Mercy Corps is responding to massive flooding in Colombia that the country's president called "the worst natural disaster that we can remember."