Mercy Corps in the news

October 25, 2017

NPR: Need help In Puerto Rico? Here's $100

Before they hand over the cash, Mercy Corps staffers are going door to door to find out: What would people buy? If...

October 23, 2017

The New Humanitarian: Winter is coming: Who will rebuild Raqqa?

After years of fighting, the so-called Islamic State has finally been driven out of Raqqa, its main stronghold in Syria...

October 21, 2017

Thomson Reuters Foundation: After a disaster, bringing local markets back to life aids recovery

As they rush in to hand out much-needed food and supplies in areas devastated by hurricanes, floods or earthquakes, aid...

October 20, 2017

Agence France-Presse: Free but in ruins, uphill struggle to rebuild Syria's Raqa

The Islamic State group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa has been captured, but it lies ruined, littered with explosives...

October 19, 2017

Reuters: Saudi minister visits north Syria for Raqqa talks

BEIRUT - A Saudi official has visited northern Syria with a U.S. envoy to discuss reconstruction of Raqqa, which Kurdish...

October 07, 2017

Intelligencer: ‘We’ll Give You Whatever We Have:’ How Organizations Are Fighting to Bring Relief to Puerto Rico

The sixth-floor windows wouldn’t hold in the winds, they knew. So the doctors and staff at the University Pediatric...