A tiny seed transforms a community
The late-morning sun is already relentless over the sesame field when I get there, but about 20 neighbors chat amiably while they work. Harvest season ...
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Behind the lines
Nearly a month after hostilities erupted that forced almost 160,000 people from their homes, thousands of Georgian families are still displaced. Most ...
Life as a refugee: Spend the day with Nour
Editor's note: This article was originally published March 14, 2014; it was updated April 28, 2018 to reflect the latest information. “When we left ...
Fighting hunger in Africa takes more than food
Hunger: It’s not a new problem for many countries in Africa. While food is a basic necessity for human life, the reasons why millions of people go ...
The facts: Severe drought in the Horn of Africa
Across the Horn of Africa, over 13 million people are facing an unprecedented threat of hunger. With three consecutive failed rainy seasons since 2020 ...
Group chats, TV, and the radio: How students learned in lockdown
When schools shut down last year in order to prevent the spread of COVID‑19, families in wealthier countries scrambled to connect students to online ...
Recovery and resilience: 20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami
“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean ...
Alone in Colombia, a Venezuelan mother builds a new life
For seven days and nights, a pregnant Elisa and her child lived in a park in Colombia. “I cried every day,” Elisa recalls. “I didn’t imagine I would ...
Escape to safety: One staff member's journey
When fighting erupted in Bentiu one year ago, more than 400,000 people ran from the violence in just the first month. Mercy Corps staff, most of whom ...