Children & Youth
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Photo: Sean Sheridan for Mercy Corps
Teaching the next generation and keeping them healthy are essential to tomorrow's strong, vibrant societies. Mercy Corps works with communities to shelter and nurture children and youth through innovative education, sports and job training programmes.
Through the power of sports, community service and vocational training, we empower young people to make smart life choices and find a productive place in the changing global economy.
Our signature Comfort for Kids programme focuses on helping children process trauma after natural disasters and conflict. See our expert's recommendations for how parents and caregivers can help children through times of crisis ▸
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Egypt: "Our work as young Egyptians has just begun" April 12, 2011
While post-revolution euphoria and optimism linger on the streets of Cairo, one particular question hangs thick: what comes after a revolution? As Egyptians celebrate new opportunities for political and economic reform, they also fear the uncertainty of what comes next.
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Egypt: A day with the ladies in Upper Egypt April 8, 2011
Egypt’s Sohag governorate sits approximately 475 kilometers south of bustling Cairo. The quiet region offers a stunning blend of just about everything — desert, mountains and lush greenery, all while perched on the magnificent Nile.
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Haiti: Video: Art Therapy in Haiti April 7, 2011
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Japan: Starting Comfort for Kids in Japan April 6, 2011
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Japan: Q&A with Peace Winds' Natsu Nogami March 30, 2011
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Japan: Helping the Japan tsunami’s littlest survivors March 26, 2011
The youngest survivors of disasters are often the most resilient, but also the most fragile. While earthquakes and tsunamis rob children of the same things that most adults hold dear — homes, families, friends — kids lack adult coping mechanisms. The emotional toll can be devastating.
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Libya: Iman starts her own school March 9, 2011
Since the uprising here in Libya began, the schools have all been closed. Most people here are not thinking about school or work but only about the fighting and what Gaddafi will do next.
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Yemen: Helping youth connect to opportunity in Yemen March 1, 2011
Umelto (Alto) Labetubun is Mercy Corps' representative in Yemen, our newest country programme.
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Iraq: Reclaiming a place for Iraqi youth February 28, 2011
For many years, there was a very bad place in the middle of Kalar, Iraq. It had no name, but all kinds of malice and misfortune spread from it, spilling into the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Egypt, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen: How we're helping transform the Middle East February 27, 2011
The recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt — and their ripple effects across North Africa and the Middle East — have reminded the world how powerful young people can be.