Pakistan

Blog Post:  A worthy cause ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment

With so many important issues out there, it is sometimes difficult to decide which ones to focus on. Every once in a while, there is a story that stands out above others.

Blog Post:  Displaced Pakistanis head home ›

Topics: Displacement, Conflict & War

Mercy Corps dispatched assessment teams to determine how we can best support returning families; in Mingora, we are working to improve the water supply for more than 25,000 people.

Blog Post:  Dresses to the displaced ›

Topics: Displacement, Conflict & War, Children

Last month, Pakistani women who'd been trained by Mercy Corps to make handicrafts contacted our local staff with a wish to tailor dresses for children displaced by the recent fighting.

Blog Post:  Generosity and play in the hardest of times ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement, Conflict & War, Children

Here in the Pakistani city of Mardan, displaced families are starting to move home after nearly three months sweltering in the hot tents of makeshift camps.

Blog Post:  Life returns to Pakistan's Swat Valley ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement, Conflict & War

Mercy Corps President Nancy Lindborg, currently in Pakistan's conflict-riddled Swat Valley, writes that thousands of displaced residents of Swat are finally returning home.

Blog Post:  Thank you letters from displaced Pakistani children ›

Topics: Displacement, Children

Here are two thank-you letters we received from displaced children taking part in our activities programme.

Blog Post:  Update from Pakistan ›

Topics: Displacement, Conflict & War

Holden Basch, who spent the last two months running our emergency programme in Pakistan, provides a status report.

Blog Post:  Update on kids' psychosocial program ›

Topics: Displacement, Conflict & War, Children

We've enrolled nearly 1,400 displaced children in Pakistan in our program to relieve their stress by offering sports and games.

Fleeing Home ›

Topics: Conflict & War, Displacement, Emergencies

Sadja's family has been living in an overcrowded high school for almost two months. She fled her home with nothing.

Helping Kids Cope ›

Topics: Children, Conflict & War, Displacement, Emergencies

Life has been anything but routine for Salman since his family was displaced from their home in early May. Activity kits and organised sports are helping restore a sense of normalcy.