Emergency response
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Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
Life can change for millions of families in an instant: natural disasters can take loved ones and the outbreak of war drive families from their homes. When the unthinkable happens, Mercy Corps delivers rapid, lifesaving aid to hard-hit communities.
All stories about Emergency response
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Kyrgyzstan: Food delivered to hospital in Osh June 17, 2010
Five tons of food and medical aid from Mercy Corps' microfinance company, Kompanion, and three other organisations were distributed to a hospital and a beleaguered neighborhood in Osh yesterday.
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Kyrgyzstan: Departing for Kyrgystan June 16, 2010
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Kyrgyzstan: Calm but underlying tension in Osh and Jalalabad June 15, 2010
Here's what our country director, Catherine Brown, reported today:
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Guatemala: Reaching 500+ flooded-out families in Guatemala with aid June 7, 2010
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Indonesia: Are YOU prepared for disaster? June 7, 2010
The usual reactions that I got from people when they hear that I’m working in Padang were not usually far from: How often do you feel an earthquake? Isn’t it dangerous to live there? How far from the beach is your office? Don’t you fear a tsunami?
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Haiti: Helping Haitians survive rainy season June 4, 2010
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Guatemala: Tropical Storm Agatha: Our response in Guatemala unfolds June 4, 2010
This week's Tropical Storm Agatha has left 150,000 persons displaced throughout Guatemala as a result of flooding, damage and destruction of housing, roads and bridges, and mudslides and landslides.
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"Now I know what to do if it happens again" June 3, 2010
It’s been a marathon of logistics and preparations, but we are now bringing our tailored-for-Chile version of Mercy Corps workshops to some 800 boys and girls in the towns of Talcahuano, Penco, Coronel, Hualpén, San Pedro de la Paz
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Indonesia: A heart work journey June 2, 2010
Four and a half years ago today, I started my journey of the heart work. Yes, a heart work, because this work was really special to me.
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Guatemala: After the storm: Assessing post-Agatha needs in Guatemala June 1, 2010
Mercy Corps’ team in Guatemala is assessing the damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Agatha over the weekend.