Urban initiatives
Overcrowded and environmentally stressed, today's megacities are home to millions who live in extreme poverty. Mercy Corps works to bring education, health and economic opportunity to families who have fallen through the cracks.
All stories about Urban initiatives
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Indonesia: Opening the Taps September 1, 2009
If water is life, then Tanah Merah was dying.
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Niger: Climate change and Niger August 31, 2009
Global warming is not only causing already-meagre water supplies in the West African nation of Niger to dry up — it's also driving young men from drought-stricken rural areas in search of work to provide for their families.
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Indonesia: Shaking off the numbness August 25, 2009
Yesterday, a colleague in Indonesia told me that one of the slum areas we had visited while I was in Jakarta had been reduced to smoldering wreckage.
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Indonesia: A dedication to her profession August 24, 2009
Ibu Lilis Ratnasari, a private midwife, received a 40-hour training in lactation counselling through the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF about a year ago.
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Indonesia: Peace and clean on Independence Day August 17, 2009
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Indonesia: 28 stories August 13, 2009
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Indonesia: A world most will never see August 12, 2009
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Indonesia: Taste test in North Jakarta August 7, 2009
Early this morning, I visited a couple Mercy Corps-sponsored food carts in North Jakarta and ended up being a pretty good billboard.
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Indonesia: Urban fish tales August 6, 2009
Where there is water, men will fish. But I never imagined I'd see lines cast smack dab in the middle of Jakarta, a megapolitan city of at least 8.5 million people.
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Indonesia: Exploring Jakarta's hidden city August 4, 2009