Environment

Blog Post:  Haiti, nine weeks after the earthquake — what happens next ›

Country: Haiti

Mercy Corps has been focused on emergency response. We’ve been busy with distributions, Comfort for Kids, water and sanitation provision.

Blog Post:  Protecting Ethiopia's people, animals and environment ›

Country: Ethiopia

We’ve been in the car for a long time in the last couple of days. We’re in Gashamo, a small town in the desert.

Blog Post:  Let the children enjoy the world ›

Country: Indonesia

I’m proud of what we're doing to support children in Haiti because during disasters, children are the ones who suffer most from trauma and need something to help them heal.

Edinburgh Hotel Helps Deliver Life Support to Colombia’s Poor ›

Country: Colombia

Top Edinburgh hotel Ten Hill Place, which is owned by the city’s Royal College of Surgeons, has partnered with Mercy Corps to launch a new initiative aimed at powering essential healthcare services fo

Blog Post:  Can you spare a square? ›

Country: Indonesia

I didn’t expect my first blog post from the field to be about sanitation. I thought maybe microfinance or agriculture programmes or mobile commerce.

Promoting Fuel-Efficiency in Darjeeling ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps is aiming to address poverty by helping poor communities use fuel more efficiently.

Blog Post:  Disaster risk reduction in Padang — not just earthquakes ›

Country: Indonesia

Flying in to Padang to help with earthquake response, an aerial view makes it clear that earthquakes are not the only problem people have to deal with now or anticipate in the future.

Blog Post:  The resilence of children ›

Country: Uganda

Life isn't easy in northern Uganda. Yet the children of the Acholi and Karamojong people are still resilient. They still smile.

Rainforest SOS ›

The preservation of tropical rainforests has never been more important. The destruction of the world’s forests is responsible for almost 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases — more than the entire transportation sector worldwide.

Blog Post:  Peace and clean on Independence Day ›

Country: Indonesia

Independence Day is an occasion for all Indonesians to be proud of their beautiful and diverse country — but that seems even more so for the neighborhood of Urimessing.