Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is honored to have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2007
Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided more than $1.3 billion in assistance to people in 100 nations. Supported by headquarters offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, the agency's unified global programs employ more than 3,400 staff worldwide and reach more than 14.4 million people in more than 35 countries. Over the past five years, more than 90 percent of the agency's resources have been allocated directly to programs that help people in need. For more information, visit www.mercycorps.org.
Primary web addresses
http://www.mercycorps.org
Primary web addresses
http://www.mercycorps.org
Main Address
3015 SW 1st Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
Portland, OR 97201
Country
United States
Main Telephone
503-796-6800
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04/08/2003
Features
06/20/2008
A training program in Sudan teaches men such as Marup Deng Deng basic tool-making and business skills, such as blacksmithing, that allow them to open their own businesses and control their own income.
Read moreRelated: [Sudan] [Education] [Capacity Building] [Knowledge]
06/05/2008
Tens of thousands of Sudanese villagers from Abyei -- a strategic region to both forces that fought in Sudan's civil war -- are receiving much-needed aid after a worrisome flare up of fighting.
Read moreRelated: [Sudan] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace]
Image: Displaced by the violence. © Refugees International
05/30/2008
While traveling through Sichuan Province, China and assisting with earthquake relief efforts, Joy Portella kept a running log about the survivors she met and the work she was doing on behalf of an international emergency relief organization.
Read moreRelated: [China] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Volunteering]
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