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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
Paese
Stati Uniti
Main Telephone
503-796-6800
Data adesione
07.04.2003

Citazioni
Hu Yan.
17.03.2008 Hu Yan's migrant family -- one of the million in China -- lived in 12 different cities before settling in Beijing, where she has finally gotten the opportunity to attend the capital's only middle school for the children of migrant workers.
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Temi/paesi correlati: [Cina]
Foto: Hu Yan. © Mercy Corps
Marta with her youngest daughter.
12.03.2008 Most children in rural Honduras stop attending school before they turn 12, but Marta's alliance with a local development organization ensures that her two oldest daughters receive a quality education -- and the family's first high school diplomas.
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Temi/paesi correlati: [Honduras]
Foto: Marta with her youngest daughter. © Amie Wells / Mercy Corps
Asha, her two children, and her sister's daughter.
07.03.2008 Thanks to training in fuel-efficient stove making, basket weaving, and other crafts, Asha, a Darfuri refugee, is managing to move beyond her tragic past and build a new life for her and her children.
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Temi/paesi correlati: [Sudan]
Foto: Asha, her two children, and her sister's daughter. © Mercy Corps

 
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