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Water is essential for life, good health and economic development — yet more than one billion people lack access to clean water. Mercy Corps' work fulfills the water needs of vulnerable populations: We pipe clean drinking water to rural communities, help solve resource-based conflicts and deliver water to families during emergencies.

Video: Gathering Around the Well ›

Country: Central African Republic

Bouar, one of the largest cities in Central African Republic, has no running water.

Recycled Life ›

Country: Indonesia

Darpi, a 56-year-old woman who’s been living in Jakarta's Penjaringan slum since the mid-1970s, is proof that things can improve.

Special Report: Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors ›

Country: Indonesia

Street vendors, hawking anything from food to medicine, dominate Jakarta's urban landscape even as they scrape by to provide for their families. Here are five of their stories.

Video: Nineteen: Hasanuddin, Water Seller ›

Country: Indonesia

Hasanuddin, 44, operates a small food stall and sells water in an illegal settlement under a toll road in Jakarta.

Indonesia: Biogas from Waste ›

Country: Indonesia

Mercy Corps is helping the impoverished families of Jakarta's slums through the installation of biogas facilities that convert human and other organic waste into energy that can be used for cooking and lighting.

Helping Those With Nowhere Else to Go ›

Country: DR Congo

We're providing clean drinking water to tens of thousands of displaced Congolese — including 34-year-old Odette Bihoyoki, whose story reveals the horrors of eastern Congo's ongoing war.

Wellspring of Progress ›

Country: Somalia

For most of the past seven years, Farhiyo Hussein spent much of her day walking as far as six kilometers to collect free or cheap water. Then Mercy Corps constructed a reservoir.

Video: Taking the Lead in Economic Recovery ›

Country: Sudan

Upper Nile state in southern Sudan has just emerged from two decades of civil war. Most of the residents of the area have recently returned home after years of being displaced because of the war.

Video: Healthy Places, Prosperous People ›

Country: Indonesia

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is expected to become East Asia's largest metropolitan region by 2015.

Helping Somalis Endure Hardship ›

Country: Somalia

As Somalia slides closer to famine, Mercy Corps continues to drill boreholes, build schools and offer short-term jobs in an area where few global relief agencies will tread.

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