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Women's Empowerment

Women are the foundation of every society. Yet for many women in the world's poorest regions, life is extraordinarily difficult. Through innovative health, agricultural, business and education programs, Mercy Corps builds on the courage and resourcefulness of women to help them realize their potential and improve their families and communities.

Kirkuk Women Are Building Peace ›

Country: Iraq

Mercy Corps is training women in Kirkuk, Iraq to become leaders and work cooperatively against violence and hatred.

Special Report: Reinterpreting Tea Leaves ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps and Tazo Tea Company are helping almost 13,000 people empower themselves and find opportunities to build better lives for themselves, their families and communities.

One Table: Regrowing the Garden ›

Country: Myanmar

Life here in Bo Kone, Myanmar, a village of about a thousand people, has never been easy. Located on an isolated island in the Irrawaddy Delta, it's about an hour's boat ride to the nearest town.

One Table: A Stove to Save Lives ›

Country: DR Congo

For 59-year-old Dafroza Baleberaho, building improved cookstoves isn’t just about preventing climate change, it’s about saving women’s lives.

One Table: Farming Rice, Intensively ›

Country: Sri Lanka

Kanthi Weerasinghe is one of 160 farmers in the village of Yahangala East experimenting with a method of growing rice called SRI, which is short for System of Rice Intensification.

Creating Opportunities for Kosovo's Youth ›

Country: Kosovo

Nineteen-year-old Altone Ibrahim recently graduated from high school but was unable to find a job — until she found Mercy Corps' SKYL program.

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.

Peace Through Forgiveness ›

Country: Uganda

In a modest straw-thatched hut in northern Uganda's Pader district, lives one woman whose work — and story — represent great hopes for peace.

Sewing's Rising Star ›

Country: Pakistan

Mehnaz Akhtar is easing the burden on her 11-member family one thread at a time.

Babies, Full and Contented ›

Country: Pakistan

Moms in Pakistan are getting some much-needed nutritional advice, with happier, healthier children as a result.

One Table:
How You Can Help

  • Donate $35 to train five farmers on improved agricultural techniques to better feed their families.
  • Donate $58 to give a family the seeds, tools and assistance they need to establish a farm.
  • Donate $150 to help a group of women start a dairy business to better nourish their families and community.
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