Women's Empowerment
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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