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The Disparity of Change
China's economic miracle seems like a distant dream for hundreds of millions of rural citizens, migrant workers and marginalized ethnic groups. Mercy Corps is helping these families draw closer to their hopes.
Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

Special Report: 
The Disparity of Change

Country: China

An Ancient Culture Confronts New Challenges ›

Topics: Children, Education, HIV/AIDS, Marginalized Groups, Women's Empowerment, Youth

The Liangshan Yi are an ethnic group at risk; faced with the challenges of a Chinese economy that seems to be leaving them behind, they need the optimism, ingenuity and action of their youth more than ever.

The China Few Have Seen ›

Topics: Rural, Migrants, Marginalized Groups, Livelihoods, HIV/AIDS, Education, Children

Zhuhe Township is hundreds of miles - and seems hundreds of years - away from China's rapidly growing, ultramodern cities.

Living and Learning Together ›

Topics: Youth, Rural, Marginalized Groups, HIV/AIDS, Education, Children

The young women of Project GLOW display remarkable grace and a zest for life amid the hardships of life in the Liangshan Yi villages.

Bringing a Culture Back from the Brink ›

Topics: Youth, Rural, Migrants, Marginalized Groups, Livelihoods, HIV/AIDS, Education, Citizen Involvement, Children

Professor Hou Yuangao, alongside Mercy Corps, is helping to save and preserve his own endangered ethnic group.

From Grief to Hope ›

Topics: HIV/AIDS, Education, Children, Marginalized Groups, Rural, Youth
Having already endured an untimely loss, a mother finds solace in a daughter involved in Project GLOW.

Q&A with Guo Xin ›

Topics: Rural, Marginalized Groups, HIV/AIDS, Education, Children
Mercy Corps China's Program Officer for Project GLOW discusses her work in the Liangshan Yi area.

A Song of Sadness ›

Topics: Youth, Rural, Marginalized Groups, HIV/AIDS, Education, Children

Young Mahai Azhi, who's gone from being an orphan to succeeding in school, musically shares her poignant emotions.

China Facts

  • Population (2008): 1.33 billion
  • Size: slightly smaller than the United States
  • Human Development Index rank: 94 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 2001
  • Primary work: financial services for poor rural communities, life skills training for young ethnic minority women, education of migrant worker children, relief supplies and support to survivors of the Sichuan earthquake
  • Number living on less than $1 a day: 160 million
  • Estimated number of migrants: 150 million

Staff Contact

Roger Burks
Senior Writer
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