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Dandelion Seeds ›

Topics: Children, Education, Marginalized Groups, Migrants, Urban, Youth
For many years Hu Yan and her brother floated from city to city with their mother, a migrant worker. Today, they have settled in a place where they're flourishing.

Nourishing Roots ›

Topics: Urban, Migrants, Marginalized Groups, Education, Citizen Involvement, Children, Youth
Zheng Hong, a former professor of micropaleontology, has moved out from behind the microscope to focus on one of China's biggest social issues: migrant youth.

Planting Day ›

Topics: Marginalized Groups, Livelihoods, Economic Development, Financial Services, Agriculture, Migrants, Rural
The day a garden is established is one of happiness and hope for families - especially with the knowledge that they can remain at home and tend it through harvest.

Both Ends of the Long Road ›

Topics: Youth, Urban, Rural, Migrants, Marginalized Groups, Financial Services, Education, Economic Development, Agriculture

The path from impoverished village to chaotic city is fraught with difficulties for Chinese migrants. Mercy Corps helps them change challenges into opportunities.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Program Details

Since 2001, Mercy Corps has been investing in vulnerable communities through microfinance programs that offer start-up capital and technical assistance to enterprising low-income people.

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