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Blog Post: Lead them to a better future ›

Topics: Emergencies, Economic Development, Displacement

I started my day with a cup of tea while reading a local newspaper, Padang Ekspres, this morning. The headline for today’s edition read “70 percent of the business economy is destroyed.”

Blog Post: A happy moment amid the ruins ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement, Children

I was busy distributing hygiene kits to earthquake-affected households when I was suddenly attracted by the sound of laughter from outside the hall.

Blog Post: Your help means a lot ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement

Terima kasih — "thank you" in Bahasa Indonesia — is what we keep hearing from the survivors we help. It means a lot to me and the team here. So does your help.

Blog Post: I hope the world got my message ›

Topics: Emergencies

I never imagined that I would be interviewed by an international news TV station. But there I was, on a live report from the field, talking about Mercy Corps' work in this earthquake-stricken region.

Blog Post: A few comforts as they start to rebuild ›

Topics: Emergencies

Today a Mercy Corps emergency response team delivered critical supplies to survivors in Surantiah, a earthquake-stricken village about three and a half hours south of Padang.

Blog Post: More needs emerge along Sumatra's coast ›

Topics: Emergencies

As Mercy Corps continues distributing to more villages, the news of more and more damaged areas continues to emerge.

Blog Post: We won't stop now ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement

Mercy Corps has planned a program strategy to complete the emergency phase, then move quickly forward to the recovery and development phase.

Blog Post: Three countries, seven cities, one call ›

Topics: Emergencies

Especially during the first several days in the aftermath of an disaster, a diverse group of Mercy Corps staff comes together for phone conferences to discuss what's happening on the ground.

Blog Post: How can you help earthquake survivors? ›

Topics: Emergencies, Displacement

As we delivered recovery kits to families in earthquake-stricken Ulakan village today, some of the survivors' worried faces turned into smiles.

Blog Post: Searching for answers in Padang ›

Topics: Emergencies

I feel like my heart stopped for seconds when I watched the news on TV that afternoon. Once again, Padang had been shaken by a massive earthquake. And this time it was really destructive.

Indonesia Facts

  • Population (2008): 238 million
  • Size: slightly less than three times the size of Texas
  • Human Development Index rank: 109 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1999
  • Primary work: Financial services for poor families, access to clean water, nutrition programs for schoolchildren, breastfeeding awareness and support, and recovery programs for tsunami survivors
  • Comprising 17,508 islands, it is the world's largest archipelagic state
  • World's fourth most-populous country
  • World's largest Muslim-majority country

Program Details

Mercy Corps is in Indonesia to address the root causes of poverty, thereby improving the quality of life for disaster and conflict affected, urban and coastal communities.

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