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OVERVIEW Both rural families and urban entrepreneuers in Kyrgyzstan are building profitable businesses thanks to Mercy Corps' Kompanion Financial Group, the country's leading small-scale lender. In the country's impoverished Ferghana Valley region, Mercy Corps is bringing together neighboring communities in a new spirit of economic cooperation. Our school-feeding programs augment nutrition for 60,000 students, and we're partnering with more than 600 communities to repair, expand and construct school facilities. Read more >	Nazira Kerimova, a 32-year-old mother of two, used a $325 Mercy Corps "microloan" to open a handicrafts workshop and create much-needed jobs in rural Kyrgyzstan.

Sustainability Field Study: Understanding What Promotes Lasting Change at the Community Level

This report reviews the research and contributes meaningful data to the longer term impact of community mobilization programs.

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The Apple Project Video

This nine-minute documentary shows every step of the Apple Project, Mercy Corps' program to help farmers grow better varieties of apples and to increase their financial...

Learning to Grow

BY DAN SADOWSKY

It's a morning that feels perfect for plucking apples, and a tree in Murat Toguzbaev's backyard is sagging with dozens of apples just ripe for the picking.



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Sustainability Field Study: Understanding What Promotes Lasting Change at the Community Level

The Apple Project Video

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Learning to Grow

BY DAN SADOWSKY

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