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Fighting between the Pakistan Army and Taliban militants has displaced more than 2.5 million people in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Mercy Corps is delivering aid to thousands of families affected by the violence.

Photo: REUTERS/Mian Khursheed courtesy alertnet.org

Learn more about our response to the growing crisis.

Photo Essay: Delivering aid to families in Pakistan ›

Mercy Corps field teams distributed 808 emergency supply kits in one day to families recently displaced from fighting in the Swat valley.

Blankets, mosquito nets rushed to Pakistan families ›

Mercy Corps is rushing two truckloads of aid materials — including mosquito nets, soap and blankets — to more than 1,000 families displaced by fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

Mercy Corps responds to 'massive displacement' in Pakistan ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps is dispatching a team to assist some of the estimated 500,000 Pakistanis who are fleeing their homes as a result of intensifying conflict between government forces and Taliban militants.

Sewing's Rising Star ›

Mehnaz Akhtar is easing the burden on her 11-member family one thread at a time.

Babies, Full and Contented ›

Moms in Pakistan are getting some much-needed nutritional advice, with happier, healthier children as a result.

Strengthening Local Health Systems ›

Topics: Health

In Pakistan, our tuberculosis campaign uses a comprehensive approach that’s restoring thousands of people to good health.

Sadiqa's Story ›

Topics: Health

It was about a year ago when Sadiqa got a cough that wouldn't go away. The widowed mother of five, was stricken with tuberculosis, and sought treatment at a regional health clinic established by Mercy Corps.

Rushing Medical Aid to Earthquake Survivors ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps has coordinated an immediate response to the earthquake that struck southern Pakistan, which has killed at least 215 people and left 120,000 homeless in the province of Balochistan.

Mercy Corps Continues Flood Response ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps is helping communities recover from Pakistan's destructive floods.

Medical Camps Key Part of Flood Reponse ›

Topics: Emergencies

As Mercy Corps delivers emergency kits to flood survivors in Pakistan, health teams are treating outpatients at three medical camps.

Crisis in Pakistan:
How You Can Help

  • Donate $15: enough to deliver an emergency supply kit including soap and mosquito nets to a displaced family in Pakistan
  • Donate $23: enough to train health workers in Pakistan to detect tuberculosis early
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