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	<title>Mercy Corps Food Crisis Response Gets $2.7-Million Boost from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2314/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps is awarded a $2.7 million grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to advance its food crisis response efforts.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:29:27 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>The Food Crisis: A Long-Term Focus</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/2311/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The global food crisis was recently labeled a &quot;silent tsunami&quot; by The Economist magazine because of its deadly potential - Mercy Corps is working to mitigate that.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:33:37 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Food for North Korea's Families</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/2277/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps is taking the lead in a yearlong distribution of 100,000 metric tons of food to quell rampant hunger in North Korea.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:04:14 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Helping Somalis Endure Hardship</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/2189/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As Somalia slides closer to famine, Mercy Corps continues to drill boreholes, build schools and offer short-term jobs in an area where few global relief agencies will tread.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:52:29 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Take Action to Address the Global Food Crisis</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/2156/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[You can help address the current food crisis by encouraging Congress to pass legislation to aid vulnerable families.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:08:32 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Solutions for Sudan</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/sudan/2101/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Mercy Corps supporters, we continue to help the hardworking people of Sudan survive — and even envision brighter times ahead. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Seeing for the First Time</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/northkorea/1773/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[In May 2007 Esme Culver visited North Korea at the request of that country's officials.  While there, she gained rare and thoughtful insight.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Three Wails</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/silentdisasters/nigerhunger/1680/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Two visitors experienced the fragility of life in Niger firsthand in the desert-fringed town of Sanam.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:58:18 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Boubacar: A Nurse's Helping Hands</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/silentdisasters/nigerhunger/1683/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Life is hard in Sanam, Niger; Boubacar Harouna knows that better than most.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:51:17 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Fati: Taking Action for Her Son</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/silentdisasters/nigerhunger/1690/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Despite uncertainty, Fati Issia is determined that her young son Moctar will have a healthy start.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:00:19 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Q&amp;A with Christy Collins</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/1692/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps' country director answers questions and makes observations on life and work in Niger.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:29:30 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>For Leidi, a Place to Eat</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/colombia/1603/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Students in one of Barranquilla's poorest neighborhoods are eating healthier thanks to a newly outfitted school kitchen.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:01:44 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>A Recipe for Healthy Kids</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/kyrgyzstan/1829/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps is ensuring 50,000 kindergarteners and boarding-school students throughout southern Kyrgyzstan receive healthy meals.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:11:14 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Improving Child Health in Recovering South</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/1448/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[In one of Sudan's most remote places, mothers are teaching peers how to feed their kids and prepare food safely.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:44:06 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Niger's Faces of Need</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/1437/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps' John Hanson reports on the precariousness of life for families braving a persistent food crisis.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:42:50 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Gaza Beset By Food Shortages, Economic Woe</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hungernutrition/1280/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As the crisis in Gaza deepens for already-impoverished families, Mercy Corps is launching a critical new emergency response to help them survive.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 06:06:16 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Five Stops for Ratih</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/indonesia/1242/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[One smiling, cheerful child is a success in Mercy Corps Indonesia's struggle against epidemic anemia in a small town.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:01:55 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Help Nigerien Mothers Like Fatima</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/niger/1106/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps' feeding program in Niger is helping children and mothers made vulnerable by an ongoing food crisis.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:24:55 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Turning Over a New Leaf in Ethiopia</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/ethiopia/1057/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Fodder tree nurseries help Ethiopia's cattle survive the country's brutal dry spells, protecting families' most precious assets.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:29:55 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Q&amp;A: Filling the Gaps</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/991/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A From the HIVIDS pandemic to the looming threat of avian flu, health care plays a crucial role in protecting and developing vulnerable communities.  Mercy Corps Health Director Carlos Cardenas spent some time discussing the agency's initiatives.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:35:29 -0800</pubDate>
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