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Societies are more peaceful and prosperous when citizens are actively involved in decision-making. Mercy Corps helps create safe spaces where various stakeholders can discuss and debate the choices that affect their lives and communities.

Indonesia: Biogas from Waste ›

Country: Indonesia

Mercy Corps is helping the impoverished families of Jakarta's slums through the installation of biogas facilities that convert human and other organic waste into energy that can be used for cooking and lighting.

Blog Post: My meeting with Vice President Biden ›

Country: Iraq

Last Friday, I participated in a small roundtable discussion with Vice President Biden, General Odierno, two ambassadors and a Sheikh to discuss reconciliation in Iraq.

Blog Post: Opportune dialogue in Honduras ›

Country: Honduras

As the political crisis in Honduras continues, Mercy Corps Program Supervisor Carlos Soto remembers the importance of proposing solutions, not fighting.

Blog Post: Making words count for everybody ›

Country: Sudan

Mercy Corps Sudan staffer Jameson Gadzirai writes that we need to do a better job of giving semi-literate communities access to helpful information.

Blog Post: Signing your name to it ›

Every July 4, I read the U.S. Declaration of Independence — while its prose is eloquent, to me its real, enduring power lay in the immediate action that brought it to life.

Blog Post: A ritual for healing ›

Country: Tajikistan

The soul is significant in building community capacity through relating, healing and celebrating.

More Than Run-of-the-Mill Progress ›

Country: Kosovo

Prospects for Kosovo’s future stability and prosperity rest in returning and re-integrating internally displaced people and refugee populations to their native homes.

Recycled Life ›

Country: Indonesia

Darpi, a 56-year-old woman who’s been living in Jakarta's Penjaringan slum since the mid-1970s, is proof that things can improve.

Blog Post: Not your typical cultural exchange ›

Country: United States

Last week, Mercy Corps partnered with the All China Youth Federation (ACYF) to support a week-long program on social entrepreneurship and innovation.

Blog Post: When democracy doesn't photograph well ›

Country: Kosovo

Many of the stories sent in from our field offices have to do with meetings. Sometimes I honestly don’t know how to turn them into something that anyone but development professionals would want to read.

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