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The environment underpins and defines all aspects of human society. Environmental degradation most strongly impacts vulnerable communities, primarily because these places lack the coping mechanisms that normally protect lives and livelihoods. Mercy Corps is committed to helping these communities address and adapt to environmental changes.

Blog Post: Can you spare a square? ›

Country: Indonesia

I didn’t expect my first blog post from the field to be about sanitation. I thought maybe microfinance or agriculture programs or mobile commerce.

Promoting Fuel-Efficiency in Darjeeling ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps is aiming to address poverty by helping poor communities use fuel more efficiently.

Blog Post: Disaster risk reduction in Padang — not just earthquakes ›

Country: Indonesia

Flying in to Padang to help with earthquake response, an aerial view makes it clear that earthquakes are not the only problem people have to deal with now or anticipate in the future.

Blog Post: The resilence of children ›

Country: Uganda

Life isn't easy in northern Uganda. Yet the children of the Acholi and Karamojong people are still resilient. They still smile.

Rainforest SOS ›

The preservation of tropical rainforests has never been more important. The destruction of the world’s forests is responsible for almost 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases — more than the entire transportation sector worldwide.

Blog Post: Peace and clean on Independence Day ›

Country: Indonesia

Independence Day is an occasion for all Indonesians to be proud of their beautiful and diverse country — but that seems even more so for the neighborhood of Urimessing.

Blog Post: Copenhagen's chance to reduce poverty and improve human security ›

The climate community is under increasing pressure to help the developing world, especially those at the “bottom of the pyramid.” The p

Blog Post: Urban fish tales ›

Country: Indonesia

Where there is water, men will fish. But I never imagined I'd see lines cast smack dab in the middle of Jakarta, a megapolitan city of at least 8.5 million people.

Blog Post: Exploring Jakarta's hidden city ›

Country: Indonesia

Today we brought more than a dozen Mercy Corps staff to Penjaringan, Jakarta's biggest slum — to continue the writing and photography training we began yesterday.

Blog Post: The 2009 Climate Conference: poverty reduction and human rights implications ›

The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is a critical meeting for our planet, where the world's governments will decide the planet’s course of action to deal with climate change.

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