Health
Eat your tempeh, kids ›
Country: Indonesia
Mercy Corps is working to reduce child malnutrition in Indonesia's capital by educating parents and teachers — and by sponsoring street-food carts that sell healthy snacks.
Babies, Full and Contented ›
Country: Pakistan
Moms in Pakistan are getting some much-needed nutritional advice, with happier, healthier children as a result.
Strengthening Local Health Systems ›
Country: Pakistan
In Pakistan, our tuberculosis campaign uses a comprehensive approach that’s restoring thousands of people to good health.
Video: Keeping Tajiks Healthy ›
Country: Tajikistan
Tajikistan is one of the poorest republics of the former Soviet Union, with a weak economy that is reflected in the poor health and low standard of living of the population.
Sadiqa's Story ›
Country: Pakistan
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.
Video: Teen Honored With Global Action Award ›
Country: India
Mercy Corps' Global Action Awards honor young people who have taken outstanding actions to fight global poverty. In 2008, Sindhu Ravishankar was one of four Global Action Award recipients.
Video: Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands ›
Country: Indonesia
A Mercy Corps survey in five provinces of Indonesia found that only 30 percent of school-age children wash their hands before eating and after using toilets.
Video: Healthy Places, Prosperous People ›
Country: Indonesia
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is expected to become East Asia's largest metropolitan region by 2015.
Regaining Her Smile, Dispelling Fear ›
Country: Peru
Nine-year old Maria survived last August's Peru earthquake — but life in the aftermath was often nightmarish. Mercy Corps helped heal her emotional wounds.
Promoting 'Early and Exclusive' Breastfeeding ›
Country: Indonesia
Breastfeeding rates may be at a 20-year high in the U.S., but they're alarmingly low in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mercy Corps is helping mothers and clinics give at-risk infants a healthier start.
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