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Our work to build healthy communities, families and individuals is at the heart of Mercy Corps' vision for social change. By partnering with a range of partners, from village health committees to government agencies, we help build the means to improve maternal, newborn and child health, ensure proper nutrition and combat infectious diseases.

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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