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Water/Sanitation

Water is essential for life, good health and economic development — yet more than one billion people lack access to clean water. Mercy Corps' work fulfills the water needs of vulnerable populations: We pipe clean drinking water to rural communities, help solve resource-based conflicts and deliver water to families during emergencies.

Video: Gathering Around the Well ›

Country: Central African Republic

Bouar, one of the largest cities in Central African Republic, has no running water.

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.

Blog Post: Water flows again for a Somaliland community  ›

Country: Somalia

Mercy Corps recently restored water services to a village where flooding had washed away the water-delivery systems.

Blog Post: Restoring the flow ›

Country: Indonesia

Electricity is back up and the cell phones are mostly working again, but there is still no running water in Padang city. Mercy Corps is helping address that problem.

Blog Post: Before the fire ›

Country: Indonesia

Before tragedy struck at noon on Sunday, Penjaringan — a poor slum in the north of Jakarta — was vibrant and bustling with activity.

Opening the Taps ›

Country: Indonesia

If water is life, then Tanah Merah was dying.

Blog Post: Fulfilling Cot Paya village’s dreams ›

Country: Indonesia

My recent visit to a small village named Cot Paya in Indonesia's Aceh province was my second trip here — and much has changed since my first visit.

Blog Post: Big smiles abound ›

Country: Zimbabwe

Everyone in Zimbabwe seems to smile — despite living in one of the poorest countries. And I mean, BIG SMILES!

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.

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