Mercy Corps in the news

TIME: How to Rebuild a City: Cold, Hard Cash
It is fall in Mosul, the season’s first cool breezes blow off the Tigris, and I am walking around a 12th century castle...
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The Times: The widows of the Yemen civil war and their fight for survival
Hala first saw her husband’s face the day they married, when she was 15 years old. When his body was returned to her 11...
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Thomson Reuters Foundation: In southern Ethiopia, herders join forces to revive rangelands
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In 2015, as Ethiopia was experiencing its worst drought in 30 years...
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Portland's KGW: Those Who Serve: Portland Mercy Corps worker leaves quickly for disasters
Angela Owen, a senior program officer for the aid agency based in Portland is ready to travel the globe on 72 hours...
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The Times: Times Christmas appeal: Death from above or below as Yemenis flee battle for Hodeidah
Hassan faced a stark choice as he fled the front line: brave the airstrikes, or brave the landmines. Days earlier, he...
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Reuters: U.S. aid group to help develop Islamic microfinance in Ethiopia
(Reuters) - U.S.-based aid agency Mercy Corps has appointed consultancy IFAAS to help launch an Islamic microfinance...
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