Education

Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

Education is the foundation of progress, but it is often interrupted by extreme poverty, war and other crises. As a result, individuals and their communities often can't reach their full potential. Mercy Corps works to bring access to education to women and men of all ages and economic groups to help ensure a better future for all.

Video: How To Farmers Can Keep Their Kids in School ›

Country: Central African Republic

The vast majority of Central Africans depend upon agriculture to feed their families and earn a living.

Blog Post: The drawbacks of women’s equality ›

Country: Indonesia

There is an unrelenting pressure for women to be perfect and to do everything.

Blog Post: Getting creative with nutrition for Kyrgyz kindergarteners ›

Country: Kyrgyzstan

The small kitchen bustles with activity as cooks from local kindergartens crowd around the counter dicing and slicing meats and vegetables for soups and salads.

Blog Post: Standing up for their futures ›

Country: Central African Republic

In the Central African Republic there are many young, unwed mothers and they often have a very difficult life. In many cases, their family will disown them.

Blog Post: Fighting for their homes ›

Country: Central African Republic

In the Central African Republic, women’s rights here are few, and the enforcement of the laws is almost non-existent. Most women are not even aware they have many rights.

Blog Post: Jordan's Queen visits Mercy Corps disability-rights project ›

Country: Jordan

Jordan's Queen Rania recently visited a school where we're helping mainstream children with disabilities.

Shipping Books to Zimbabwe Schools ›

Country: Zimbabwe

There can be as few as one textbook for as many as 40 students in schools in Zimbabwe — if there are any textbooks at all. The 21,000 we shipped improved the textbook-to-student ratio eightfold at 50 schools.

Blog Post: Fixing Somalia's schools ›

Country: Somalia

At a primary school attended by 1,140 students, Mercy Corps rehabilitated dilapidated classrooms and water tanks and installed handwashing facilities for the boys' and girls' latrines.

One Table: Before it was like I was blind ›

Country: Iraq

Since 2005, our Women’s Inclusion Programme in Basera, Iraq has helped roughly 20,000 women develop basic literacy skills and learn about human and women’s rights.

A Can-Do Spirit ›

Country: Sri Lanka

Handwashing posters, new water taps, and a revamped latrine are just some of the recent changes at Nalagama Sinhala Junior School in coastal Sri Lanka.

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Recent Blog Posts

November 05, 2009
The drawbacks of women’s equality
October 20, 2009
Getting creative with nutrition for Kyrgyz kindergarteners
September 26, 2009
Standing up for their futures

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