Food/Nutrition

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Blog Post: Seeing the work first hand ›

It is one thing to read all about the work of an organisation. It is something entirely different to see it with your own eyes. It is inspirational.

Blog Post: Getting creative with nutrition for Kyrgyz kindergarteners  ›

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: A chance for the people of Zimbabwe ›

This week I had the honor of testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Zimbabwe, along with a range of distinguished representatives.

Blog Post: The resilence of children ›

Life isn't easy in northern Uganda. Yet the children of the Acholi and Karamojong people are still resilient. They still smile.

Seeds of Sunshine ›

Alex Odongo is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. After decades of an insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army — a rebel group defined by its brutal tactics, which often targeted civilians — that left the country ravaged and its people nearly hopeless, the sun is beginning to shine again in northern Uganda.

Blog Post: The Roadmap to End Global Hunger ›

Last week, I did an interview with the Global Hunger Examiner — a news outlet dedicated to world hunger issues — about Mercy Corps' efforts to fight hunger.

Blog Post: 'I have never seen a place as poor as this' ›

I am writing from the Central African Republic, a land-locked country slightly smaller than Texas — and the second poorest country on Earth.

Blog Post: Bringing joy back to Aceh ›

Lately it’s been quite cold because of the marathon rain pouring down nonstop for the last two days over Banda Aceh.

Blog Post: Meeting the survivors ›

Last Friday afternoon, we suddenly found out we were being deployed to earthquake-ravaged villages to assess the situation and determine what help survivors needed.