Topic: Mercy Corps

Superheroes Band Together To Fight Famine

As the famine and drought in Africa continue to rage, DC Entertainment is turning to its strongest superheroes to help the 13 million people in...
Seattle, WA, April 07, 2011 -(PR.com)- Visitors to The GreaterGood Network of websites contributed more than $100,000 in March to Mercy Corps...

GreaterGood Gives Grants to 85 Charities in January

Seattle, WA, January 30, 2011 -(PR.com)- GreaterGood.org announced grants totaling approximately $456,000 were given to 85 charities in January...

Meet Your Mentor

Need a mentor? Want to be a mentor? MicroMentor. org is a free online service that connects small-business owners with volunteer business mentors...

Soothing Traumatized Children

Among the vital supplies sent to Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake, some of the most important may turn out to be thousands of kids' coloring and activity books. Created by Mercy Corps, an international relief organization based in Portland, Ore ...

Give the Gift of Food

We all need to eat, what and how much we consume depends upon many factors. For example, in the Canadian province of Ontario, you can have a powerful impact on the lives of hungry Ontarians by the simple act of giving. If ...
According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Geophysical Data Center, since 2006, there have been 61 tsunamis worldwide. Thousands of people have lost their homes and belongings in the most devastating tsunamis in India, Chile, Samoa and parts of Asia. Donate the proceeds of your yard sale to Operation Blessing or Mercy Corps, or pick another charitable organization that fits you at the Network for Good. Donate the proceeds from your pillows to a charitable organization that helps those who have survived a disaster. This is the best way to donate clothing; the organizations have it calculated down to the penny what those things will cost and your donation will go directly for what you choose.
Last week, Angelina Jolie took a break from the glam life to trek to Pakistan and remind the world that roughly six million flood victims are still in dire need of humanitarian aid. A non-profit organization called Relief4Pakistan has partnered with Mercy ...

What is Mercy Corps?

Mercy Corps is a charitable organization which works in countries in transition, and also in areas which have experienced recent natural disasters. Organizations which rate charities consistently mark Mercy Corps very high, because the organization demonstrates extreme efficiency; around 90% of the ...

Four Pakistani aid workers feared kidnapped: officials

Four Pakistanis working for a US-based charity are missing and feared kidnapped in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Friday.The charity workers went missing on Thursday and "may have been abducted," Abdul Majid, the local administrative chief in Qila Saifullah district, in Baluchistan ...