Mercy Corps

21.12.2007 Three Somali women working at an international emergency relief organization in this eastern African country reflect on gender equality and education in the Horn of Africa.

12.12.2007 For the Tharu, a group of people native to southwestern Nepal, freedom from years of bonded labor initially meant being kicked out into a completely foreign society, forming small communities on marginal land, and falling deeper into poverty. Now, youth programs that promote education are empowering the Tharu's younger generations to repair the injustices and indignities of the preceding generations.

07.12.2007 A 14 year-old Nepalese boy began a movement to educate the people of the Tharu ethnic group and succeeded beyond his expectations, freeing his people from forced slave labor and starting youth advancement programs with the help of an international humanitarian organization.

29.11.2007 Poverty, a young Sudanese man born during this country's civil war, rose far beyond his name by studying hard, developing marketable skills as a carpenter, and inspiring community youth through sports and HIV/AIDS awareness programs.

08.11.2007 All over northern Uganda, families are leaving the huge "mother camps" of the war years and moving to transitional villages like Oyere, whose 1,068 residents all originally come from within a mile or so of here.