Mercy Corps

12.03.2008 Most children in rural Honduras stop attending school before they turn 12, but Marta's alliance with a local development organization ensures that her two oldest daughters receive a quality education -- and the family's first high school diplomas.

07.03.2008 Thanks to training in fuel-efficient stove making, basket weaving, and other crafts, Asha, a Darfuri refugee, is managing to move beyond her tragic past and build a new life for her and her children.

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.