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July 2024 Newsletter
Missile strikes children’s hospital in Kyiv
   
Missile strikes children’s hospital in Kyiv
Earlier this month, multiple Russian missile attacks damaged civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, including apartments, factories, and Okhmatdyt Hospital, Ukraine’s largest medical center for children. Vicki Aken, Mercy Corps Country Director for Ukraine was quoted in Newsweek about the devastating attacks.
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Gaza’s insulin crisis: How diabetics are fighting to survive

Gaza’s insulin crisis: How diabetics are fighting to survive

Arwa Mhanna, senior advisor for policy and advocacy for the Middle East at Mercy Corps, explained how the complicated and time-consuming process to coordinate safe delivery of aid into Gaza is impacting life saving medicines, like insulin.

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As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border

As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border

A recent United Nations-backed report showed that nearly 26 million people — half of Sudan’s population — were facing acute food insecurity with 755,000 in catastrophic conditions. Mercy Corps and other aid groups warn the situation may be even more devastating than reported.

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Proposed budget cuts threaten global humanitarian and development aid

Proposed budget cuts threaten global humanitarian and development aid

At a time when nearly 310 million people globally are in need of humanitarian assistance, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a FY25 budget that would slash critical funding to respond to humanitarian crises.

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Tell U.S. Congress to pass adequate and critical funding to promote sustainable development, reduce poverty, strengthen security, and help communities prosper here at home and around the world.

  Charging a brighter future in Senegal with solar power  
   
     
Charging a brighter future in Senegal with solar power
 
Learn how communities in Senegal are confronting the challenges of climate change head-on with support from Mercy Corps. New solar panels are providing a consistent source of power to more than 150 women-owned businesses — many of whom are smallholder farmers.
 
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Mercy Corps in the news

Katsina, Mercy Corps pledge 10m trees to combat rising desertification
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Food aid is piling up in Gaza
NPR
 
Aid workers in Gaza are fighting for survival too
NPR
 
The thin line between normal life and gang warfare on Haiti’s streets
The Globe and Mail