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Please, start your Season of Giving by making your first gift to Mercy Corps during this 72-hour challenge. Help us reach our goal to raise $120,000 by midnight to help people facing crises in Indonesia and around the world. Dear Friend, Just before the COVID‑19 pandemic shut down airports and cities around the world, I traveled to Indonesia to photograph the work our teams are doing in Java, an island between Bali and Sumatra, and the economic center of the nation. Java is an incredibly lush, fertile place ripe for farming, but chronic climate crises like droughts, heat waves and floods are putting its citizens at risk and threatening the entire country’s development. My travels took me to a small village on the outskirts of Banyuwangi, a city on the eastern coast of Java that’s surrounded by volcanoes. There, I met a young farmer named Roni, who has first-hand experience with these extreme shifts in weather. He showed me around his farm, plucked a ripe dragon fruit from a tree and sliced it open. The inside was pink, refreshing and delicious. After sharing the fruit, we sat on his porch with his farmer group and talked about how the changing climate is making it difficult to keep his farm productive and his family fed. 
The success of Roni’s crops determines his ability to provide for his wife and daughter.
"As a farmer, I often face obstacles related to the change of seasons and weather," Roni explained. Longer dry spells and heavier rain are having devastating effects on his income, decreasing what his farm produces and making him unable to meet his family’s basic needs. As a new father to a 3-month-old daughter, it’s more critical than ever that Roni be able to cope with the changing climate. With the generous help of humanitarians like you, our team provided Roni and his farmer group with not only pesticides and training, but with amazing weather-monitoring technology that tells farmers when to plant and treat their crops. This tech gives farmers like Roni the ability to boost their harvest and their income, so they can better care for their families. 
A monitoring station provided by Mercy Corps helps Roni’s farmer group better care for their crops.
Our teams are hard at work helping farmers in other countries, as well:
While I can’t visit our global teams and capture their impact on film during this pandemic, I’ve been in touch with them and can tell you that their work continues — in spite of the challenges COVID‑19 brings. Your gift today would mean so much to so many families around the world. Please, make your gift right now. Thank you for your generosity. It’s truly appreciated by the entire Mercy Corps team, our global partners, and most importantly, the communities we serve. Sincerely, Ezra Millstein Mercy Corps Senior Global Photographer We only have a few hours left in our 72-hour Season of Giving challenge to raise $120,000. Please, give now. |
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