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[ Mercy ]Mercy Corps January 2020 Newsletter
[ Puerto ]Puerto Rico Quick Facts
[ [link removed] ]Puerto Rico Quick Facts
Around the world, millions of people are asking questions about the
recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico. How many people were affected? What
resources do they need? How can I help families in their time of need?
Get the answers to your questions about the earthquake in Puerto Rico
and what we’re doing to help ▸
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Top Stories
[ From ]From loss to leadership
[ [link removed] ]From loss to leadership: How one woman in Lebanon is helping her
community get clean water
When Fatima and her children arrived in Lebanon after conflict broke out
in their Syrian neighborhood, their biggest need was for water. But
safety risks and lack of functional water infrastructure left her family
and community at a loss. Read her story and learn how she’s working to
make water more accessible to her community ▸
[ Congress ]Congress Adopts the Global Fragility Act
[ [link removed] ]Congress Adopts the Global Fragility Act
Over the past two years, Mercy Corps has been leading a coalition in
support of the Global Fragility Act, important bipartisan legislation
designed to target the causes of conflict, rather than the symptoms.
With the adoption of the Global Fragility Act on December 19, millions
of people around the world who have been affected by conflict can have
the opportunity for a more stable, secure and peaceful future. Learn
more about what the Global Fragility Act accomplishes ▸
[ Where ]Where climate change drives conflict, peacebuilding skills are the
path forward
[ [link removed] ]Where climate change drives conflict, peacebuilding skills are the
path forward
Too many communities around the world are feeling the effects of a
warming planet, like poverty and conflict. That’s why we are reaching
communities around the world with dialogue sessions and peacebuilding
trainings, so they can be empowered to unite and move forward in the
face of a climate crisis. Read one Nigerian community’s story and learn
how peacebuilding sessions can make a difference for a community in
crisis ▸
[ Would ]Would you have what it takes to be an emergency responder?
[ [link removed] ]Would you have what it takes to be an emergency responder?
What would you carry in your backpack as you rush to help families who
lost everything in a hurricane? Or survivors of a devastating
earthquake? When our field teams arrive in an area that’s been affected
by disaster, their backpacks are full of key items. Play our online
simulation to experience life as an emergency responder with Mercy
Corps ▸
[ Our ]Our priorities for 2020
[ [link removed] ]Our priorities for 2020
In the year ahead, Mercy Corps will be focusing on collaboration and
partnership as we continue our work to solve the world’s toughest
challenges and realize our vision for change. Read about how we are
working together as a global community and our humanitarian priorities
for 2020 ▸
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Mercy Corps is committed to keeping you informed about the actions we
are taking. Read more ▸
Mercy Corps in the News
[ Associated ]Associated Press [ [link removed] ]Syrian opposition calls on the world to
aid rebel-held Idlib, Associated Press
[ OPB ]OPB [ [link removed] ]Portland-Based Mercy Corps In Puerto Rico Offering Aid
After Earthquake, OPB
[ [link removed] ]Wrapping up CES 2020: Anxiety, cats and
[ The ]The Washington Post yet another streaming service, called
Quibi, The Washington Post
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