Disaster Response Somalia Project #8493

Food Crisis Hits Horn of Africa

by Mercy Corps

Project Report | Dec 31, 2012
Best Mercy Corps photos of 2012!

By Carlene Deits | Project Leader

Emergency food aid recipient in Yemen

As we ring in the New Year, we spend time reviewing what has been done in 2012. Because of you, we at Mercy Corps were able to do some real life-changing work this year!

You are the reason we were able to provide emergency food in the Sahel region, vocational training in Afghanistan, Hurricane Sandy relief in Haiti, and help more than 1.9 million people survive the Horn of Africa's drought and famine -- among our many other projects and programs around the world. Thank you.

We like to see the people you impacted, and I bet you do too. Over 17,000 photos were collected this year, and we would like to share some of them with you!

Check out our slide show of the ten best images from 2012 and witness photos of:

A young woman benefiting from Mercy Corps' emergency food aid in Yemen.
Wiam, a seven-year-old girl living with just a suitcase and a cardboard box of belongings in the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan.
A community using the Mercy Corps-sponsored well in Niger to help with the drought and resulting hunger crisis.
Jhon during his training as a mechanical engineer in our rehabilitation program in Colombia. Jhon escaped life as a child soldier with the FARC militants.

And many others!

These images capture the resilient and strong-willed spirit of those we work with, but there is still so much to be done.

As you consider your end-of-year giving, I encourage you to donate to a Mercy Corps project through Global Giving. Choose this one or pick a different project to make a lifesaving difference for families in need:

Help Mercy Corps Turn Crisis Into Opportunity
Sav ing Lives in Niger, Mali & Sahel in West Africa
Relief and Recovery for Haiti Disaster Survivors of Hurricane Sandy and previous disasters
Continued Response to Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Breast Feeding in Indonesia Saves Lives

With you, in 2013, we will continue to make it a brighter, healthier year for families in the world’s most desperate places. With your support, we can make it happen - together!

In gratitude,

Carlene Deits

Syrian refugee 7 year old Wiam in Jordan

Mercy Corps-sponsored well fights Niger drought

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Mercy Corps' Top 10 Photos of 2012 Slideshow

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Dec 21, 2012
You made change possible!

By Carlene Deits | Project Leader

Somalia

While crises were happening in the Horn of Africa, and continue even today, you have helped to save and change the lives for many men, women, children - and whole communities - in this part of the world.

Because of your compassion and generosity we were able to achieve so much in 2012. You made change possible!

The accomplishments shared below are a testament to the more than 70,000 donors (including you!) who’ve made this work possible. Because of you this is what we were able to do in the Horn of Africa as well as other parts of the world:

In Somalia, we helped more than 1.9 million people survive the Horn of Africa’s drought and famine by providing food, safe drinking water, clean sanitation facilities and protection for vulnerable women and girls in displacement camps.
In Ethiopia, our mobile health teams brought emergency food and medical care to more than 27,000 malnourished children in remote villages.
Our loans helped 193 Japanese entrepreneurs get back to business and provide jobs after their enterprises were damaged or destroyed by the 2011 tsunami.
In Iraq, we taught 5,500 women to read — and learn their rights in a newly democratic country.
We staved off malnutrition in 23,585 Guatemalan mothers and infants.

To show our appreciation, we have put together a slideshow to share how much we were able to accomplish because of your contribution. Check out how you have changed and transformed lives!

And if you haven't received a free 2013 Mercy Corps calendar we still have some left! Just e-mail your address to fundraising@mercycorps.org and we will happily send you one!

On behalf of the millions of people our work has touched this year, thank you!

In gratitude,

Carlene Deits

Ethiopia

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Mercy Corps' Accomplishments of 2012

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Oct 28, 2012
Our Thank you gift to you: 2013 Calendar

By Carlene Deits | Project Leader

Mercy Corps' 2013 Wall Calendar

Thank you for your support. Because you have put your caring into action to Mercy Corps through GlobalGiving, we are able to make a positive impact on lives in the Horn of Africa. To show our appreciation, we'd like to give you a Mercy Corps calendar as a thank you and daily reminder of how you are changing lives!

Because of you, we’re on the ground doing everything we can. We targeted emergency aid to the hardest-hit to help them survive in the short term. Now, we continue to support people building resilience to future cycles of drought and hunger — finding new ways to earn money and support their families, replacing lost livestock and improving the health of their animals, cultivating drought-resistant crops and better managing their land and water supplies. We could not have had that positive impact without you!

To receive your free 2013 Mercy Corps wall calendar, please send an email to fundraising@mercycorps.org with your mailing address! Your address will not be used for any other purpose than mailing you this calendar.

If you are a resident of the Portland, Oregon metro area, please keep in mind that Mercy Corps has several upcoming free events that we would love for you to attend. Tuesday evening on October 30th, we have team members share their stories from the field of how positive changes are being made. Please click here for details of this and other upcoming events and exhibits. If you'd like to attend or receive a monthly email of these events, let us know! Your email will not be added to Mercy Corps overall email list.

As the end of 2012 quickly approaches, thank you in advance for keeping Mercy Corps in mind as a donation option to change additional lives for the better.

Again, thank you!

Pastoralist women in southern Ethiopia

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