Colombia’s lush rainforest has been the battleground for a brutal, decades-long civil war. Mercy Corps gets basic necessities to families displaced by guerrilla attacks, and helps former child soldiers start over.
Learn more about our work in Colombia.
Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
Beautiful, heartbreaking photos of Syrian refugees with their most important, and in some cases, only possessions.
See more photos at BBC.co.uk, by photographer Brian Sokol.
Can you guess where this photo was taken?
Find out and see nine other beautiful landscape photos from some of the world’s toughest places.
From Feature Shoot:
Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s project Toy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possesions—their toys. Galimberti explores the universality of being a kid amidst the diversity of the countless corners of the world; saying, “at their age, they are pretty all much the same; they just want to play.”
Can you guess where this photo was taken? (You might be surprised.)
See 10 stunning landscapes from the world’s toughest places.
From the soaring mountain peaks of Kashmir to the terraced tea gardens of Darjeeling and Assam’s humid lowlands, Mercy Corps is helping families in some of India’s most remote regions get better access to financial services and education.
See 10 stunning landscape photos from the world’s toughest places.
Photo by Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps
We work in some of the toughest places in the world, but their incredible settings are a reminder of what lies beyond poverty, conflict and disaster.
These are photos captured during visits to Mercy Corps programs across the globe. We are helping these communities move beyond crisis so that some day soon, the world won’t focus on their struggles, but on their stunning vistas and vibrant cultures.
See all ten stunning photos from the world’s toughest places.
Original photo by Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps.
Two women make felt handcrafts at a co-op in Mongolia. Mercy Corps supports families and communities in rural Mongolia with programs focusing on economic opportunity, civil society and natural resource management.
Photo by Ben David for Mercy Corps
The road to Bangassou, in the Central African Republic.
Original photo by Sean Sheridan for Mercy Corps
