Mercy Corps [to 14 February 2015]
http://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases

Mercy Corps, Rockefeller Foundation Launch Asia Regional Network to Build City Resilience to Climate Change
Indonesia, February 12, 2015
Local and regional urban practitioners in Asia urged to join expanded resilience network
Bangkok, Thailand — At the first Asia-Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation this week in Bangkok, the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) will launch a member-based regional network headed by global humanitarian organization Mercy Corps. As a result of ACCCRN’s expanding footprint, Mercy Corps will build a larger coalition of national, regional and local practitioners and institutions committed to helping cities withstand and recover from the projected impacts of climate change. Today more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and this number will increase along with vulnerability to erratic and severe weather patterns.

Testimony on the humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Andrea Koppel at the World Bank’s 2015 Fragility Forum
DR Congo, February 11, 2015
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Mercy Corps was invited to provide remarks at the annual World Bank Fragility Forum. Andrea Koppel, the Vice President of Global Engagement and Policy spoke on behalf of Mercy Corps, presenting the findings of a joint report, “Assessing Humanitarian Response in North Kivu,” produced by Mercy Corps, World Vision, the Search for Common Ground and the Congolese government.

USAID and Skoll Foundation Announce Joint Investment in Evidence Action for Clean Water in Uganda
Uganda, February 11, 2015
Low-cost chlorine dispensers to provide safe water to 3.2 million people in rural Uganda
Washington, D.C. –DATE- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Skoll Foundation announced a joint investment of $2 million in Evidence Action to scale up its Dispensers for Safe Water program, a proven and highly cost effective approach for providing clean water to rural communities.
The investment is the third of its kind by the Innovation Investment Alliance, a Global Development Alliance between the Skoll Foundation and USAID that is supported by the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps, which is focused on scaling the impact of proven social entrepreneurs.
Dispensers for Safe Water installs innovative low-cost chlorine dispensers directly at the water source in rural communities in Uganda, Kenya and Malawi….