Mercy Corps takes on two new projects that will enhance its mission, encourage advocates in its campaign against world hunger and poverty and, in time, produce a new crop of deeply involved donors.

By David Mckenna

“The perception in many countries is that Americans just don’t understand the world outside their borders,” he says. “The perception is not that Americans don’t care, but that they don’t quite understand the reality of the hardships that other people deal with on a daily basis.

“The hunger center will be a place where people, in a relatively short time, can learn to become active, educated and energized,” De Galan adds.