High Performing Buildings - Winter 2013 - (Page 20)
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B y C h a r l e s d o r n , a I a , a n d r o B s C h n a r e , p. e . , a s s o C I a t e M e M B e r a s h r a e
Building With a
Jeff Amram
Helping people survive natural disasters, poverty and conflict is not enough for international aid organization Mercy Corps. It also gives communities the tools to thrive using social innovations such as financing community-run village pharmacies and providing farmers in the developing world with financial services, market information and agricultural services to boost their harvests. But fulfilling its mission was frustrating because the organization operated out of six separate leased office spaces. Mercy Corps needed a place to call its own.
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