Throughout the course of Mercy Corps ' history in its deliverance of humanitarian programs , the organization 's focus in its overall operational strategies has seen substantial shifts . Starting as a non-government humanitarian aid organization specifically focused in the immediate humanitarian complexity of the refugee dilemma caused by the Cambodian genocide in 1979 , the preceding incarnation of the organization , Save the Refugee Fund , focused on providing the means necessary to respond to first-hand emergencies of the grim implications of the genocide : short-term aids in food , water , shelter and other corresponding refugee assistance
Cambodian genocide
Cambodian genocide
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