Career
In 2004 Mercer returned to Afghanistan and Iraq to serve Muslims. In 2008 she founded Global Hope—a nonprofit organization that serves Muslims in Muslim countries. Global Hope provides customized services after it meets with individual families and local leaders to determine specific needs. This has included delivering necessities to building a community center. Global Hope was asked to establish a permanent presence in Iraq by a Kurdish Governor. To fulfill this request, Global Hope built the Freedom Center, a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) multipurpose facility that will include an Internet café, playground, coffee shop and classrooms. The Freedom Center is scheduled to open in late 2011.
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