Local businesses saw their ceilings collapse and their windows and doors demolished as a result of the August 4 explosion. Our teams continue to work urgently to support families whose livelihoods are at risk of being destroyed.
7 inspiring ways our teams are taking on today’s challenges

From support for small businesses to community empowerment and peacebuilding, here's how we're making an impact all around the world.

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We’re leading a global community of humanitarians to create a future where everyone can prosper.

  • 37m

    people reached across the world in 2020

  • 40+

    countries we work in today

  • 5.6k

    team members around the world

  • 85%

    team members from the countries where they work
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A person uses a broom to try and clear the snow away from their damaged tent.
February 11, 2021
Winter in Syria, from a voice on the ground
More than three quarters of Mercy Corps staff working in Syria are themselves displaced from their homes. One Syrian team member describes the experience of a displacement camp in their own words.
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A person smiles for the camera.
February 10, 2021
A big bet on helping refugees build their dreams
Mercy Corps is teaming up with Village Enterprise on an innovative partnership, creating a new model for supporting refugees as they become entrepreneurs.
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A person wearing face mask shows off their mercy corps hat to the camera on a busy street in somalia.
February 2, 2021
Getting vaccines to everyone, everywhere
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring the world’s most vulnerable people have access to COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s what we’re doing, and what you can do to help.
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On a wall inside a small storage room a person looks at the various greeting cards he and his father have received from their clients over the years.
December 30, 2020
Our top photos from 2020: Reflections on resilience
Our Senior Global Photographer looks back on a year marked by crisis. What his favorite photos from 2020 capture is a shared sense of determination in communities across the globe.
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Guatemala
December 29, 2020
4 of the biggest challenges we’re tackling in 2021
With the end of the pandemic potentially in sight, we’re focusing on helping communities stay safe, weather the long-term impacts of COVID-19 and emerge stronger.
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A group of bakers wave at the camera from an outdoor kitchen.
December 4, 2020
5 ways we rose together in 2020
In a year marked by crisis after crisis, our global community of humanitarians made an impact for millions of families. Let’s look back at how we persisted in shaping a future everyone can share.
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Mercy Corps team member in Zimbabwe with a group of people

Who we are

Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of crisis, disaster, poverty and climate change to create a world where everyone can prosper. Beyond delivering aid to meet urgent needs, we develop long-term solutions to make lasting change possible.

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Kenyan man on his smartphone

What we do

In over 40 countries, we work with local changemakers, global innovators and people most affected by crises to help fragile communities break the cycle of poverty, rebuild after disaster and forge new paths to prosperity in the face of injustice, instability and climate change.

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