A Nepalese woman walks through a field of sugar cane.
How climate change affects people living in poverty

Urgent support is needed for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

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OUR MISSION

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
News and features
Tea industry workers standing together.
March 29, 2021
The women on the frontlines of COVID-19 awareness
Women make up more than half of the workforce in India’s tea industry, and they’re helping to keep their communities safe with prevention information in remote Assam tea estates.
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Timor leste woman in vegetable garden with child.
March 26, 2021
Grow a stronger world, starting in your backyard
The challenges of climate change are rising across the world — and across the street. Find out how building your own keyhole garden can help you unlock your climate resilience.
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Syrian children in a refugee camp.
March 15, 2021
Tackle conflict even as we respond to COVID-19
The world marks three difficult anniversaries this month: one year since the World Health Organization named COVID-19 a pandemic; six years of conflict in Yemen; and 10 years since the start of war in Syria.
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Aerial view of refugee camp.
March 12, 2021
The facts: What you need to know about the Syria crisis
More than nine years in, Syria's civil war has fueled a massive exodus. See the staggering statistics and learn the facts behind the figures.
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A person stands among plants in a garden.
March 11, 2021
Syria’s greatest force for change: Its people
Country Director Kieren Barnes shares how we’re reinforcing our commitment to the people of Syria.
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Humanitarian aid team members hand food to a participant.
March 11, 2021
Humanitarians reflect on one year of the COVID-19 crisis
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercy Corps team members share their experiences responding to the global crisis.
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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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