Women in Niger standing in front of a field
Working together for a better world

We're partnering with communities all across the globe as we rise to meet the world's toughest challenges.

Our approach

OUR MISSION

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

  • 29m

    people reached in 2019

  • 40+

    countries we work in today

  • 5.9k

    team members around the world

  • 85%

    amount of our team from the countries they work in
News and features
February 5, 2020
Opening the future for young people in Kenya
In a country where young people make up two thirds of the unemployment rate, a mobile app is building the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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January 27, 2020
Relying on rainfall: How one community in Kenya is affected by climate change
Once losing their crops to increased drought, one farming community in Kenya is now using a simple set of tools to grow their livelihoods and take on climate change.
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January 27, 2020
Ten photos of resilience in 2019
Moments that represent the diversity of the world’s challenges, and highlight some of our most breakthrough projects
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January 27, 2020
Partnering with NASA to find solutions from the sky
Through a new partnership with NASA, Mercy Corps is expanding our AgriFin project to connect farmers with satellite data. State-of-the-art imagery and analysis will help small-holder farmers manage their crops and adapt to climate change.
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January 27, 2020
Where climate change drives conflict, peacebuilding skills are the path forward
Our peacebuilding work bridges divides so vulnerable people can build resilience to the climate crisis — by facing it together.
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January 21, 2020
From loss to leadership: How a woman in Lebanon is helping her community get clean water
The story of Fatima, and how together we're providing a community of Syrian refugees access to clean water.
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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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