Children line up to wash their hands before eating lunch at school in Maubisse Villa, Timor-Leste.
Community connection: Top 10 photos of 2024

Our Director of Global Photography shares the stories behind the photos highlighting participant stories and Mercy Corps’ work around the world.

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Yemen
17 July 2020
The facts: What you need to know about the crisis in Yemen
80 percent of Yemen's population — over 24 million people — is in need of humanitarian support like food, water and medicine. Here's what you need to know about the crisis and what you can do to help.
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A swarm of locusts fill the sky above some plants.
18 May 2020
Desert locusts in East Africa: A plague of another order
As communities brace against COVID-19, a desert locust plague in East Africa threatens to drive hunger rates to unprecedented levels.
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Farmer in ethiopia working on her crops
08 May 2020
The facts: What you need to know about global hunger
The hunger cycle has millions of families in its grip. Why don't they have the food they need — and what can we do about it? See the infographics and get the key facts about global hunger.
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Hands holding beans
13 December 2019
The Libra opportunity for smallholder farmers
Libra could have an impact on smallholder farmers found predominantly outside of formal financial systems.
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Lydia and her husband at their small shop. lydia relies on rain-fed agriculture to support her family, a livelihood that has become increasingly fragile with the growing effects of climate change. photo: ezra millstein for mercy corps
09 December 2019
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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Kenyan woman in front of home.
09 September 2019
Going mobile: How phones have become a critical farming tool
Climate disasters, poverty and a lack of resources have made farming in Kenya an increasingly unreliable livelihood. We're using technology to help them improve their odds.
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