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Humanitarian crisis deepens

Humanitarian assistance is needed by millions of people.

Children line up to wash their hands before eating lunch at school in Maubisse Villa, Timor-Leste.

Community connection: Top 10 photos of 2024

18 December 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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Women and children gathered in yemen

Stories from Yemen: Worried mothers, sick children and the community health workers helping them

Community health workers play a critical role in Yemen as the country continues to face humanitarian, economic and political crises resulting from years of ongoing conflict. Read more about how and who they're helping.

In this informal settlement in syria, people are still waiting to be able to return home. we're providing them with arrival kits to help them with basic essentials. photo: ezra millstein/mercy corps

"There is still a humanitarian need at an incredibly large scale": Q&A with the deputy country director for Syria

We're still at the front lines of the crisis in Syria. Learn more in this interview with our Deputy Country Director Made Ferguson, who shares his on-the-ground perspective on the current situation.

Hands holding a necklace with a heart pendant

We asked refugees: What did you bring with you?

Many Syrian refugees fled with only seconds to grab what matters to them most. These personal items are now bittersweet symbols of home and hope.

Halma, pictured in a purple and white shawl carrying three buckets balanced across her shoulders on a large stick

"When suffering time comes, we have to suffer": Coping with hunger in Niger

There’s no easy way to solve the problems that hunger brings to Halima and families like hers. With each passing day, a new challenge arises. Mercy Corps is helping address those challenges.

The drc director of communications odette poses for a picture in front of mount nyiragongo volcano.

A humanitarian life born from displacement

A pile of red onions.

Customers are like onions

Mercy Corps Ventures celebrates the impact of ventures we support while sharing what we know, and what we don’t.