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Gaza is starving

Civilians including 60,000 children urgently need aid to prevent mass starvation.

Kenyan woman cooking outside.

When aid disappears: The human cost of foreign aid cuts

01 April 2025

What happens when the emergency aid to communities facing hunger, war, extreme weather, and disaster abruptly stops?

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Brother and sister sit on a blanket

Why we're not giving up on South Sudan

More than 5 million people face starvation in South Sudan — but we're not giving up. Read how we're changing lives amid a horrific crisis.

Mercy corps sees the threat of climate change in many places where we work. in ethiopia and around the world, we’re helping people adapt to increasingly unpredictable rainfall and weather, because we know their food, health and lives depend on it. photo: sean sheridan for mercy corps

A hotter planet, a hungrier world

The impacts of climate change are pummeling nations around the world. But for the poor, the consequences are particularly destructive: more poverty, more hunger. We can't end these plights, then, if we don't tackle climate change, too.

This farmer made pickled lettuce from his garden. mercy corps trains syrian farmers to save the seeds from their vegetables to use again next season.

Syrian farmers sow seeds of hope in Mercy Corps' agriculture program

Mercy Corps is helping Syrian farmers feed their communities again and give displaced persons the means to raise their own food.

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7 reasons to love Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps was just named America's "Brand of the Year" and "Most Loved Brand" in the International Aid Nonprofit category of the Harris Poll's 2017 EquiTrend brand survey. We're honored that Mercy Corps and our important work has been recognized.

Mohammad khaldoun takes a short rest before completing the climb. mercy corps staff take syrian refugee youth rock climbing, among other wilderness therapy activities. all photos isidro serrano selva for mercy corps.

PHOTOS: In Jordan, refugees find healing in the wilderness

To help Syrian refugees adapt to their new community, Mercy Corps uses wilderness therapy, including activities like hiking and rock climbing, so Syrian and Jordanian youth can interact in the outdoors, away from the struggles of daily life.

Olga, 16, attends a group training session at a demonstration plot in her community in guatemala. the agricultural education is part of mercy corps’ initiative to give guatemalan youth alternatives to migration.

A future without migration: How we’re empowering youth to build a life at home

Migration is rampant is some parts of Guatemala. We're providing young people with the education and skills they need to thrive without having to leave their community.