Mercy Corps in the news

August 06, 2025

Christian Science Monitor: Lost your USAID funding? These aid matchmakers have a solution.

Project Resource Optimization is connecting formerly US-funded aid projects – including one providing clean water in...

Associated Press: ‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts warn

Gaza's population is facing the “worst-case scenario of famine" and “widespread death” will occur without immediate...

CNN: For the first time in modern history a capital city is on the verge of running dry

As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is...

Associated Press: Sudan’s humanitarian crisis worsens amid escalating violence in Kordofan and Darfur

Fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region that has killed hundreds and ongoing violence in Darfur — the epicenters of the...

Reuters: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions

The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation...

Foreign Policy: EU, U.K. Target Russia With ‘Unprecedented’ Wartime Sanctions Package

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at heavy European sanctions against Russia , renewed sectarian violence...