Mercy Corps

MERCY CORPS SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES - AND THE MOST MARGINALIZED WITHIN THEM - TO EMERGE FROM CRISIS AND BUILD TOWARDS A MORE INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT FUTURE. IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY CRISIS, DISASTER, POVERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MERCY CORPS WORKS ALONGSIDE COMMUNITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FORWARD-THINKING CORPORATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS TO MEET URGENT NEEDS AND DEVELOP LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO MAKE LASTING CHANGE POSSIBLE. WE WORK TOWARDS FOUR CONNECTED AND REINFORCING OUTCOMES THAT DETERMINE PEOPLE'S WELLBEING AND SUPPORT THEM TO COPE, ADAPT, AND THRIVE: FOOD SECURITY, WATER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND PEACE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE.

LIVELIHOOD AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: MERCY CORPS HELPS BUILD STRONG LOCAL ECONOMIES BY INVESTING IN THE JOBS AND MARKETS THAT SERVE AS THE BEST ENGINES OF LONG-TERM RECOVERY. ACROSS THE GLOBE, ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS, CONFLICT AND THE DEVASTATING ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19, MERCY CORPS WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND INDEPENDENCE. PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, WE CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BUILD DEMAND-DRIVEN SKILLS AND TO LAND AND KEEP JOBS. WE BLEND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND SOFT SKILLS TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS, MENTORING AND ACCESS TO FINANCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS ADDRESS THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NORMS WHICH OFTEN PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING WORK OPPORTUNITIES.

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE -- RELIEF: IN THE WAKE OF NATURAL AND HUMAN-MADE DISASTERS, MERCY CORPS' FIRST PRIORITY IS TO MEET URGENT NEEDS, SUCH AS CASH, FOOD, CLEAN WATER, AND BASIC HYGIENE ITEMS. THIS YEAR MERCY CORPS WORKED ALONGSIDE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO MEET THE URGENT NEEDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACING EMERGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD, FROM PEOPLE TRAPPED IN AND FLEEING WAR-TORN UKRAINE TO REFUGEES FLEEING ETHIOPIA AND VENEZUELA TO COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED BY NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS THE 2021 EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI AND CLIMATE-DRIVEN WEATHER DISASTERS LIKE SEVERE DROUGHT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA.

CIVIL SOCIETY AND EDUCATION: MERCY CORPS FOSTERS GOOD GOVERNANCE AT EVERY LEVEL TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES GRAPPLING WITH COMPLEX PROBLEMS, SUCH AS CONFLICT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. WE ELEVATE LOCALLY-LED COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEADERS. WE HELP PEOPLE ACCESS AND INFLUENCE PROCESSES AND DECISIONS WITHIN FORMAL AND INFORMAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCES AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEANINGFUL CHANGE, SPECIFICALLY, WE FOCUS ON GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS LED BY OR SERVING WOMEN, YOUTH, OR OTHER SYSTEMICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.