Mercy Corps

Humanitarian Assistance - relief: Mercy Corps helps people most impacted by conflict and climate change cope, adapt and thrive, supporting millions facing natural and man-made disasters by providing support such as food, clean water, shelter and basic hygiene to help them cope in the midst of conflict, natural disasters and weather-related incidents. Mercy Corps helps communities prepare for and respond to humanitarian needs as they arise, while supporting recovery and laying the foundations for resilience even in the most extreme humanitarian situations. This year, Mercy Corps provided humanitarian assistance to millions facing acute and protracted emergencies around the world, including in Sudan, Gaza, Haiti - reaching 37.6 million people across programs.

Peace and good governance (Civil society and education): Mercy Corps supports people and communities to reduce and prevent violence, contribute to advancing sustainable peace, and participating meaningfully in civil society and inclusive and responsive governance systems. By sequencing, layering, and integrating our peace, humanitarian, and development assistance, we help advance peace and promote inclusive, responsive governance processes, that enable communities - and the most marginalized within them - to cope, adapt, and thrive. This year, Mercy Corps reached over 14 million people with peace and good governance programs across 29 countries.

Health - Water and Food Security: In the midst of conflict and climate change, both of which pose significant risks to health, Mercy Corps works to improve health outcomes by ensuring access to safe and nutritious food and clean and safe water. Mercy Corps meets urgent food needs while also building more inclusive and resilient food systems, minimizing the impacts of food crises on households, preventing the destabilization of food systems during conflict and natural disasters, and increasing the resilience of food systems to climate change. This year, Mercy Corps reached nearly 17 million people across over 100 programs working to improve food security in 37 countries. Mercy Corps works to ensure people have equitable and sustained access to clean and safe water as climate change, poor water governance, inadequate water management and inequitable control of resources deepen water insecurity. Whether responding to immediate water and sanitation needs in an emergency by providing access to lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene services, or overseeing large-scale water infrastructure projects and fostering equitable and inclusive water governance processes, Mercy Corps strengthens the capacity of communities and the water systems they rely on. This year, Mercy Corps reached over 8 million people across 71 programs advancing water security in 29 countries.

Humanitarian Assistance - Recovery: Mercy Corps supports communities - and the most marginalized within them - to emerge from crisis and build towards a more inclusive, resilient future. During and in the aftermath of conflict and climate-driven crises, Mercy Corps works to help people recover, thrive and build resilience, enhancing the capacities of people, markets, and institutions to handle shocks, reduce risk, build more equitable and responsive systems, and improve wellbeing. In the context of post-crisis recovery, we focus on systems-level change aimed at strengthening local governance, economic, ecological, and social systems that communities rely on.