How your support changes lives

2010 ANNUAL REPORT

A Crisis Is Just The Beginning

Your generous support helps people around the world turn the crises they confront into the opportunities they deserve. Thank you.

Mercy Corps provided emergency assistance to help 830,000 people after the devastating Haiti earthquake and 339,000 people after Pakistan’s historic floods.
In Niger, Mercy Corps supplied lifesaving food aid to 178,750 rural people after drought destroyed their harvests. In urban areas during the same crisis, we paid 2,400 people daily wages to clean and repair streets, markets and drainage ditches – enabling them to feed 16,500 family members.
Mercy Corps helps hardworking entrepreneurs in impoverished countries build businesses that support their families. Our network of 11 microfinance institutions in 10 countries served 300,500 clients – 63 percent of whom are women.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mercy Corps brought emergency water and sanitation – clean drinking water, latrines and hygiene education – to 55,000 people in displacement camps.

WHAT WE DO
Mercy Corps helps people turn the crises they confront into the opportunities they deserve. Driven by local needs, our programs provide communities in the world’s toughest places with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team is improving the lives of 19 million people in 36 countries.

OUR MISSION
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

USING YOUR GIFTS WISELY

Efficient and Accountable
Over the last five years, we have used 88 percent of our resources for programs that help people in need around the world. pie chart

= Humanitarian programs: 88%

= Fundraising and administration: 12%

How You Can Change Lives

Your support makes a life-changing difference to families in need. Please call us at 888.842.0842 or click here to make a financial contribution.

How You Can Change Lives
Mercy Corps meets all 20 of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance standards for charity accountability.