Press releases
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Mercy Corps marks $1 million in donations from partner the GreaterGood Network June 6, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. – This month, the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps and its partner The GreaterGood Network mark a milestone: $1 million given to fight global poverty and hunger over the past twelve years. The GreaterGood Network is a collection of websites that enables people to support charities and causes they care about, at no cost to them. Mercy Corps was one of the first beneficiaries of The Hunger Site, the flagship website of the GreaterGood Network, launched in June 1999.
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Libya: TaiwanICDF, Mercy Corps provide chicken feed, safeguard short-term food security in Libya June 1, 2011
The International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) and Mercy Corps have joined forces to alleviate a critical lack of chicken feed in Libya, where conflict has caused severe disruption to supply lines and threatened food security. Project funding comes from the organizations’ joint Humanitarian Cooperation Fund, through which the TaiwanICDF will provide US$95,522 to support Mercy Corps’ operations on the ground.
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Mercy Corps and Columbia Sportswear join forces to change lives around the world May 16, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. – Today Mercy Corps was named the beneficiary of a new campaign by Columbia Sportswear (Nasdaq:COLM) to engage the public in supporting the humanitarian organization’s work to save and improve lives in the world’s toughest places. Columbia Sportswear will donate 2,000 of its innovative Insect Blocker shirts to outfit Mercy Corps’ global field staff who serve in many of the world’s toughest places. The products have a total retail value of $160,000.
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Perkins Coie LLP sponsors legal internship at Mercy Corps' international headquarters April 27, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. – For the fourth year in a row, Perkins Coie LLP has generously agreed to sponsor a legal intern to work at Mercy Corps’ headquarters in Portland, Oregon. This position will help support work on legal issues in the US, and in many of Mercy Corps’ overseas operations.
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Philippines: Mercy Corps partners with BPI Globe BanKO to extend mobile banking to one million people in the Philippines April 11, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. – The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps today announced a partnership with BanKO, a joint venture bank founded by the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Globe Telecom and the Ayala Corporation in 2009. The partnership will deliver financial services, especially savings, to low-income and remote clientele in the Philippines using cell phones, a concept known as ‘mobile banking’.
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Haiti: Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organization (MiCRO) created to help protect Haiti's micro entrepreneurs March 30, 2011
The formation of Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO), an innovative donor-capitalized insurance facility developed by a syndicate of strategic stakeholders, will empower Haiti's micro-entrepreneurs to protect themselves against the economic aftermath of severe natural catastrophes. The facility’s scalable model for microinsurance is the first of its kind in Haiti and is aimed at the country's ‘informal sector’ – the organized poor who have taken steps to increase their economic standing and stability through the creation of small businesses.
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Mercy Corps introduces "Comfort For Kids" in Japan to heal emotional trauma of children March 23, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore – Mercy Corps will provide post-trauma help to Japanese children using Comfort for Kids, a methodology that builds local communities' ability to help children recover from the emotional effects of a large-scale disaster. Mercy Corps will pilot the program, in cooperation with our partner Peace Winds, in the tsunami-devastated city of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture. The program was developed by Mercy Corps and Bright Horizons, the world’s leading provider of employer-sponsored child care, early education, and work/life solutions.
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Mercy Corps emergency response leader heads for Japan's earthquake zone March 15, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. – The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps is sending its first emergency responder into Japan’s earthquake zone. Veteran aid worker Randy Martin, who directs the agency’s Global Emergency Operations (GEO) team, left Mercy Corps headquarters this morning and is expected to arrive in Japan later this week. Martin will work to bolster the relief efforts of Mercy Corps’ partner agency Peace Winds, which is distributing vital resources in the earthquake-devastated city of Kesennuma, in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture.
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Mercy Corps and Peace Winds Respond to Needs in Japan’s Devastated Earthquake Zone March 14, 2011
The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps is responding to the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on Friday. Mercy Corps is working with its long-time partner agency Peace Winds - which has rushed teams into the quake zone - and is putting members of its own emergency response team on high alert to provide support. Immediate concerns are food, shelter and clean water for survivors.
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Mercy Corps and Peace Winds respond to needs in Japan’s devastated earthquake zone March 12, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. – The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps is responding to yesterday’s powerful 8.9 magnitude Sendai earthquake in Japan. Mercy Corps is working with its long-time partner agency Peace Winds, which is rushing teams into the quake zone, and putting members of its own emergency response team on high alert to provide support. Immediate concerns are food, shelter and clean water for survivors.