Kyrgyzstan handicraft woman
Photo: Jason Sangster for Mercy Corps

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Help Families in Need

Disaster, conflict and other crises drive already-struggling families deeper into poverty. Through economic development and other programs, Mercy Corps helps almost 17 million people around the world.

Problem

Millions of people in the world’s toughest places face the crises of natural disaster, poverty and conflict.

Solution

Provide communities with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives.

Your impact

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provides a displaced family in war-torn Congo with three months' worth of cooking fuel from sustainable wood sources.
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When conflict or disaster strikes, communities and families suffer. They lose their homes. They lose their businesses and livelihoods. They are forced to start again from nothing. For 30 years, in the midst of economic collapse, political transitions, armed conflict and natural disasters, we've been helping millions of individuals, families and communities turn crises into opportunities for sustainable, positive change.

Your support will help millions of hard-working people who seek to rebuild their lives and homes while also resurrecting their communities. Your donation helps open schools, start small businesses and establish peace in communities scarred by conflict. We work directly with communities to learn their most urgent needs, then collaborate with them on long-term solutions to their biggest challenges. By working together with families and local partners, we help bring about lasting change — change that helps communities emerge from turmoil and turn crisis into opportunity.

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About Community Fundraising

You don't have to sit back and watch.

There are plenty of ways to get together, get involved, reach out to your community and make a difference. We rely on the creative fundraising of generous individuals and groups of all ages to raise money -- and awareness -- for our efforts.

Email Carlene Deits, Community Fundraising Associate, or call her at (800) 292-3355, ext. 5878.

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