Refugees and IDPs

Today there are an estimated nine million refugees and 24 million internally displaced persons, or IDPs, according to Refugees International.

Mercy Corps provides assistance IDPs and refugees in a variety of ways - from the immediate distribution of food and emergency supplies to community mapping and support for resettlement in countries as different as Pakistan, Sudan and Columbia.

Read about how Mercy Corps programs grapple with the issues faced by these groups in its programs.