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A big bet on helping refugees build their dreams

An innovative new partnership supports the most vulnerable refugees as they work to become entrepreneurs.

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OUR MISSION

We’re leading a global community of humanitarians to create a future where everyone can prosper.

  • 37m

    people reached across the world in 2020

  • 40+

    countries where we work today

  • 5.6k

    team members around the world

  • 85%

    team members from the countries where they work
News and features
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February 19, 2021
Community first: Black entrepreneurs show us what’s possible
Across the Pacific Northwest, Black entrepreneurs show us what’s possible for local communities – showcasing craft, perseverance, and the power of humanity.
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A mercy corps staff team member hands someone a hygiene kit during a door to door community outreach event in jakarta province.
February 12, 2021
Global crises are on the rise. Here’s what President Biden can do.
Communities across the globe need more support to meet the growing challenges of COVID-19, conflict and climate change. Here are the actions we’re asking the Biden-Harris administration to take.
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A person uses a broom to try and clear the snow away from their damaged tent.
February 11, 2021
Winter in Syria, from a voice on the ground
More than three quarters of Mercy Corps staff working in Syria are themselves displaced from their homes. One Syrian team member describes the experience of a displacement camp in their own words.
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A person wearing face mask shows off their mercy corps hat to the camera on a busy street in somalia.
February 2, 2021
Getting vaccines to everyone, everywhere
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring the world’s most vulnerable people have access to COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s what we’re doing, and what you can do to help.
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On a wall inside a small storage room a person looks at the various greeting cards he and his father have received from their clients over the years.
December 30, 2020
Our top photos from 2020: Reflections on resilience
Our Senior Global Photographer looks back on a year marked by crisis. What his favorite photos from 2020 capture is a shared sense of determination in communities across the globe.
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December 29, 2020
4 of the biggest challenges we’re tackling in 2021
With the end of the pandemic potentially in sight, we’re focusing on helping communities stay safe, weather the long-term impacts of COVID-19 and emerge stronger.
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Mercy Corps reaches over 15 million people with COVID-19 response
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Our policy recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration
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Who we are

Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of crisis, disaster, poverty and climate change to create a world where everyone can prosper. Beyond delivering aid to meet urgent needs, we develop long-term solutions to make lasting change possible.

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What we do

In over 40 countries, we work with local changemakers, global innovators and people most affected by crises to help fragile communities break the cycle of poverty, rebuild after disaster and forge new paths to prosperity in the face of injustice, instability and climate change.

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