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Reimagining real estate investments to close the racial wealth gap

Our innovative Community Investment Trust program provides an opportunity for neighbors to build wealth together in the U.S.

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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
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Anthony sits in front of his damaged house in zimbabwe
April 8, 2021
The facts: How climate change affects people living in poverty
For people living in poverty, the effects of climate change — limited water and food sources and increased competition for them — are a matter of life and death.
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Tea industry workers standing together.
March 29, 2021
The women on the frontlines of COVID-19 awareness
Women make up more than half of the workforce in India’s tea industry, and they’re helping to keep their communities safe with prevention information in remote Assam tea estates.
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Timor leste woman in vegetable garden with child.
March 26, 2021
Grow a stronger world, starting in your backyard
The challenges of climate change are rising across the world — and across the street. Find out how building your own keyhole garden can help you unlock your climate resilience.
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Humanitarian aid team members hand food to a participant.
March 11, 2021
Humanitarians reflect on one year of the COVID-19 crisis
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercy Corps team members share their experiences responding to the global crisis.
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A person stands among plants in a garden.
March 11, 2021
Syria’s greatest force for change: Its people
Country Director Kieren Barnes shares how we’re reinforcing our commitment to the people of Syria.
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Three nepalese girls pose with hands out in front of them.
March 9, 2021
Girls speak up and fight back for a safer world
COVID-19 lockdowns have increased the risk of gender-based violence. In Nepal, our self-defense classes help girls grow stronger in body and mind.
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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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