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May 18, 2020
Desert locusts in East Africa: A plague of another order
As communities brace against COVID-19, a desert locust plague in East Africa threatens to drive hunger rates to unprecedented levels.
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May 8, 2020
The facts: What you need to know about global hunger
The hunger cycle has millions of families in its grip. Why don't they have the food they need — and what effect will COVID-19 have on the crisis?
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May 20, 2020
What is the effect of COVID-19 on girls’ education?
As the pandemic closes schools around the world, a Mercy Corps team member shares how vulnerable girls are losing the places where they learn and stay safe.
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May 18, 2020
Parenting teens during COVID-19: Lessons from around the world
A Mercy Corps team member shares what she's learned from working with adolescents in some of the world’s most fragile communities.
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April 20, 2020
Nine ways our COVID-19 Resilience Fund will strengthen communities
As the pandemic exposes and intensifies vulnerability around the world, here’s how we’re supporting public health, access to basics and economic recovery.
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May 12, 2020
Snapshots from around the world: Our COVID-19 response
See what we're doing as the virus reaches the countries most vulnerable to its health and economic impacts.
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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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