Children line up to wash their hands before eating lunch at school in Maubisse Villa, Timor-Leste.
Community connection: Top 10 photos of 2024

Our Director of Global Photography shares the stories behind the photos highlighting participant stories and Mercy Corps’ work around the world.

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“there is nothing remaining,” says mercy corps team member vimbayi mazhani, of the damage done by cyclone idai in zimbabwe. “you cannot imagine someone surviving when everything is in shambles.” vimbayi was one of the first on the scene after the storm ripped through southern africa.
April 23, 2019
From the field: Our team reports on Cyclone Idai recovery in Zimbabwe
Several weeks after the disaster struck southern Africa, a member of our emergency response reflects on seeing continued need and the first signs of hope firsthand.
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A farmer in indonesia
May 17, 2013
Agri-Fin Mobile program provides big benefits on small phones
How Mercy Corps and local partners are bundling services on a unique mobile platform to help smallholder farmers boost their harvests and incomes.
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A group of youth in zimbabwe
August 18, 2011
Vocational training helps youths find jobs in Zimbabwe
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Beauty jokonya, a local farmer in zimbabwe's murehwa district, with bounty from her crop field — which, with help from mercy corps, she and her husband irrigate with a treadle pump.
December 15, 2010
Better living through treadle pumps
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