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Gaza ceasefire

The ceasefire is a critical step but now we must urgently surge the immediate, consistent, and safe delivery of life-saving aid.

Displaced, yet determined

June 12, 2025

On this year's World Refugee Day, Mercy Corps shared stories of refugees on the path to self-reliance in Uganda.

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Congolese woman and child

August 15, 2018

Climate-proofing futures: How we're preparing young people for more extreme weather to come

As climate change continues to worsen weather patterns and exacerbate hunger and conflict, young people -- especially those living in the world's poorest countries -- will bear the brunt of the impact. Find out how Mercy Corps is helping young people prepare.

Woman standing in green leafy garden with trees in background

August 06, 2018

Unveiling a world of possibility on India’s tea estates

Life on India's tea estates can be difficult — especially for youth who have limited access to resources and opportunities to build a bright future. Learn how we're helping them look past their circumstances and see possibility.

Perspectives: a humanitarian lens on global issues

There's more to peace than solving violent extremism

If we want to invest in a more peaceful world, we have to balance short and long term goals.

Karla peña, mercy corps resilience program manager, and hector mujica, regional manager for google.org, in humacao, puerto rico. photo: christy delafield/mercy corps

Accelerating Puerto Rico’s economic recovery with Google volunteers

In partnership with Google, Mercy Corps is working in Puerto Rico to help small business owners — and the natural areas they rely on — recover from Hurricane Maria.

Frederico, 36, builds clean cookstoves in a small business mercy corps supports on the island of timor-leste. “all disabled people have their own capacity, their own knowledge where they can do something,” he says. photo: ezra millstein/mercy corps

In Timor-Leste, clean cookstoves offer opportunity for all

Freddie works for a small clean cookstove company that just launched this year. Clean cookstoves are critical in Timor-Leste: On an island facing the full brunt of climate change, where most people cook over an open flame, they burn less fuel and produce less smoke.

When oriana (right) and her daughter, joelbi, fled to colombia, they found themselves with both less and more than they bargained for: living under a bridge with a large, surrogate family of equally desperate venezuelan refugees.

Out of tragedy, a new family forms

When Oriana fled with her children to Colombia, she found herself with both less and more than she bargained for: living under a bridge with a large, surrogate family of equally desperate Venezuelan refugees. Here's her story.