After a year of uncertainty, what’s next is up to all of us

Stories of impact from 2025 show how we’re working, innovating, and partnering to make a difference against all odds.

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Ezra millstein, senior content producer, captures mercy corps’ impact on people and communities with his camera. here, he photographs herders in altan-ovoo, mongolia, working with us to keep their cattle, sheep and other animals free of insects and disease. photo: sean sheridan for mercy corps
January 03, 2020
10 photos of resilience in 2019
Moments that represent the diversity of the world’s challenges, and highlight some of our most breakthrough projects.
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Hands holding beans
December 13, 2019
The Libra opportunity for smallholder farmers
Libra could have an impact on smallholder farmers found predominantly outside of formal financial systems.
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Lydia and her husband at their small shop. lydia relies on rain-fed agriculture to support her family, a livelihood that has become increasingly fragile with the growing effects of climate change. photo: ezra millstein for mercy corps
December 09, 2019
Relying on rainfall: How one community in Kenya is affected by climate change
Once losing their crops to increased drought, one farming community in Kenya is now using a simple set of tools to grow their livelihoods and take on climate change.
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Three indonesians working in rice field
November 25, 2019
Thank you for building a better world
As we look back on the year, we see the challenges communities are facing, the resilience we are building, and how your support makes a better world possible.
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A woman farmer in kenya pictured with bare tree branches above her
November 19, 2019
Partnering with NASA to find solutions from the sky
Through a new partnership with NASA, Mercy Corps is expanding our AgriFin project to connect farmers with satellite data. State-of-the-art imagery and analysis will help small-holder farmers manage their crops and adapt to climate change.
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In the months since hurricane dorian made landfall on the bahamas, mercy corps has been working tirelessly to bring immediate and long-term support to communities affected by the storm, with emergency kit distribution and installation of a water treatment plant. photo: christy delafield/mercy corps
November 18, 2019
Two months later: Supporting communities in The Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian
In the weeks following Hurricane Dorian, we connected people affected by the storm with immediate emergency support by delivering solar-powered lanterns, delivering locally-purchased essential items and connecting hurricane survivors with access to clean water.
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