Press releases
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Mercy Corps honors head of Gaza humanitarian operation with Ellsworth Culver Leadership Award
Portland, OR – This week, Mercy Corps presented the Ellsworth Culver Leadership Award to one of its exceptional staff members, Isdud Al Najjar, Program Manager for Economic Recovery in the Gaza Strip. Isdud fearlessly led the agency’s humanitarian response earlier this year when tensions between Israel and Hamas boiled over to an almost month-long war.
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Mercy Corps officially opens for business in Old Town, new action center welcomes visitors
Portland, OR – Mercy Corps and its affiliates, together with the Lemelson Foundation, cut the ribbon today on its new global headquarters building in Old Town Chinatown. Situated adjacent to Ankeny Plaza, the 83,000 square foot building boasts a LEED Platinum rating, convenient downtown location and open doors for the public to visit, learn about and become engaged in resolving humanitarian issues worldwide.
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Mercy Corps leads relief and recovery work in the Asia-Pacific
Portland, OR – Mercy Corps staff have been working quickly and diligently to respond to the devastation wrought by two enormous disasters in the Asia-Pacific region: the earthquakes on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the tsunami in the Samoan Islands.
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Mercy Corps celebrates official opening of new global headquarters and more in Old Town with series of public events
Portland, OR – Mercy Corps invites Portland to share in the celebrations of the opening of its new global headquarters at 45 SW Ankeny St in Old Town Portland. October 9th at 10am marks the official opening of the agency’s headquarters, the Mercy Corps Action Center, Mercy Corps Northwest, Design for the Other 90% exhibit, and the new home of the Lemelson Foundation. Events open to the public to celebrate this important moment in Mercy Corps’ 30 year history include: Thursday, October 8th
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Mercy Corps responds to earthquake disasters in Samoa and Sumatra
Portland, OR – Mercy Corps is responding to two earthquake-related disasters in the Asia Pacific region: in tsunami-wracked Samoan Islands and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where an emergency team is on its way to the epicenter of a 7.6-magnitude quake. Samoa was slammed Tuesday night by a tsunami generated by an 8.0-magnitude quake. Mercy Corps is helping through a local partner on the ground. News agencies report that the death toll may reach 100.
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Mercy Corps partners with new gaming website GamesThatGive
Portland, OR – The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today announced that it will be one of the initial charity partners of GamesThatGive, a new charitable giving website. GamesThatGive allows users to play some of their favorite casual video games online, including Solitaire, Soduku and Gems, for free, while raising money to support charitable causes in the process. The site is available at gamesthatgive.net.
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Mercy Corps launches book club contest
Portland, OR – The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today announced a nationwide book club contest to help improve opportunities for women and girls in the developing world. Mercy Corps is encouraging book clubs to read Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. More than 350 book clubs have already signed up to participate.
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Mercy Corps and Reach Out To Asia join forces to expand youth activist network
Portland, OR – The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today announced a bold new initiative with Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) to truly internationalize the Global Citizen Corps, an initiative that equips high school and college students with critical skills to fight global poverty and mobilize others toward peaceful change.
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Praising Obama’s commitment to world hunger
Mercy Corps Praises Obama Administration’s Commitment To the World’s Hungry Portland, OR – The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today applauded the Obama administration’s announcement of a $3.5-billion investment in agriculture programs over three years to help feed the world’s poor. The announcement was part of a broader, $20-billion commitment to agriculture made by world leaders at the G-8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy.
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As 'hungry season' approaches, Mercy Corps launches campaign on women and hunger
Portland, OR – The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today launched the “One Table” campaign to empower women to fight global hunger. Mercy Corps pledged to raise $3 million for these efforts, as well as influence U.S. global hunger policy and spread awareness about how women can lead families out of hunger and poverty. “One Table” was launched at the approach of the summer hungry season, when food stocks dwindle to dangerously low levels in many poor countries.