News Releases & Alerts

News Alert: Locust Invasion Threatens Food Supplies Across East Africa as COVID-19 Slows Response

In the middle of last year, a plague of desert locusts -- the most devastating migratory pest in the world -- began to...

News Alert: As Ramadan Begins, COVID-19 Takes Hold at the Worst Possible Time for Disaster-stricken Indonesia

As the world’s largest Muslim population prepares for Ramadan, COVID-19 threatens to devastate communities in Indonesia...

Statement from the Mercy Corps Board of Directors Regarding Former CEO Neal Keny-Guyer

On October 10 th 2019, Neal Keny-Guyer resigned as Chief Executive Officer after 25 years of leadership at the helm of...

News Alert: Haiti Faces Triple Threat: COVID-19, Hunger Crisis and Hurricane Season

Haiti faces an urgent triple threat: the spread of the coronavirus compounded by the start of hurricane season in June...

News Alert: DRC Now Fighting Health Enemies on Two Fronts

With new Ebola cases emerging in the Democratic Republic of Congo just days before the largest ever epidemic in the...

News Alert: Mercy Corps Warns of Catastrophic Outbreak as Yemen Confirms COVID-19 Cases

As Yemen today confirmed its first case of COVID-19, Mercy Corps calls on warring parties to agree to and extend the two...