hunger & malnutrition

What we're doing to help end global hunger

Mercy Corps takes a multi-pronged approach to helping end world hunger, including implementing programs that tackle the multiple drivers of food security, while also engaging in policy discussions that influence our programs. Learn about this work and what is being done to stop world hunger.

Kenya: Wild weather: How we're helping Kenyans fight climate change

Extreme climate-driven disasters including drought and flood have pummeled Kenya in recent years, leaving millions at risk of hunger. This is how we're helping communities build less fragile futures.

Niger: Why we're inviting men to husband school

Women in rural Niger traditionally bear the burden of all the tasks that a healthy home and family depend on. We're helping strengthen families by teaching husbands to take an active role, too.

Niger: How farm school is helping Salma beat hunger

Through training and new techniques, Salma and her community are learning to grow more hearty, bountiful crops to carry them through the hunger gap, the time between harvests when food stores traditionally run out.

Uganda: Fighting hunger, one garden at a time

Women in rural Uganda are finding a simple solution to the big problem of hunger: kitchen gardens.

Nigeria: The new threat for survivors of Boko Haram

For millions of Nigerians who've escaped the terror of Boko Haram, the struggle to survive isn't over. In their places of refuge a new danger lingers: hunger.

Niger: The hidden survivors of the hunger gap

Every year, millions of people in Niger have to figure out how they will survive between harvests. This is what they look like.

PHOTOS: Kitchens around the world

In every corner of the world, food brings people together. But where we cook and gather looks different for each one of us, depending on where we live and what we've been through.

Yemen: In the face of hunger, a doctor's knowledge goes viral

Some 14 million people in Yemen people don't have the food they need. Learn how one doctor is challenging traditional beliefs and teaching mothers why exclusive breastfeeding is the best way to keep their children healthy and fed.

The first 1,000 days: No time for malnutrition

The first 1,000 days of a child's life, when development is happening more quickly than it ever will, is the most harmful time for them to be malnourished. Learn about the causes and effects of this devastating condition.