Learn More About Our Programmes
Afghanistan ›
Despite risks, once-oppressed Afghans are taking advantage of new opportunities to nurture a nascent democracy.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ›
Over the course of 17 years, Mercy Corps helped people in Bosnia and Herzegovina reach across ethnic lines to create better agricultural systems, build businesses and foster a more harmonious society for everyone.
Central African Republic ›
Access to clean water is the first step in a better life for Central Africans.
China ›
China is transforming itself by the day. We're helping ethnic minorities, migrant workers, rural farmers and earthquake survivors keep up with this rapid change and find their places in a vibrant new economy.
Colombia ›
Fighting among left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug traffickers and the army has helped to create the largest population of internally displaced people outside Sudan — at least 4 million, and growing.
DR Congo ›
Children are the most vulnerable population in any crisis. In Congo, they face the dangers of violence, malnutrition and diseases like cholera. They also miss out on the opportunity of education when conflict closes schools.
Ethiopia ›
Age-old livelihoods like farming and cattle-rearing continue in the home of some of humankind's oldest traces. But its rural traditions are under increasing threat.
Georgia ›
Farmer's associations, technical assistance, small loans and ethnic reconciliation are vital to creating healthier rural communities in Georgia.
Guatemala ›
For the mostly poor, indigenous families of Guatemala's central highlands, access to land and opportunity is the first step out of poverty.
Haiti ›
Our strategy addresses two simultaneous realities on the ground: the need to continue to assist those still living in camps and the need to help Haitians begin the longer term work of building a stronger, more self-sufficient Haiti.
Read our Six-Month Report to find out about the progress we're making alongside the communities we serve.Honduras ›
The land of Mayan kings and vast biological resources is also home to a fragile economy, massive unemployment and a yawning gap between rich and poor.
India ›
Thousands of Indian families have worked and lived for more than a century behind the fences of tea estates. Today, driven by need and inspired by ideas, they are remaking a world too often governed by colonial strictures.
Indonesia ›
From helping children grow healthier to providing low-cost financial services to aspiring entrepreneurs, our programme in Indonesia is nearly as vast as the nation's myriad islands.
Iraq ›
The road to a new Iraq is fraught with challenges, including sectarian violence, widespread displacement and insecurity. Education, basic services and unity are the building blocks.
Jordan ›
An arid nation grapples with water scarcity, the needs of the most vulnerable and the flood of Iraqi refugees.
Kenya ›
Mercy Corps' LEAP programme is reconciling communities torn by recent post-election violence.
Kosovo ›
Mercy Corps' vision in Kosovo is to help foster a more tolerant society that respects the rights of all individuals.
Kyrgyzstan ›
Financial services and vocational opportunities for youth are helping to ease this former Soviet republic's transition to independence. Click here to donate to our response to recent violence.
Lebanon ›
Giving youth opportunities for personal and professional growth helps lay the groundwork for a future free of social and political strife.
Liberia ›
Rising from the ashes of civil war, youthful Liberia looks to the future with Africa's first female president and a commitment to government reform.
Mongolia ›
In vast Mongolia, Mercy Corps connects isolated herding families to economic and educational opportunities, as well as to each other.
Myanmar ›
Burmese in the Irawaddy Delta struggle to rebuild their lives in this culturally rich and infamously reclusive nation.
Nepal ›
Extreme poverty, social marginalisation and conflict have severely limited the economic potential, decision-making ability and access to basic services of Nepali communities.
Nicaragua ›
Central America's largest country continues to rebuild after civil conflict and devastating hurricanes.
Niger ›
Long months of hunger between meagre harvests hold Niger's families in a brutal grip. Mercy Corps is helping them break free.
North Korea ›
For more than a decade, Mercy Corps has brought food, critical supplies, crop seedlings and cultural exchange to the people of North Korea.
Pakistan ›
In Pakistan we’re working to improve access to health care, expand public facilities like roads and irrigation systems, and increase opportunities for people to earn a living.
Philippines ›
Mercy Corps is helping bring innovative financial products and services to low-income populations once considered "unbankable."
Samoa ›
We're helping survivors of the tsunami that hit Samoa through South Pacific Business Development, a microcredit agency committed to quickly help rebuild homes and businesses in affected villages.
Somalia ›
In a failed state, small successes go a long way toward building self-reliant communities.
Sri Lanka ›
Mercy Corps continues to help Sri Lanka "build back better" from the tsunami, and focus on the country's culinary staple — rice — as a way to lift farmers' incomes and protect families against global price shocks.
Sudan ›
Vestiges of a 21-year civil war and 2.5 million people displaced in Darfur put Sudan in the top rank of states at risk of failure. Our work in southern Sudan focuses on building the capacity of local organisations that are key to long-lasting peace and tranquility.
Syria ›
Iraq's neighbour is overwhelmed by refugees — often the most vulnerable to begin with — fleeing the violence in their home country.
Tajikistan ›
Still trying to find its footing in a post-Soviet world, this landlocked and isolated region looks to a healthier, conflict-free future.
Timor-Leste ›
Timor-Leste is a country in tremendous need of substantial development in a wide variety of sectors. Mercy Corps has chosen to focus on building the skills of farmers to build local economies. We're implementing a European Community-funded project in Timor-Leste to improve food and cash crop production for 4,500 farmer families — about 22,500 individuals — in two rural districts: Ainaro and Manfahi.
Uganda ›
Over the past two decades, Uganda's civil war forced hundreds of thousands of families to flee their homes and way of life — at the zenith of the violence, more than 1.6 million people were displaced. With peace now on the horizon, Mercy Corps is helping them on their road home through agricultural and economic programmes that rebuild villages and lives.
United States ›
Mobilizing American youth to help fight against hunger, poverty and social injustice is one of Mercy Corps' most central strategies.
West Bank/Gaza ›
Marginalised and isolated, young Palestinians seek connections to the wider world.
Zimbabwe ›
Political instability, an economy in crisis and rising fuel and food costs threaten the proud residents of one of Africa's most beautiful countries.
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