Haiti
Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps’ experienced, crisis-tested emergency team is on the ground in Port-au-Prince, responding to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti.
Mercy Corps is focusing on the immediate humanitarian needs on the ground — water, food, temporary shelter supplies and much more. As the most basic needs are met, Mercy Corps’ response team will transition from relief to long-term rebuilding and recovery efforts.
What We're Doing in Haiti ›
Topics: Displacement, Emergencies, Water/Sanitation
Mercy Corps’ team of emergency response experts is working to meet survivors’ immediate needs – water, food, shelter, hygiene – while laying the foundation for long-term recovery and self-sufficiency.
Haiti Response Team ›
Topics: Displacement, Emergencies, Water/Sanitation
Mercy Corps has deployed an A-team of humanitarian first responders. These experts from around the world have collective experience that includes responses to the China earthquake (2008), Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008), and Hurricane Katrina (2005).
Special Report: Keep making a difference for Haiti ›
Topics: Water/Sanitation, Food/Nutrition, Emergencies, Economic Development, Displacement, Children
It’s been two months now since an earthquake shattered Haiti, claimed more than 200,000 lives and displaced more than a million people.
Blog Post: Training to help children heal — a healing process in itself ›
Topics: Health, Emergencies, Displacement
I’m Fabiola, a part of Mercy Corps Haiti’s staff of nationals, hired as the communication officer about three weeks ago.
Blog Post: Haiti, nine weeks after the earthquake — what happens next ›
Topics: Social Innovations, Livelihoods, Environment, Emergencies, Economic Development, Displacement, Agriculture
Mercy Corps has been focused on emergency response. We’ve been busy with distributions, Comfort for Kids, water and sanitation provision.
Blog Post: 'Byenvenu a New York' ›
Topics: Youth, Emergencies, Displacement, Citizen Involvement, Children
Students at Mercy Corps' New York Action Centre prepare a special kit to help make Haitian children who have been relocated with their families a little bit more comfortable in their new city.
Blog Post: Unleashing the Haitian enterprising spirit ›
Topics: Urban, Emergencies, Displacement, Children
On my recent trip to Haiti, I was filled first with despair and then hope.
Blog Post: The mustache: the newest tool in disaster relief ›
The employees at Numara Software came up with an entertaining and effective way to raise funds for Haiti.
The Next Steps to Haiti's Recovery ›
Topics: Children, Citizen Involvement, Displacement, Economic Development, Emergencies, Livelihoods, Urban, Women's Empowerment
In the devastated but proud neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, thousands of people have organised into local committees to help manage, guide and pitch in for what needs to be done in their communities.
Blog Post: How we’ll help transform Haiti ›
Topics: Urban, Emergencies, Economic Development, Displacement
By investing in small and medium enterprises across key business sectors, we will create lasting, meaningful, good-paying jobs all over the country.

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