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Who We Are

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Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

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No one is more motivated or better equipped to create change than the person whose life and future is at stake. We help communities catalyze the change they want to see. It is their potential, their energy, and their ideas that ultimately will turn crisis into opportunity.

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Around the world, 95 percent of our team members are nationals of the countries where they work. Some are even former beneficiaries themselves. They personify our core belief in local solutions to local problems.

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Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1.7 billion in assistance to people in 107 nations. Our global programs are supported by headquarters in North America and Europe and field offices in some of the world's most troubled and challenging regions. In 2008, we helped 14.5 million people in 37 countries turn crisis into opportunity.

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For 30 years, in the midst of economic collapse, political transitions, armed conflict, and natural disasters, Mercy Corps has been helping millions of individuals, families and communities turn crises into opportunities for sustainable, positive change.

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Where people are thrown into the chaos of war, economic collapse or natural disaster, Mercy Corps provides immediate, sustaining humanitarian assistance, always with the goal of hastening recovery. As the most urgent needs are met, we immediately move toward programming that pursues longer-term stability and prosperity.

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Mercy Corps believes that solving social problems in the developing world requires blending sustainable, entrepreneurial strategies with a deep knowledge of local culture and context.

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Mercy Corps puts first the expressed needs of the people we serve, partnering to create durable solutions that make sense in the community context.

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Mercy Corps helps people turn the crises they confront into the opportunities they deserve. Driven by local needs, our programmes provide communities in the world’s toughest places with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team in 36 countries is improving the lives of 19 million people.
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February 25, 2009 1:45PM

The People We Serve

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No one is more motivated or better equipped to create change than the person whose life and future is at stake.

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February 25, 2009 1:46PM

The People of Mercy Corps

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Walk into a Mercy Corps field office anywhere in the world and you might not immediately distinguish between our team and the people we help.

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March 5, 2009 12:47PM

Mercy Corps Timeline

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For 32 years, we have helped people grappling with the toughest hardships survive — and then thrive. That’s the heart of our approach: we help communities turn crisis into opportunity.

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