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Climate risks, including erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, and resource scarcity, intersect with existing vulnerabilities, such as weak governance structures and socio-economic inequities, to ...
News Alert: Afghanistan Faces Returnee Surge Amid Regional Uncertainties and Precarious Iran-Israel Ceasefire ...
The man-made humanitarian crisis is threatening to turn into famine in South Sudan. How did this happen? Get the facts and learn why this young nation needs our help.
Get the quick facts about how Puerto Rico has been affected by Hurricane Maria, what Mercy Corps and partners are doing, and how you can help.
What is youth unemployment? The term “youth unemployment” is exactly what its name implies: it results when young people – defined by the United Nations as 15-24 year-olds – are looking for jobs but ...
Kabul faces a dire water crisis with aquifers depleting, rising contamination, and collapsing access. Urgent investment and coordination are needed to prevent the city from becoming the first to run ...
At Mercy Corps Ventures, 2024 brought both remarkable advancements and urgent challenges in our collective response to climate change. It was a year that highlighted how innovative resilience-building ...
In the small town of Gangarasso-Sangassumi, Zaina (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) doesn’t have to think twice about whether she should attend school. Not long ago, twelve-year-old ...
Sudan has already been recognized as the center of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Two years of grinding conflict have multiplied hunger, displacement, and suffering – pushing more ...
Conflicts in Nigeria have become increasingly complex over time, but effective and full implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda at the local level can advance locally-led, gender ...
Each of the position papers in our Climate: Possible series articulates proven and high-potential solutions to climate challenges, drawing on Mercy Corps’ extensive experience, evidence, and insights.
The COALESCE Handbook for Social Cohesion guides program implementers in designing, implementing, and measuring interventions that seek to increase social cohesion in both development and humanitarian ...