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March 2020 Newsletter
COVID-19

COVID-19: Humanitarian action can save lives

Around the world, people fleeing conflict, living in poverty or without access to healthcare face the greatest risk from the COVID-19 pandemic. As borders are closing, it’s becoming harder for international aid to reach people who most need it. Learn how Mercy Corps is positioned to help ▸

Help vulnerable communities across the world get through crisis


With news reports updating the impact of COVID-19 around the globe, many of us are considering how we can best help. Let’s be here for each other, and protect the most vulnerable among us. Your support can help save lives where most at risk, in this and many other moments of crisis.


Top Stories

After the storm

After the storm: How The Bahamas continues to rebuild after Hurricane Dorian

Six months after Hurricane Dorian, work shifts from emergency services to long-term recovery efforts — and access to water is still critical. Learn how we’re helping people heal and rebuild ▸

WASH works to outsmart water scarcity

WASH works to outsmart water scarcity

Mercy Corps Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) experts work with civic leaders — especially women — to implement smart solutions to water scarcity. Meet some of our collaborators ▸

A year of impact

A year of impact: Our 2019 Annual Report

In 2019, global natural disasters and conflict left millions of people wondering "what’s next?" Mercy Corps responded, with the tools and resources they need to shape brighter futures for themselves and their families. View the annual report ▸

She thought there was no choice but to leave

She thought there was no choice but to leave

Sixteen-year-old Olga had almost made the hard decision to leave her home and family for an uncertain future in Guatemala City, when her friend introduced her to Mercy Corps’ youth development program — and gave her a reason to stay. Meet Olga ▸

When you’re unemployed, you lose your hope of...achieving your dreams

"When you’re unemployed, you lose your hope of...achieving your dreams"

Like nearly 40% of young people in Jordan, Laith struggled to find work. But a Mercy Corps vocational training in solar panel installation empowered him with a new livelihood — and a new outlook. Meet Laith ▸

A place for refugee mothers to open their hearts.

A place for refugee mothers to open their hearts.

Suzanne and her family are among the 12 million Syrian Refugees who fled violence in her homeland. They now live in Lebanon where she is a leader of a Mercy Corps support group for women and mothers. Watch the video about Suzanne ▸

Your voice is still needed.


Because you stepped up and shared your voices in 2019, Congress adopted the historic bipartisan Global Fragility Act, to tackle alarming levels of global violence around the world. But to ensure that the U.S. government can implement this bold new law, Congress must fund it.


Mercy Corps in the News

Devex

COVID-19 forces international aid groups to limit travel, rethink operations, Devex

NPR

U.N.: Humanitarian Crisis In Syria Reaches 'Horrifying New Level,', NPR

Forbes

Supporting And Celebrating Women Entrepreneurship In Conflict Zones, Forbes