This week, we announced an ambitious Matching Gift Challenge goal: to raise $550,000 by midnight on May 31. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
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This week, we announced an ambitious Matching Gift Challenge goal: to raise $550,000 by midnight on May 31 to provide emergency relief and build long-term resilience for families facing COVID‑19 and other crises around the globe.

So many people have already stepped up, but we need your help if we are going to meet this challenge. Will you make a gift of $35 or more today? Your matching gift can help us make TWICE the difference:

Quick Donate: $1,000

Quick Donate: $500

Quick Donate: $150

Quick Donate: $75

Quick Donate: $35

Displaced families are some of the most vulnerable to crises like the current pandemic. For families living in packed camps with limited access to clean water and soap, COVID‑19 has the potential to spread like wildfire. Help our teams be there for them — and for people in crisis around the world — with your gift today.


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From: Adrienne Karecki, Mercy Corps <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, May 27, 2020 at 9:09 AM
Subject: What COVID‑19 could mean for refugees

Matching Gift Challenge Alert: Your gift today can help Mercy Corps go twice as far to deliver lifesaving support on the front lines of the COVID‑19 pandemic and other crises around the world ▸ Give Now

Double your impact to help displaced families get through this crisis ▸



Imagine living in a tent with your entire family, squeezed into a corner of a tightly packed refugee camp. You’ve escaped terrible violence. You’ve made it through the cold winter. And now you must face a new threat: COVID‑19.

In Syria, and in refugee camps around the world, an outbreak of COVID‑19 could endanger the lives of millions of people. It’s a crisis unlike any we’ve faced before.

That’s why Mercy Corps has set an ambitious goal to raise $550,000 before midnight on May 31, to provide emergency relief and build long-term resilience for families facing crisis around the globe. And thanks to a generous group of supporters who have contributed to our Matching Gift Challenge Fund, your matching gift of $35 or more can help us go twice as far.

Help families in crisis:
Together, we can make 2x the impact!

$35 x 2 = $70
in support Mercy Corps can deliver!


• $36 can help provide a hygiene kit to a family in Syria to protect themselves against COVID‑19 and other diseases.
• $50 can help provide a week of direct water provision through water trucking in Iraq, to keep refugee populations safe from infection.
• $100 can help build a communal hand-washing station to prevent the spread of deadly disease in South Sudan.
• $260 can help two displaced Syrian households receive a 1,000 liter plastic water storage tank, including the cost of supply, transportation and installation.
Mercy Corps supporters have stepped up time and again to help in moments of crisis. Today your gift can help us go twice as far, thanks to this matching gift challenge.

You may not be able to meet the person you’re helping, or witness the impact you’ve made. But please know that your generosity today will make a real difference for someone struggling to keep themselves and their family safe and healthy.

Together, we’ll get through this. Thank you, as always, for your incredible compassion and support.

With gratitude,

Adrienne Karecki
Adrienne Karecki, Mercy Corps Chief Development and Marketing Officer

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