Stand with people in need this World Refugee Day by giving a gift of
support. Give by midnight tonight.

Today is World Refugee Day. I hope that before this day is over, we’re all
able to take a moment to think of the more than 70 million displaced
people on the Earth.

[ [link removed] ]Make your gift before midnight tonight, to help support refugees around
the world.

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It’s the generosity of people like you that helps us make a better world possible for refugees
and other vulnerable populations worldwide. Our global community of
humanitarians — team members, supporters and the people we serve — each
has a role on the frontlines of today’s biggest crises. Your role matters.

Today I am also thinking of Mercy Corps’ global team. I am incredibly
proud that 85% of our almost 6,000 global team members are from the places
where we work, including 20 countries in which we serve refugees and
displaced families.

You may not know that more than 70% of Mercy Corps team members in Syria
are themselves displaced from their homes. Today, the refugees we serve in
Syria and elsewhere, already living in crowded and uncertain conditions,
face the added threat of COVID-19. Still, our teams continue to work
tirelessly to support the children, women and men seeking a more hopeful
future.

Stand with us this World Refugee Day. [ [link removed] ]Give a gift of support to Mercy Corps
before midnight today.

Thank you,

Adrienne Karecki

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christy Delafield, Mercy Corps <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:09 AM
Subject: In the next 48 hours, take a stand for
refugees

[ [link removed] ]Show your compassion for the 70+ million people seeking a place to
call home ▸

[ [link removed] ]Mercy Corps

World Refugee Day is Saturday, June 20th. It’s a day to
remember that more than 70 million people in the world right now have been
forcibly displaced from their homes, some of them multiple times. People
fleeing from places like Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar,
Somalia are seeking refuge, and more than 12 million from Syria, where
women and children are an overwhelming 80% of the refugee population.

Today, the threat of COVID‑19 has made life even more dangerous and
difficult for people living in temporary shelter or refugee camps. [ [link removed] ]Your
gift today
to our COVID‑19 Resilience Fund can help provide emergency supplies, food,
clean water and urgently needed support to refugees and other vulnerable
communities during this crisis and beyond.

[ [link removed] ]Give Now
[ Oriana ]Oriana and Joelbi in Colombia
(Riohacha, Colombia) Oriana, 43, (with her daughter, Joelbi, 17), fled to
Colombia after the Venezuelan hospital where she worked was shut down,
leaving her unable to feed her family. Living in a makeshift shelter, they
continue to seek opportunities for a better future.
In Colombia, pandemic lockdown has made already scarce jobs disappear for
Venezuelan migrants. It’s a humanitarian crisis now considered to be the
worst in the Western Hemisphere. We’re adapting our emergency cash program
so that we can still safely deliver assistance both digitally and
door-to-door, and distributing hygiene kits to prevent virus spread.

The refugee crisis is a human crisis. Behind the statistics are people
filled with unique life experiences and dreams for the future. They are
mothers longing to return home, fathers yearning to work again, children
searching for a childhood.

And with support from people like you, Mercy Corps is responding to help
refugees, displaced people and other vulnerable communities around the
world. We provide urgent resources like cash, food, water and shelter —
combined with ongoing services like youth centers, business recovery and
life skills training — to build a future where everyone can prosper.

This World Refugee Day, show your compassion for the more than 70 million
people seeking a safe and healthy place to call home. [ [link removed] ]Please give what
you can before midnight on June 20. Your generosity has the power to
change lives.

[ [link removed] ]Give Now
Thank you for being a humanitarian, and for knowing that a better world is possible.

With gratitude,

Christy Delafield
Mercy Corps Director of Communications

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