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October 2020 Newsletter
Preparing for extreme weather disasters

Preparing for extreme weather disasters

What happens if, when you’re still in survival mode after a crisis, you experience a second one? Every corner of the world has had natural disasters in recent years, often made worse by climate change. Here’s how we’re helping communities prepare ▸

Together, we can make 5x the impact


Food, water, shelter, hygiene. Your gift today, combined with grants from other sources, enables us to rush up to 5 times more lifesaving help to fragile communities to prepare for and recover from disasters.


Top Stories

Why women are crucial to our COVID-19 response

Why women are crucial to our COVID-19 response

The pandemic is pushing women into poverty at a faster rate. We’re ensuring women have the financial tools, information and leadership to push back. Read more ▸

Emergency resilience

Emergency resilience: 7 ways to prepare

Stay informed. Know your network. Build trust. Develop grit. Disasters are intensifying, so it’s critical to go beyond what’s in your emergency kit. Apply our global preparedness expertise to help yourself, your family and community ▸

Get to know our CEO

Get to know our CEO

Introducing Tjada D’Oyen McKenna. Want to hear about her journey to Mercy Corps? Now is your chance to ask! Your question may be selected for Tjada to answer in a Facebook Live event on 11/11/2020. Send your question ▸

Resilience Hub Video Tour

Resilience Hub Video Tour

Community gardens, internet access, solar energy. Tour one of our 17 Resilience Hubs in Puerto Rico and learn how we are helping vulnerable communities better prepare for disasters, and meet their urgent needs when crisis strikes. Watch ▸

Tell the White House to support refugees


We cannot stand by as the Trump Administration reduces refugee admissions for the 4th year in a row. Urge the White House to provide safety to refugees by returning U.S. refugee admissions to the historic norm of 95,000.


Request your free 2021 calendar

Request your free 2021 calendar

As 2020 flies by, we have a gift to help you look forward to 2021! Our print calendar is filled with beautiful photographs from around the world, plus great ideas on how to create a brighter future. Request yours today ▸

Mercy Corps in the News

CNN

Covid-19 is worsening homelessness and housing insecurity. Here’s how you can help, CNN

Brookings

A community investment trust for Portland, Ore. residents to ‘buy back the block’, Brookings

The Guardian

'Confounding': Covid may have already peaked in many African countries, The Guardian