Tonight, you can help us make twice the impact before the year is over. Your gift matters. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
$300,000 Matching Gift Challenge: Supporters like you are still needed to reach this important goal — please give now. Give




The past year has shone a bright light on the strength of the human spirit to defy unnerving odds. To take to the streets and demand justice. To give food, supplies and funds where they’re needed most. To be allies and advocates, helping others persevere through crisis.

In that generous spirit, a group of supporters has contributed to our Matching Gift Challenge Fund to encourage others to match their gifts. Your matching gift to Mercy Corps could help feed, shelter and support people whose lives have been upended by violence. Take a moment now to complete your year-end gift.

2x impact

That’s me with the red hat (above) speaking with a group of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). They’re gathered at a cash distribution site Mercy Corps set up to help people who had to quickly flee their homes, as violence escalated in a political conflict.

Wivine, at the far left in this photo, ran from her home after hearing gunshots in the house next door. Her children were at school and fled separately. It took a week for them to reunite. And it’s not like escaping this violence is a one-time affair. Agnes, another woman at the same distribution event told us, "It’s nearly every day we have to flee. I want the violence to end."

Stopping political violence and the conditions that create it is a goal we all share, but we can’t let people suffer in the meantime. We can’t let people become nameless, faceless statistics, without hopes and dreams and real, immediate needs. That’s where your year-end gift can really help.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has the highest number of displaced people in Africa and is battling a severe hunger crisis. Here are a few of the ways we’re helping in the DRC — thanks in part to supporters like you:

• Cash. When people who’ve fled violence arrive at a safe location, Mercy Corps’ mobile emergency units provide cash assistance to help them buy what they need most. In the last two years, we’ve been able to provide cash assistance to more than 400,000 people.
• Water. Our mobile emergency units also provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, helping stave off dehydration and protect against deadly diseases like COVID-19 and Ebola — a virus that is endemic to the DRC.
• Food. Conflict in the DRC is complex, but we know that food insecurity contributes to tensions. Mercy Corps helps farmers increase their harvests and works with community leaders and government agencies to better manage conflicts over access to land and other resources.
In a year that has challenged us on every level, crisis after crisis has left us wondering ‘what next?’ Climate change, division, injustice, inequality — these are the defining global challenges of our time. And solving them means coming together. It means bringing everything we’ve got: Knowledge. Action. Crucial resources. It means speaking up, standing up, showing up. Because no matter what we’re facing — in the DRC, Syria, Indonesia, the United States — what’s next is up to all of us.

Your matching gift today is one step you can take to reshape the world. Please, complete your year-end gift.

And, remember, thanks to the CARES Act, everyone can claim up to $300 in charitable donations made this year, whether you itemize your deductions or not.

Merci,

Odette Asha
Responsable des communications / Communications Manager
République Démocratique du Congo (RDC-DRC)



We know you’re hearing a lot from us these days. The reason is simple: Every dollar we raise right now helps the people we work with protect their families and improve their lives. If you’ve already made your gift or would rather not get our year-end emails, click here to stop receiving email until January.

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