Whether flooding, earthquake, or conflict is the emergency, this is often
where we begin

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Across the world, the emergencies Mercy Corps responds to
can take many forms — hurricanes, earthquakes, violence forcing entire
communities from their homes. For the people affected, the first days and
weeks are filled with moments of uncertainty and loss, but are also times
of cooperation and creativity as communities come together and develop
solutions.

So when disaster strikes, where do Mercy Corps’ teams begin to help
families and communities survive? More often than not, our first response
includes WASH: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.

In moments of crisis, Mercy Corps’ WASH experts’ priority is to provide
communities with the basic necessity of water and sanitation so they can
focus on rebuilding their lives. Whether it’s partnering on a
reverse-osmosis process to desalinate ocean water in The Bahamas, or
piping in clean water when wells become contaminated after floods in
Indonesia, survival starts with clean water.

[ Indonesia ]Indonesia
Mercy Corps Indonesia team member Piva shows children a water point, built
to prevent the community from relying on poor-quality river water after
major floods damaged other sources.
At its core, WASH is a matter of public health. Engaging with local
partners to promote key hygiene and disease-prevention practices (like
hand-washing) is as important as strengthening water infrastructure.

[ Democratic ]Democratic Republic of Congo
In the DRC, water scarcity makes families more vulnerable to diseases
including Ebola and COVID‑19. Kavira uses one of the many hand-washing
stations built by Mercy Corps.
After catastrophic events, we are often among the first humanitarian aid
organizations on the ground. As an established leader in emergency and
early recovery, Mercy Corps swiftly mobilizes resources to reestablish
disrupted water and sanitation services.

As the moment of crisis subsides, where do we begin to pave a road to
recovery? Seeking lasting change, we equip communities with long-term
solutions to meet their biggest needs.

Water management for agriculture is key to building food security — and
job security. In Yemen, where the world’s worst humanitarian crisis is
exacerbated by extreme climate events, Mercy Corps employed farmers to
rehabilitate irrigation canals, helping people earn income and also access
flood water to irrigate their crops.

[ Yemen ]Yemen
We work with people like Wassim, who was hired by Mercy Corps to help
build an irrigation channel. He invested his earnings in a vegetable
stand, to better support his four children.
From Mali to Nepal to Jordan to Timor-Leste — and in so many places where
shifting conflicts and unpredictable weather patterns make water access
increasingly difficult — Mercy Corps helps provide solutions based on the
availability of local resources, and by ensuring that the people who are
most affected by water issues are the key leaders and decision makers in
the process.

For more about our unique approach, and to hear firsthand from some of our
WASH experts, read [ [link removed] ]From emergency to recovery: Delivering water,
sanitation, and hygiene.

Thanks for taking a moment to learn about our lifesaving and life-changing
work, and for being a member of our global community.

Sincerely,

The Mercy Corps team

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