Many are arriving in Herat, the main returnee hub, where overcrowded border facilities and transit centers are unable to keep pace. The spike in returnees threatens to overwhelm public infrastructure ...

Displaced, forced to flee, uprooted from all they had known. From Palestine to Ukraine and Myanmar to Sudan, more than 122.1 million people across the globe have been forced from their homes —the ...

South Sudan should be a country full of hope eight years after gaining independence. Instead, it’s now in the grip of a massive humanitarian crisis. Political conflict, compounded by economic woes and ...

Why is youth unemployment so high? According to a 2020 report from the International Labor Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, the global youth unemployment rate stands at ...

This report outlines the escalating threats to water access, health, and stability in Afghanistan’s capital. With aquifers nearing depletion, widespread contamination, and funding for WASH programming ...

At Mercy Corps Ventures, 2024 brought both remarkable advancements and urgent challenges in our collective response to climate change. It was a year that highlighted how innovative resilience-building ...

The effects of the hurricane — the worst storm to strike the island in over 80 years — caused as much as $94.4 billion in damages. About 80 percent of the island’s crop value was wiped out by Maria, ...

Cisco and Mercy Corps recently completed a five-year Technology for Impact partnership centered on delivering humanitarian aid and development assistance faster, better and to more people around the ...

Sharing findings from research on Mercy Corps’ global programme adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations on how programmes can adapt to shocks that reduce access.

In May 2021, the center of Goma was narrowly spared as lava flows stopped short of engulfing the heart of the city during the Mt. Nyiragongo eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nestled ...

Mercy Corps has worked with local communities for over four decades to meet complex challenges with comprehensive, innovative solutions. From proactive and rapid emergency response to restorative ...