Portland, United States · Established 1979
Mercy Corps
The world is emerging brighter.
(About)
Team of humanitarians working in 40+ countries hit by disaster and conflict.
Mercy Corps was founded in 1979 as the Save the Refugees Fund, an emergency response to the exodus of Cambodian refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge. It was renamed Mercy Corps in 1982 as its work broadened beyond refugee relief to long-term development.
The organisation is a US 501(c)(3) with global headquarters in Portland, Oregon and Edinburgh, Scotland, working in more than forty countries. Its programme identity centres on 'market-based' recovery — the idea that even in conflict-affected economies the most durable route out of crisis is to keep local markets, businesses and financial systems functioning rather than replace them with parallel aid systems.
Alongside humanitarian response, Mercy Corps runs climate-resilient agriculture and water programmes, youth employment and social-cohesion work in fragile states, and the Airbel Impact Lab, an in-house research and product-design unit that tests new humanitarian interventions.
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Structure & mandate
US 501(c)(3) founded 1979 (originally Save the Refugees Fund). Global headquarters in Portland, Oregon and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Key public programmes
- ▸Market-based recovery in conflict-affected economies
- ▸Climate-resilient agriculture and water management
- ▸Youth employment and social cohesion in fragile states
Founded
1979
HQ
Portland
United States
Countries of work
10+
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(Work in the field)
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(Where we operate)
Active in 10 countries.
- Syria
- Ukraine
- Yemen
- Ethiopia
- Nigeria
- Colombia
- Guatemala
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Uganda
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