Mercy Corps

Our Mission

Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided £600 million in assistance to people in 100 nations. Supported by headquarters offices in North America, Europe and Asia, the agency's unified global programmes employ 3,400 staff worldwide and reach nearly 14.4 million people in more than 35 countries.

Mercy Corps has learned that communities recovering from war or social upheaval must be the agents of their own transformation for change to endure. It's only when communities set their own agendas, raise their own resources and implement programmes themselves, that their first successes result in the renewed hope, confidence and skills to continue development.


Registered Charity No. SCO30289.

To learn more about our work take a look at our website.