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WEBMercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of crisis, disaster, poverty, and climate change to create a world where everyone can prosper. Beyond delivering aid to meet urgent needs, we develop long-term solutions to make lasting change possible. Learn more.
Youth unemployment: a global crisis - Mercy Corps
WEBSep 4, 2020 · What is youth unemployment? The term “youth unemployment” is exactly what its name implies: it results when young people – defined by the United Nations as 15-24 year-olds – are looking for jobs but can’t find them. While unemployment itself is a problem – especially in the wake of COVID‑19 – youth unemployment is quickly becoming a global crisis. Youth is a concept that’s ...
Country-specific job boards | Mercy Corps
WEBCountry-specific job boards. Mercy Corps is a global team working together on the front lines of today’s biggest crises to create a future of possibility, where everyone can prosper. People come to Mercy Corps to do the most impactful work of their lives.
Famine confirmed in parts of North Darfur | Mercy Corps
WEBThe Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative confirmed famine in parts of Sudan’s North Darfur with 755,000 people at risk of starvation in 10 states. Additionally, 8.5 million people are experiencing severe food shortages that could lead to malnutrition and death. The need for humanitarian assistance — including clean water ...
Careers - Mercy Corps
WEBCareers. People come to Mercy Corps to do the most impactful work of their lives. This is a place where you get to bring your full self. Curiosity, kindness, collaboration, optimism, courage, creativity — these are some of the qualities that define our culture. We seek team members with different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of ...
Kenya - Mercy Corps
WEBMercy Corps has been working in Kenya since 2008, partnering with Kenyan communities to drive peace and development. Last year, our programs reached over 905,000 people across the country. The context Kenya is a country of abundant natural resources and is rapidly moving toward status as an upper-middle income country. With a long sea coast boasting the primary port that feeds central Africa ...
Give now to help change lives | Mercy Corps
WEBGive now to help change lives. Children look out from the remains of a destroyed building in southern Gaza. Photo: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Around the world, children, women, and men are facing enormous obstacles. Poverty, disaster, violent conflict, and the acute impacts of climate change continue to threaten progress and stability.
Syrian Refugee Crisis - What You Need to Know | Mercy Corps
WEBMar 9, 2017 · The facts: What you need to know about the Syria crisis. The Syrian conflict has created one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. Since 2011, over half of Syria’s pre-war population of 22 million has been forced to flee their homes in search of safety and opportunity, many of them more than once. Families still living in Syria are ...
How to help | Mercy Corps
WEBCollaboration is at the core of everything we do. We know that no single organization can solve the complex set of issues contributing to global poverty and suffering. That’s why we partner with forward-thinking organizations. Learn more about the difference we can make together. Learn more.
Community Mobilization Sector Approach - Mercy Corps
WEBDec 3, 2009 · Community mobilization is the process of engaging communities to identify community priorities, resources, needs and solutions in such a way as to promote representative participation, good governance, accountability and peaceful change.