About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is an American aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock: natural disaster, economic collapse, or conflict. People working for it move as quickly as possible from bringing in food and supplies to enabling people to rebuild their economy with community-driven and market-led programs. To lay the – more... groundwork for longer-term recovery, Mercy Corps focuses on connecting to both government and business for the changes they would like to see. – less