We Love What We Do

For more than 50 years,guided by faith and compassion, we walk alongside women and children, offering healing, dignity, and hope through every caring touch.

Who We Are

We are an international, faith-based NGO providing long-term, co-operative, humanitarian, medical and development aid to communities affected by poverty and unequal access to healthcare.

For over a century, we have worked to strengthen and support communities through healthcare programs and initiatives, the distribution of medicines and medical supplies, and the placement of volunteers.

As part of our global strategic platform, we focus on women’s, youth and children’s health and well-being. With partners, we are delivering sustainable health services in targeted communities within Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Our Mission

A Hopeful World

HoM has been dedicated to helping the poor and those marginalized in society for over 50 years. Our founder, first ministered to lepers in Haiti in the early 20th century. Today, we are a highly-respected global organization that has never wavered in our faith-based mission of service.

Our Leadership

Executive Team

HoM President & CEO Rebecca Mayors brings deep experience and a commitment to addressing health equity issues globally. Her career spans 20 years with various non-profits strengthening the provision of healthcare, water and sanitation, and social support services working with teams on program design and evaluation in more than 40 countries. Her skills span strategic planning, field technical support, partnership management, policy change, and coalition building.

We’re leading a global community of humanitarians to create a future where everyone can prosper.

people reached across the world in the last year
23 m
countries where we work
23 +
team members
43283
of team members are from the countries where they work
83 %

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Who we are

Mercy 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.

What we do

In over 35 countries, we work with local changemakers, global innovators, and people most affected by crises to help fragile communities break the cycle of poverty, rebuild after disaster, and forge new paths to prosperity in the face of injustice, instability, and climate change.

Join us in building a more equitable world.

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Phone: 877-435-7277

Email: Info@crs.org

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