Mercy Corps

United States of America
Non Governmental Organizations

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.

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What matters for households' recovery trajectories following the Gorkha earthquake? A two-year panel study
To understand what mattered for recovery in the short and long-term, this study followed the same households 10 weeks, one year and two years after the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. The analysis will explore what factors mattered most for short-term coping and longterm recovery in order to improve humanitarian response and design of recovery programs in the aftermath of acute disasters.
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Driving resilience: Market approaches to disaster recovery
This issue brief focuses on the ways donors and emergency response practitioners can build long-term disaster resilience by working with local markets and market-based approaches during a disaster recovery and investing in long-term programming.
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New Orleans affordable housing assessment: lessons learned
A report on the responses to hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and their effect on the state of housing:
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The Mercy Corps 'Cash for Work' programme in post-tsunami Aceh
Cash for work (CFW) programs have been used in a variety of disaster and emergency contexts. CFW was a prominent component of the immediate response to the tsunami in Aceh.
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Six-month tsunami accountability report
Six months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Mercy Corps is providing assistance for more than one million survivors of the disaster.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.mercycorps.org
[email protected]
+44 (0)1509 222885