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Many are arriving in Herat, the main returnee hub, where overcrowded border facilities and transit centers are unable to keep pace. The spike in returnees threatens to overwhelm public infrastructure ...
Displaced, forced to flee, uprooted from all they had known. From Palestine to Ukraine and Myanmar to Sudan, more than 122.1 million people across the globe have been forced from their homes —the ...
In 2024, 122 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced, representing 1.5% of the global population, double from a decade earlier. Displacement is a long-term reality that implies no stable ...
Climate risks, including erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, and resource scarcity, intersect with existing vulnerabilities, such as weak governance structures and socio-economic inequities, to ...
News Alert: Afghanistan Faces Returnee Surge Amid Regional Uncertainties and Precarious Iran-Israel Ceasefire ...
When did the crisis in South Sudan start? South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011, but the hard-won celebration was short-lived. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the ruling ...
This report outlines the escalating threats to water access, health, and stability in Afghanistan’s capital. With aquifers nearing depletion, widespread contamination, and funding for WASH programming ...
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 ...
On the morning of Wednesday, September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico with sustained winds of 155 mph, uprooting trees, downing weather stations and cell towers, and ripping wooden and ...
At Mercy Corps Ventures, 2024 brought both remarkable advancements and urgent challenges in our collective response to climate change. It was a year that highlighted how innovative resilience-building ...
Mercy Corps has worked with local communities for over four decades to meet complex challenges with comprehensive, innovative solutions. From proactive and rapid emergency response to restorative ...
New assessment reveals nine in 10 children are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition . Data from a new Mercy Corps assessment reveals a catastrophic malnutrition crisis unfolding in Sudan’s ...