“We see that climate change is a very unjust, discriminatory mega-force challenge. While it impacts us all, it impacts the poor and the vulnerable most, especially the bottom billion. Those folks who live on less than a dollar a day! While it impacts citizens least responsible – the people of Africa – the most. When global warming triggers famine through flooding and drought or the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue, the poor suffer most.”
- Mercy Corps Executive Director Neal Keny-Guyer

About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided more than $1.5 billion in assistance to people in 106 nations. Supported by headquarters in North America and Europe, the agency’s global programs employ 3,500 staff worldwide and reach more than 16.4 million people in more than 35 countries. Over the past five years, more than 89 percent of the agency’s resources have been allocated directly to programs that help people in need.

In the fall of 2008, Mercy Corps will open the-first-of-its-kind Action Center to End World Hunger in New York City. This represents Mercy Corps’commitment to radically alter the way people think about the world and their role within it. For more information, visit www.mercycorps.org.