In disaster and in hardship, we're there when people need us—before, during or after an emergency. We take a comprehensive approach to every challenge, looking for solutions that empower people to survive crises, build better lives and transform their communities for good. In more than 40 countries around the world, we work directly with leaders and changemakers on the ground—focusing especially on women and young people—to build local strength and stability. We help people meet their urgent needs through interventions like cash, disaster preparedness, emergency response, food assistance, protection and shelter, and water, sanitation and hygiene. We also deliver the breakthrough solutions that help people build a stronger tomorrow, promoting resilience through agricultural development, children and youth, economic opportunity, health and nutrition, innovations, peacebuilding, and women and girls. Together with our partners from every sector, we're applying bold solutions to help spark, scale and sustain change. Because stronger communities mean a more peaceful world.

1. We take a comprehensive approach, looking for the connections between people and systems. We help communities move rapidly to recovery, and then work together to build long-term resilience to recurring shocks and stresses. 2. We collaborate with communities and changemakers to build local strength and stability. Local leaders and communities must co-create, lead and ultimately own anything we do, engaging markets and promoting good governance. 3. We innovate new ways to spark, scale and sustain change. New technology, business models and creative partnerships provide transformational opportunities for overcoming poverty and suffering. We leverage our robust global program platform to identify breakthrough ideas, test them in the field and take them to scale.

Mercy Corps has responded to almost every major global emergency over the past 20 years and has provided more than $4 billion in humanitarian assistance since our founding in 1979. Our global team of over 5,000 strong lives and works in more than 40 countries around the world. More than 85 percent of our field staff are from the countries where they work, and everywhere we work we rely on local partnerships to identify change makers who can help us empower people to build better, stronger lives.

Our goals provide us with targets and a means of accountability and transparency. Our dedicated monitoring, evaluation and learning team is committed to helping our program teams make data-driven decisions, ensuring they have the ability to capture data, effectively measure change, and learn from program outcomes. The team has adapted and created a wealth of new tools and systems to improve capacity, and has established a high standard for quality data for management, learning and decision-making. All large programs are required to meet a checklist of minimum standards. Requirements include: • A baseline report or assessment • An indicator plan (including gender indicators) • Quarterly reports (including sex and age disaggregated data) • A final evaluation report

Mercy Corps has helped meet the urgent needs of millions of people facing crises around the world. Our programs bridge the gap between short-term relief and long-term recovery after emergencies by restoring livelihoods, rebuilding local economies and preparing communities for future crises. • Today our staff of about 5,000 team members is reaching nearly 22 million people in more than 40 countries around the world. • We have responded to almost every global emergency over the past 20 years and have provided over $4 billion in lifesaving assistance since our founding in 1979. • We invest more than 75 percent of our program spending in long-term solutions that build a stronger tomorrow. • 3 in 4 people we reach — about 16 million — are women or young people under 25. The world is more fragile than ever. Looking at all the conflict and natural disasters, it's easy to see a world of impossibility. Instead, we see the possibility for transformational change. And with your help, we can turn that possibility into a reality — helping save lives today and building stronger, more resilient communities for tomorrow.