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|CSO date=1979 | |CSO date=1979 | ||
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|CSO theme migration=Energy and migration | |CSO theme migration=Energy and migration | ||
|CSO theme other=Others | |CSO theme other=Others | ||
| − | |CSO theme other text=Climate Adaptation, Market Systems Development, Humanitarian Response, Fragile States, Governance, Conflict Management, Children and Youth | + | |CSO theme other text=Climate Adaptation, Market Systems Development, Humanitarian Response, Fragile States, Governance, Conflict Management, Children and Youth |
| − | |CSO overview=Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian organization empowering people to recover from crisis, build better lives and transform their communities for good. With over 130 program offices in more than 42 countries, over 87% of Mercy Corps’ over 5,000 team members are local to the places where we work, with deep linkages to local markets, and strong, long-term relationships with key government actors, private sector entities, and other influencers. | + | |CSO overview=Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian organization empowering people to recover from crisis, build better lives and transform their communities for good. With over 130 program offices in more than 42 countries, over 87% of Mercy Corps’ over 5,000 team members are local to the places where we work, with deep linkages to local markets, and strong, long-term relationships with key government actors, private sector entities, and other influencers. |
|CSO key=Food security and nutrition, women and gender, water, health, emergency response, environment, climate change adaptation and climate information systems, education, women and gender, economic opportunity, disaster preparedness, children and youth, conflict management, agriculture, financial access. We see energy access as a cross cutting input for social and economic development. Our projects range from last mile distribution to grid scale productive power projects. https://youtu.be/iMvVPNZjDe0 | |CSO key=Food security and nutrition, women and gender, water, health, emergency response, environment, climate change adaptation and climate information systems, education, women and gender, economic opportunity, disaster preparedness, children and youth, conflict management, agriculture, financial access. We see energy access as a cross cutting input for social and economic development. Our projects range from last mile distribution to grid scale productive power projects. https://youtu.be/iMvVPNZjDe0 | ||
|CSO contact=Shanti Kleiman | |CSO contact=Shanti Kleiman | ||
| − | |CSO email=skleiman@mercycorps.org | + | |CSO email=skleiman@mercycorps.org |
|CSO url=https://www.mercycorps.org | |CSO url=https://www.mercycorps.org | ||
|CSO twitter=https://twitter.com/mercycorps?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor | |CSO twitter=https://twitter.com/mercycorps?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor | ||
|CSO facebook=https://www.facebook.com/mercycorps/ | |CSO facebook=https://www.facebook.com/mercycorps/ | ||
|CSO linkedin=https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercy-corps/ | |CSO linkedin=https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercy-corps/ | ||
| − | |CSO logo=MCbrand Logo Horizontal PMS 186 | + | |CSO logo=MCbrand Logo Horizontal PMS 186 2.pdf |
|CSO picture1=Ethiopia-201605-ssheridan-378.jpg | |CSO picture1=Ethiopia-201605-ssheridan-378.jpg | ||
|CSO partners=Group for the Environment; Renewable Energy and Solidarity (Geres), HEDON – Household Energy Network, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Practical Action, Solar Sister, SNV, Others | |CSO partners=Group for the Environment; Renewable Energy and Solidarity (Geres), HEDON – Household Energy Network, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Practical Action, Solar Sister, SNV, Others | ||
| − | |CSO intern gain=Better platform for both national and international advocacy by and for social movements and civil society groups. Connections for collaborative projects and messaging with national civil society groups. | + | |CSO intern gain=Better platform for both national and international advocacy by and for social movements and civil society groups. Connections for collaborative projects and messaging with national civil society groups. |
|CSO intern skills=I haven't thought about skills and experience but rather a coordination and convening function for collective action. | |CSO intern skills=I haven't thought about skills and experience but rather a coordination and convening function for collective action. | ||
| − | For the questions below, it is difficult to answer because as an organization we have many of these capacities to share but whether we are able to share with other depends so much on context and availability. So I could check all boxes, but not sure we would be able to meet everyones need. Similarly, I could check all boxes for areas where we have capacity gaps! Our teams around the world need to learn from each other and could equally learn from the access networks. If we were a smaller or less multi-sectoral organization we might be able to answer this more clearly. | + | For the questions below, it is difficult to answer because as an organization we have many of these capacities to share but whether we are able to share with other depends so much on context and availability. So I could check all boxes, but not sure we would be able to meet everyones need. Similarly, I could check all boxes for areas where we have capacity gaps! Our teams around the world need to learn from each other and could equally learn from the access networks. If we were a smaller or less multi-sectoral organization we might be able to answer this more clearly. |
|CSO learning=Others | |CSO learning=Others | ||
|CSO agree=I agree. | |CSO agree=I agree. | ||
|CSO GDPR=I consent | |CSO GDPR=I consent | ||
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Mercy Corps
- Mercy Corps was founded in 1979 and is based in United States .
- Type of organisation: NGO
Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian organization empowering people to recover from crisis, build better lives and transform their communities for good. With over 130 program offices in more than 42 countries, over 87% of Mercy Corps’ over 5,000 team members are local to the places where we work, with deep linkages to local markets, and strong, long-term relationships with key government actors, private sector entities, and other influencers.
Logo
Key Activities
Food security and nutrition, women and gender, water, health, emergency response, environment, climate change adaptation and climate information systems, education, women and gender, economic opportunity, disaster preparedness, children and youth, conflict management, agriculture, financial access. We see energy access as a cross cutting input for social and economic development. Our projects range from last mile distribution to grid scale productive power projects. https://youtu.be/iMvVPNZjDe0
Main Activities
Target Groups
for clean cooking:
- Households
- Productive use and livelihoods
- Communities and social institutions (including schools and health centers)
- Households
- Productive use and livelihoods
- Communities and social institutions (including schools and health centers)
Themes
Other themes: Climate Adaptation, Market Systems Development, Humanitarian Response, Fragile States, Governance, Conflict Management, Children and Youth
Energy Solution Focus
Clean cooking 
Electricity 
Biomass
Solar
Biogas
LPG
Hybrid
Sizes
Where we work
Our regions of operation are: Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Middle East, South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, North America.
Our countries of operation are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burma, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Our headquarter is based in:
HQ office: Portland, OR USA; Washington DC USA; Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; Edinburgh, UK; The Hague, Netherlands.
Contact Details
Partnerships
We work together with the following ACCESS coalition partners: Group for the Environment; Renewable Energy and Solidarity (Geres), HEDON – Household Energy Network, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Practical Action, Solar Sister, SNV, Others.
Pictures
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