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Take a look at many of our programs and you’ll find a common theme: clean water is the foundation of change.
When people have a safe and reliable water source, they are healthier and more productive. They are able to prevent disease, grow more food, raise stronger animals, avoid conflict, and spend more time pursuing an education and economic improvement.
See photos of the ways we’re making the world’s water go further.
Photo: Mathieu Rouquette/Mercy Corps

Take a look at many of our programs and you’ll find a common theme: clean water is the foundation of change.

When people have a safe and reliable water source, they are healthier and more productive. They are able to prevent disease, grow more food, raise stronger animals, avoid conflict, and spend more time pursuing an education and economic improvement.

See photos of the ways we’re making the world’s water go further.

Photo: Mathieu Rouquette/Mercy Corps

Stunning photos at The Atlantic in honor of World Water Day - how we use it, abuse it, and depend on it.

Stunning photos at The Atlantic in honor of World Water Day - how we use it, abuse it, and depend on it.

Toilets are a luxury in rural Nepal. Jagati Khuna is working to change that. Read more.

Toilets are a luxury in rural Nepal. Jagati Khuna is working to change that. Read more.

Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.