By Mercy Corps | Mercy Corps
For communities across the world, 2025 has been a year like no other. Ongoing conflict has displaced millions and driven extreme hunger. Climate change continues to threaten communities’ access to nutritious food and clean water. And amidst these escalating crises, the sudden shuttering of foreign aid programs put struggling families in even greater peril.
But another story is starting to emerge: In the face of immense challenges, committed individuals and courageous communities have found ways to meet the moment. It’s a reminder that when we take action together, lives are saved, and progress remains possible.
With support from our teams, our partners, and committed humanitarians like you—these impact highlights from the last year show how communities have the power to recover, rebuild, and reshape our world for the better.
Looking forward, what’s next is up to all of us. Together, we can create a new beginning.
In the Caribbean: Preparing communities and responding in the aftermath
In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, our team and partners are rapidly responding to community needs, delivering clean water, cash assistance, emergency and shelter kits in Jamaica and across the Caribbean to support the recovery ahead. But our work to build climate resilience and prepare for extreme weather in the region began long before landfall. We continue to bring relief to families and communities while pushing for access to scale up our efforts.
Through our Caribbean Resilience Initiative, Mercy Corps has supported community-led preparedness and response. By establishing Resilience Hubs equipped with solar power, potable water, internet connectivity, and emergency supplies, we support a swift response within communities during and after storms like Hurricane Melissa.
Through our partnership with Cisco, Mercy Corps enabled communities in northern Kenya to improve natural resources management with digital tools. Real-time weather warnings, geographic analysis, and satellite imagery work together to help communities protect their livestock, land, and livelihoods from climate challenges.
Not only is integrating community knowledge with scientific data critical to creating a more sustainable future for farming communities in Kenya, but it’s an approach that can be scaled and adapted to help communities around the world to withstand extreme weather.
What’s next: Uniting to help communities persistWhile Mercy Corps’ programming has made a meaningful impact on the lives of millions of people this past year, significant funding cuts have stopped us from delivering lifesaving and life-changing assistance to those facing peril and crisis every day. This year will end, but the challenges that have emerged will only worsen if left unchecked.
That’s why it’s imperative for every one of us to come together around the future we still believe in—one where civilians affected by war have access to lifesaving resources, local partnerships power lasting progress, and smart solutions are scaled to spark profound impact across the world we share. What happens next truly is up to all of us.
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