Mercy Corps
About Company
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
Mercy Corps has been working in strategic zones of influence in the Karamoja year since 2012 year, beginning with the $60 million BHA-funded Development Food Security Activities from 2013-2017, followed by Apolou, a six year, $55 million, Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA). Mercy Corps’ investments have been focused on building resilience, ensuring food insecure and economically marginalized households have access to, and ability to use, key capacities to help them cope, adapt, and thrive in the shock and stress context of Karamoja.
Over the years, Mercy Corps, as well as partner institutions have accumulated rich programmatic experience on what works, and what else is needed to strengthen the resilience of communities in Karamoja, to support food security and economic growth.
Mercy Corps’ existing BHA-funded work in Karamoja is ending in 2023, as future USAID investments will come through Feed the Future. Mercy Corps seeks to capitalize on its presence and experience in Karamoja to influence future investments, and support impactful resilience programming. Mercy Corps currently has the support of the USAID/BHA in Uganda to lead a high-level Karamoja-focused learning event to influence donors, government and implementing partners in how to best operate and sustain impact in Karamoja in the future.
