Though enough food is produced to feed every person in the world, food waste is prominent throughout the supply chain, leading one in eleven people to face hunger every year. On World Hunger Day, many people are looking to support sustainable, lasting solutions to the hunger crisis. For long-term change, we need to support farmers to tackle waste, adapt to sudden changes in the climate, and be resilient in their environment. 

Luckily, you and your colleagues can make an impact with Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps empowers people to survive through crisis, build better lives, and transform their communities for good. Their staff work on a wide range of cause areas, including addressing hunger and strengthening communities’ ability to face climate extremes. 

Mercy Corps is a great nonprofit to partner with if your business wants to address hunger, center sustainability across your workplace culture, and build a more resilient future for us all. 

Employee Engagement Offering: “From Crisis to Resilience”
From Crisis to Resilience is a virtual engagement that activates employees around the impact that the global climate crisis has on food security and community resilience. Educational and interactive, participants learn about community stability in the face of climate disasters — what it is and what it takes to achieve it — through the story of a real Mercy Corps program participant and her community in rural Kenya.   

By watching videos and participating in interactive voting, participants will learn how to recover from a crisis and build resilience as a farming community in the face of climate change. Then, participants will hear about micro-volunteer opportunities to support Mercy Corps, like sending thanks to their team members around the globe. 

Outside of this engagement offering, Mercy Corps is ready to work with your business to create custom engagement events that meet your needs. Other offerings include: 

  • Virtual engagements are designed to be fun and informative experiences that offer opportunities for participants to learn about Mercy Corps’ programs and inspire action in support of their mission. Each hour-long engagement includes: 
    • Learning section for participants includes an introduction to Mercy Corps, the partnership impact with your company, and details on their programmatic approach to the engagement’s specific topic 
    • Interactive and engaging group activity 
    • Opportunity for participants to give back through micro-volunteering 
  • In-person engagements bring Mercy Corps’ mission directly to your employees through an impactful, immersive experience. Their in-person engagements build empathy and deepen a participant’s understanding of real-life challenges communities face post-disaster and the innovative solutions they implement globally. 
  • Self-guided activities are low touch but have a high reach. Mercy Corps’ self-guided options can be accomplished on an individual’s own timeframe, are 100% virtual, and have no associated costs. While the time investment for the employee is small, the impact is huge! 

Exploring the Impact 

In southeastern Mauritania, Barke waters crops at a farming cooperative that was established in 2008. Ghadima, the name of the farm co-op, means “the old one.” This was one of the most remote assignments Mercy Corps’ Director of Global Photography has had, requiring a full two days of driving across the Sahara Desert to reach the community.   

As part of Mercy Corps’ Nafoore program, participants received business and technical training, seeds, and equipment for the farm. Co-op members have seen increased productivity with their range of crops including cowpeas, tomatoes, and eggplants. Mercy Corps programs like Nafoore use a holistic approach that addresses the different, yet interconnected, needs of communities. In Mauritania, participants are not only increasing their own food security through the co-op farm but improving their livelihoods, which help to set up a more stable future for all. 

Let us help you 
Want your workplace to be a leader in addressing hunger with Mercy Corps?  From free resources to event planning support, Global Impact is the expert in workplace giving and we’d love to connect you with Mercy Corps.   

We can help inspire greater giving and foster a culture of social responsibility within your organization. Reach out today to get started!