We’re leading a global community of humanitarians to create a future where everyone can prosper.
Mercy Corps has been working in Lebanon since 1993, helping refugees and vulnerable Lebanese meet their urgent needs while also strengthening their resilience so they can better adapt and cope with future challenges. We reached over 150,000 people across the country in the past year.
We’re leading a global community of humanitarians to create a future where everyone can prosper.
Mercy Corps has been working in Lebanon since 1993, helping refugees and vulnerable Lebanese meet their urgent needs while also strengthening their resilience so they can better adapt and cope with future challenges. We reached over 150,000 people across the country in the past year.
244,052
Number of direct participants
706,950
Number of indirect participants
753
Number of businesses supported by Mercy Corps
6,666
Supported individuals (skills development and employability trainings)
937,800$
USD amount disbursed to businesses following the Beirut Blast
27.84%
Skills graduates employed
Our latest trainings
Agriculture Input Producers Support
The call for agricultural input producers is open! Are you locally producing fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, irrigation tools, or other agricultural inputs that play a crucial role in the vegetables, wheat, and cereals production? Do these inputs have a potential to...
BASATINE – Bolstering Agriculture Systems
Mercy Corps launches BASATINE, a four-year programme aiming to sustain the capacity of Lebanese agriculture to produce food for the local market, create and maintain jobs, generate social cohesion between host communities and refugees, as well as promote gender...
Freelance Academy
Your career might start from here! If you"re aged between 21-34, and already have skills in one of the following sectors: Graphic Design, Web Development, Content Writing and Translation, Architecture and interior design, and videography, then hurry up! Apply Now to...
Featured stories
Cash in Armed Conflict – A Feasibility Assessment of Cash Assistance in Lebanon
Since September 2024, the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah has caused the displacement of over 1 million people and large humanitarian suffering in Lebanon. The humanitarian response has prioritized distributing in-kind assistance to displaced...
Livelihood outcomes of multi-purpose cash assistance
Since 2019, the severe economic crisis in Lebanon has plunged a large portion of the population into poverty. Over the last decade, poverty has more than tripled, reaching 44% in 2022. Many families were forced to adopt negative coping strategies such as...
Community participation in the design of multi-purpose cash programmes – Perspectives from the field
The design of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programs, especially when implemented at scale, is often driven by technical considerations. The conversations often focus on the survival minimum expenditure basket, financial service provider’s fees and targeting...
Latest Reports
January Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: The Israeli military has withdrawn from several regions of southern Lebanon but, as of the date of publication, Israeli troops are holding their positions in several villages and towns, primarily in the eastern sector. Tensions escalated on January 26 –...
December Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: agreeing to the Cessation of Hostilities (CoH) on November 27, Israel has conducted extensive military operations across southern Lebanon, including over 88 artillery strikes, 92 airstrikes – 42 of which targeted areas north of the Litani River – and...
Lebanon at War: Cessation of Hostilities
Key Takeaways: Israel’s exclusion zone along the southern border, which is part of the 60-day Cessation of Hostilities (CoH), has prevented at least 65,000 displaced persons from returning to their homes, and has imposed movement restrictions south of the Litani...
