Our Work

  • OUR BEGINNINGS:
    Mercy Beyond Borders, founded in 2008, partners with displaced women and girls in ways that alleviate their extreme poverty. We began in South Sudan, which has one-quarter of the world's displaced peoples, and later expanded to Haiti, where tens of thousands remain displaced since the 2010 earthquake.

    We are a 501(c)(3) registered in California and committed to linking displaced women & girls with resources for their development.
     
  • OUR FOCUS:
    Because we are convinced that WHERE WOMEN LEARN, WOMEN MATTER, all of our projects with women and girls—whether promoting health, supporting economic development, or providing formal schooling and scholarships—include an educational component.
    Woman and Child in South Sudan Haiti Tent City
    Woman and Child in South Sudan Haiti Tent City
  • THE PROBLEM:
    Extreme poverty (defined by the UN as living on less than $1.25/day) is poverty that kills--for lack of adequate nutrition, shelter, clean water, & medicines. Among all who suffer from extreme poverty, the most vulnerable are women & children displaced by war. Learn more...
     
  • THE SOLUTION:
    Extreme poverty can be alleviated, but only with external intervention. In order to get onto the first rung of the ladder of economic development, those trapped in extreme poverty require aid and solidarity. According to economist Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and architect of the UN Millennium Goals, once they have that first leg up, they can and do advance on their own. Learn more...
     
  • THE MERCY BEYOND BORDERS APPROACH:
    Mercy Beyond Borders uses three methods proven to be effective in alleviating extreme poverty: (1) Educating women and girls, (2) Providing funding for small entrepreneurial projects designed & implemented by the displaced women themselves, and (3) Promoting maternal and child health.
    Girls at School, South Sudan Paskalina's MicroEnt Business, South Sudan Health Promotion Workshop on Importance of Vegetables, South Sudan
    Girls at School, South Sudan
    		 Paskalina's MicroEnterprise Business, South Sudan Health Promotion Workshop on Importance of Vegetables, South Sudan