Our Emergency Response

Operating in some of the world's most challenging regions including Haiti, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, and South Sudan, Mercy Beyond Borders adapts quickly to address critical needs in times of crisis.

In Haiti, where violent gangs control the roads and ports causing insecurity to reach alarming levels.

Haiti Violence

People march as tires burn during a protest against insecurity, August 7, 2023, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. CBS News. Photo by Richard Pierrin/AFP/Getty

In South Sudan, mass flooding displaced over 3 million people.

Nat Geo Photo

National Geographic 11.09.2021. Photo by Lynsey Addario.

Pandemic-related global school closures causing delays in academic progress, with girls particularly affected due to the increased risk of forced marriage.

How has Mercy Beyond Borders responded?

  • We launched an ongoing daily hot meal program available to MBB’s 108 high school Scholars in Haiti. (2023-current)

  • We distributed emergency food packets (sacks of rice, cooking oil, etc.) to families in rural villages during the pandemic. (2020)

  • We gave direct cash (no strings attached) to our Scholars and refugee mothers. (2020)

  • We hosted pandemic awareness sessions in villages and refugee camps, providing education, soap, masks and hand-washing stations. (2020-2021)

  • We sponsored remote learning via radio for our high school Scholars, by hiring teachers to broadcast lessons daily. (2021)