Take Action To Ease The Global Food Crisis

Prices of staple foods like rice and wheat have risen dramatically during the first four months of the year — triggering what the UN calls "a silent tsunami" and driving more than 100 million people deeper into poverty.

You can help by encouraging Congress to pass legislation to aid vulnerable people who are affected by this crisis.

Mercy Corps Signs Letter Urging Administration and Congress To Address Global Hunger

Mercy Corps, along with 18 colleague agencies, signed on to a letter that will be sent to the Administration and Congress urging them to address both the current global food crisis and the root causes of hunger worldwide.

A Living Memorial To Hunger

Battery Park City, New York — Mercy Corps' new Action Center to End World Hunger will focus on food crises and poverty issues facing today's world. But just across the street is a monument to famine's past: the Irish Hunger Memorial.

Global Food Crisis Spreads

If you've been paying attention to the news, you know that a "perfect storm" of factors — including soaring fuel prices, erratic weather and growing demand for biofuels — is pushing global food prices up dramatically.

Mercy Corps Breaks Ground on Action Center and Global Headquarters

Portland, Oregon — Mercy Corps officially broke ground Monday on the Mercy Corps Action Center, an innovative museum and learning space that will educate visitors on global hunger and poverty issues.

Building An Action Center from the Ground Floor

Portland, Oregon — The Mercy Corps Action Center will be on the ground floor of one of Portland's most historic buildings in the Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood. We check in with William Dann of Thomas Hacker Architects about the construction of the center and Mercy Corps' Global Headquarters.

Portland Development Council Approves Development of Mercy Corps Action Center

Portland, Oregon — In August of 2007, the Portland Development Commission (PDC) officially approved the Development and Dispensation Agreement (DDA) that allowed Mercy Corps to purchase and renovate the Skidmore Fountain Building in downtown Portland.

A Green Building Grows In Portland

Portland, Oregon — The Mercy Corps Action Center and Mercy Corps' Global Headquarters, opening in summer 2009, will not only be an innovative space for education and action regarding global poverty, but it will also stand as an stellar example of sustainable green building practices.

Field Dispatch: Preserving Uganda's Environment

Throughout the Action Center will be a series of touch screens that will feature first-hand accounts from community members, aid workers and activists around the world. These Field Dispatches will be regularly updated with fresh, timely content, keeping our visitors up-to-date on the work that Mercy Corps is doing to alleviate poverty and hunger in some of the world's most challenging places.