Mercy Corps Research Paper

Blinn College has offered college students 15 hours of college credit for volunteering at a nonprofit organization which gives me the opportunity to select an organization that helps communities that went through natural disasters considering, there have been many natural disasters occurring all around the world and they have exceedingly increased over time. There were 78 natural disasters reported in 1970 and by 2004 it had marked up to 348, all together it has been affecting 217 million people each year since 1990 as claimed by Samaria Garrett. Although, the disasters aren’t beyond one’s control, there are organizations that help prevent communities from worsening such as Mercy Corps. Mercy corps is a global organization that was founded

To illustrate, in 2005 mercy corps contributed inimproving the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe by re-using building materials, supplying tools to dismantle the ruined houses, and working with the families that were impacted by the disasters and have currently been working in helping more than 30 countries build secure communities to restore what was destroyed. In relation, “On average, over 22 million people have been displaced each year since 2008 because of climate or weather-related disasters” (Gillian B. White) which is why mercy corps is set on guiding people to survive through catastrophes, build better lives and communities. I’ve mainly selected mercy corps because it offers orientation to become aware of what mercy corps is and to acknowledge the variety of options on whom would like to volunteer such as community fundraising, action center and administrative support. Action Center lets volunteers take part in seminars and lectures that inform them about the crisis happening around the world and the improvements mercy corps has done for