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Mercy Corps Contacts | Mercy Corps Contacts, Email Address And Phone numbers. Contact Mercy Corps with the Mercy Corps Contacts below. The organization is founded as Save the Refugees Fund, a task force organized by Dan O’Neill in response to the plight of Cambodian refugees fleeing the famine, war and genocide of the “killing fields.” The fledgling organization raises $1 million to provide lifesaving aid to hundreds of thousands of people in Cambodia and helps focus America’s attention on the humanitarian crisis.

Dan O’Neill meets Ellsworth (“Ells”) Culver. The two men immediately strike up a strong, enduring friendship — and find that they share a commitment to provide more innovative, sustainable aid and development to poor communities.

Culver and O’Neill incorporate as Mercy Corps International in Seattle, Washington, and begin focusing on long-term solutions to hunger and poverty. The agency’s first development project is launched in Honduras, partnering with a local group called Project Global Village (PAG, in Spanish), which teaches soil conservation and watershed management. Mercy Corps also begins working in Lebanon, helping to rebuild houses and provide job training.

Mercy Corps shortens its name and establishes it headquarters in Portland, Oregon. PAG becomes an independent organization which by 2010 grows to employ 190 people in six offices that serve 650 Honduras villages.

Mercy Corps begins work in Sudan, with projects to improve food security and accelerate development.

Mercy Corps launches programs in Afghanistan, assisting 2.5 million people with agriculture and development projects.

Mercy Corps distributes $7 million in supplies, including seeds to people in Ethiopia and medicine to people in Afghanistan.

Mercy Corps begins lending programs that by the mid-2000s evolve into 12 microfinance organizations (MFIs). To date our MFIs have lent $1.5 billion to help low-income customers build small businesses to support their families.

Mercy Corps provides medical supplies and relief to refugees in Jordan.