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Witnessing the humanity of immigration
July 12, 2024
As the socially responsible investing program for the Sisters of Mercy, the Critical Concerns are deeply woven throughout Mercy Investment Services’ shareholder advocacy and impact investing. This spring, 35 members of Mercy Investment Services’ Social Responsibility Committee, Mercy Partnership Fund Subcommittee and staff participated in a border immersion experience in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to further explore the critical concern of immigration.
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Planting Seeds of Hope for African Farmers: A Mercy Investment Services Story
June 14, 2022
By Sarah Smith, director of Mercy Partnership Fund —
Rebecca Chituyi, a 27-year-old farmer in Kenya’s Bungoma District, and her husband Richard worked hard to support their family on just a half-acre of land, but didn’t see much success. “The harvest used to depress me,” says Rebecca. “I would only get two bags of maize (corn), and this only lasted us for a few months.” In 2018, One Acre Fund came to Rebecca’s village. The nonprofit organization, which the Sisters of Mercy have invested in through the Mercy Partnership Fund, the global community investing program of Mercy Investment Services, provides seeds, fertilizer, education and post-harvest support to more than 1.4 million smallholder farmers across Africa.