The Mercer On Mission program in Mexico provides English language workshops for college students and middle school instructors in Izúcar de Matamoros, located in the Puebla region. In addition, Mercer students and faculty work with elementary and middle school students’ English language skills in the context of a STEAM-based summer camp. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

The Mercer On Mission program in Jordan is launching an innovative STEM education initiative for Syrian refugee youth in the Al Za’atari camp in Jordan. Through a unique sports-based approach, the project combines robotics, programming, and engineering with teamwork and physical activity. The program includes hands-on projects, expert-led mentorship and service-learning experiences designed to build technical knowledge, leadership and resilience among participating students.

Mercerians travel to Kigali, Rwanda, each summer to work with widows and orphans of the 1994 genocide. In partnership with nongovernmental organization Groupe des Anciens Etudiants Rescapees du Genocide, they teach business skills to Rwandan entrepreneurs and provide training in a group treatment model of trauma therapy.

Through Mercer On Mission, students and faculty play a part in combating homelessness in Cape Town, South Africa. Each summer, they spend three weeks working with nonprofit organization Streetscapes to make its services for the homeless population more sustainable.

Mercer students and faculty in the Mercer On Mission program in South Korea spend time with children in first through 12th grades at Drim School and Woorideol School, alternative schools founded for North Korean refugees and their children. The Mercer team leads activities to help improve the refugees’ English language skills and teach them engineering concepts.