Ops GQ Relief Update #01 – Gansu grapples with wet weather

Ops GQ Relief Update #01 – Gansu grapples with wet weather

The devastating 6.6 magnitude earthquake which hit Gansu province on Monday morning caused  immense damage across its Min and Zhang counties, where nearly 100 lives perished and 300,000 more displaced from their homes.  Responding to a direct request for humanitarian...
MR deploys team to quake-hit Gansu

MR deploys team to quake-hit Gansu

In response to a request for humanitarian assistance received from the Zhang County Poverty Alleviation and Development Bureau (ZCPADB) this morning, Mercy Relief (MR) deployed its first response team this afternoon to quake-hit Gansu Province. The 4-man team shall...
Teach the Man to Fish, then what?

Teach the Man to Fish, then what?

12,000 families living at the informal settlement (slum) of coastal Baseco on the fringe of Manila City are constantly hit by typhoons, tidal waves and extreme high tides.  Floods are persistent menace to the 52 hectare settlement, exacerbated by the tonnes of rubbish...
Breeding special species of social servants

Breeding special species of social servants

Mercy Relief (MR) is taking its efforts to groom future humanitarians and young volunteers beyond Singapore.  The humanitarian relief and development organisation signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), and finalised...
A step towards empowerment and employment

A step towards empowerment and employment

Singapore-born humanitarian relief and development NGO, Mercy Relief (MR), saw the successful launch of the S$170,000 Skills Training and Enterprise Programme (STEP) in Phnom Penh yesterday.  The STEP included the construction of a 120-square-metre training block and...
PurHeart patent promises potability

PurHeart patent promises potability

Amidst its ongoing aid efforts for the quake-victims in Sichuan, Mercy Relief (MR) joined hands with tech-social company AGplus Technologies Pte Ltd to roll out a series of appropriate water innovations at the Singaporean humanitarian NGO’s Toa Payoh office today....