Central Java was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on 27 May 2006, just outside the city of Bantul, 20km south of Jogjakarta. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced as a result and over 50,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The 5-man medical team that...
Two weeks before the authorities raised the red alert for the eruption of Mt Merapi, one of the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes, MR sent a 2-man team to Jogjakarta to provide early assessment on the conditions of the communities that would be indefinitely...
On 8 October a devastating earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir, instantly killing 18,000 and injuring more than 41,000 people. Those who survived lost most of their possessions and had little to protect them from the looming winter. At the...
Even as MR was toiling over the Tsunami, an 8.7 Richter earthquake hit Nias on 28 March. It destroyed 95% of its capitol, claimed some 850 lives and destroyed 13,000 homes. MR had to quickly divert resources and volunteers to the island. By 30 March, our first team,...
In December, MR dispatched a youth volunteers team to Quezon province as part of our youth engagement programme that was organized in partnership with the Singapore Soka Association, Singapore International Foundation and Mendaki. The youths arrived in Iloilo City to...
Relief efforts On 26 December the Indian Ocean Tsunami was unleashed, claiming more than 200,000 lives in the region. Affected countries stretched from the Maldives and Indonesia to Sri Lanka and Somalia. MR sent a total of 17 medical relief missions, involving 120...
