Skills Training and Enterprise Programme (STEP) 2012

Skills Training and Enterprise Programme (STEP) 2012

Focused Sector(s): Education, Sustainable Livelihood Project: Skills Training and Enterprise Programme (STEP) Date and duration: July 2012 / 12 months Location: Phnom Penh Beneficiaries: 1,200 people Problem(s): A reduction in buying power due to inflation and a...
Better Access, Better Healthcare, Better Health 2011

Better Access, Better Healthcare, Better Health 2011

Focused Sector(s): Healthcare Project: Better Access, Better Healthcare, Better Health Date and duration: July 2011 / 12 months Location: Santouk District, Kampong Thom Province, Baray Beneficiaries: 23,000 villagers Problem(s): Healthcare centres in the provinces had...
Health Community through WASH 2011

Health Community through WASH 2011

Focused Sector(s): Healthcare Project: Health Community through WASH Date and duration: July 2011 / 12 months Location: Baray District, Kampong Thom Province Beneficiaries: 100 students and 750 households Problem(s): Lack of access to proper sanitation and safe...
Southeast Asian Floods (Cambodia) 2011

Southeast Asian Floods (Cambodia) 2011

Date: October – November 2011 Heavy torrential storms battered the Southeast Asian region in late 2011, resulting in large-scale flooding that affected millions. The floods claimed more than 2,000 lives across the region, displaced hundreds of thousands more and...

Afghanistan Heat Wave 2003

Date: July 2003 The intense heat wave that struck Afghanistan in July 2003 resulted in a mass exodus to the Durand Line – the Afghan-Pakistan border – close to Sada, Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan. An appeal for international humanitarian aid was made. Mercy Relief,...
Afghanistan War 2001

Afghanistan War 2001

Date: October 2001 – October 2003   The war against Afghanistan from 2001-2014 was part of the wider global war on terrorism known as Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) that followed the 9/11 attacks in the US. Mercy Relief stepped in to provide aid...