Thank You for joining us at the event to pay tribute to all humanitarian tribesmen.
Mercy Relief’s Observance of the 1st World Humanitarian Day
19 August 2009, 7.00 -9.30 PM
at the Singapore Repertory Theatre
From MR’s Chairman Mr T K Udairam’s speech:
“To the families and friends of Mercy Relief’s personnel…. On behalf of Mercy Relief, i thank you for your sacrifices in letting you love ones serve the humanitarian cause.
At our Stakeholders’ Nite and 5th Anniversary dinner last year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said and i quote ” In relief operations, the lives of humanitarian workers are often put at risk when they enter a disaster site to help others. They may take some precautions, but aftershocks, landslides and water-borne diseases are common. I applaud Mercy Relief’s staff and volunteers for your courage, tenacity and compassion.”
About Mercy Relief
Mercy Relief is a Singaporean humanitarian organisation which engages in both disaster relief and sustainable development programmes. It was established in 2003 as an independent non-governmental humanitarian charity responding to the human tragedies in Asia. Mercy Relief’s aid programme focuses on providing timely and effective assistance to disaster-stricken communities and has maintained the delivery of emergency aid within 72 hours from the point of appeal for assistance.
In the past 12 years, Mercy Relief has disbursed over S$32 million in aid across 40 disaster relief and 53 sustainable development initiatives. Mercy Relief has impacted an aggregate of 2 million lives in 24 countries and areas, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Yemen.
For more information, you may call us at 6514 6322 or email corporateaffairs@mercyrelief.org