At the recently-concluded 23rd ASEAN Summit, Singapore-born humanitarian relief and development NGO, Mercy Relief, was acknowledged in the ASEAN Declaration for Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment, and the Chairman’s Statement, for its partnership with the...
On 24 August 2013, 26 young professionals from all ten ASEAN countries landed in Palembang, South Sumatra, for the inaugural AYPVC regional joint community service there. The participants were divided into two groups –SPENT (Special Needs Training) and SPLASH (School...
Singapore’s Mercy Relief (MR) shared its perspectives, based on its works across Asia, at last week’s 4th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum (APHF) organised by Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI). The theme for this year’s biennial Forum was...
19 August 2013 marks the 5th World Humanitarian Day, a day designated by UN General Assembly Resolution A/63/L.49 to recognise all aid workers who have sacrificed or lost their lives in the line of duty and pay tribute to them by raising awareness on humanitarian...
45-year old Madam Zhang He Yan and her husband scrambled to get their physically-handicapped sons, their daughter-in-law and one year old grandson out to safety when their mud-brick house in Bai Yang Po village collapsed under a strong quake which struck the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
