Besides extending hands to people in need overseas, Mercy Relief is also embarking on local projects to raise awareness about the ongoing humanitarian needs. Produced by six final year students from Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Interactive and Digital Media,...
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...
Mercy Relief medical volunteer, Dr Iskandar Idris, confirming the list of medicines donated to Gandhara Welfare Society The aggravating humanitarian crisis in NWFP has been caused by the influx of civilians fleeing from intensifying confrontations in the Swat...
The armed conflict at the northern part of the island nation led to an exodus of internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing the conflict zone. Close to 300,000 people fled their homes in the north of the country. As the IDP crisis worsened, the Sri Lanka High...
In October 2008, the Yemen flood killed more than 250 people, destroyed over 2,000 houses and left about 22,000 people internally displaced (IDPs). Together with the Arab Association and Singhealth, MR sent two medical teams comprising of 11 medical and two logistics...
In late October of 2008, Hadramaut, Yemen was hit by a major flash flood that had not occurred in over 200 years. The floods claimed the lives of more than 250 people and left over 22,000 others homeless. Mercy Relief collaborated with its partners and local...
Barely 10 days after Cyclone Nargis ravaged the Irrawaddy delta, a 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan in the Sichuan province on 12 May, leaving about 88,000 people dead or missing and five million more homeless. In four days, MR sent the first response team to...
On 2 May, Cyclone Nargis made landfall near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River, leaving some 138,000 dead or missing and affecting more than 2.4 million civilians. Within the first week of the disaster MR sent five tonnes of relief supplies through the UNICEF and the...
In the midst of China’s joyful preparations for the Beijing Olympics, the fury of the 8 Richter earthquake in Wenchuan rocked Sichuan and shocked the nation on 12 May 2008, leaving at least 69,000 dead and rendering more than five million homeless. Four days after the...
The humanitarian crisis resulting from political instability in Gaza led to the lost of over 2000 civilian lives. Intensifying conflict between the Palestinian and Israeli military prompted the United Nations to make an urgent international appeal for humanitarian...
