A blessed Christmas to you all.
The Board of Australian Mercy would like to extend Christmas greetings to all of our staff, volunteers, donors, supporters and projects clients.
Australian Mercy’s 2019-2020 Annual reports are now available.
AustralianMercy has now completed its AGM process and has released its 2019-2020 Annual Reports. We would like to thank our amazing auditors T.A. Khoury and Co for their hard work in preparing this year’s financial reports. Copies of the newly released 2019-2020 Annual Reports can be downloaded from our website. …
Buzz Off provides COVID Support in Yangon
In the early part of the COVID crisis in Myanmar Buzz Off provided an information sheet about COVID 19 to remote parts of Burma through the Buzz Off team located in Yangon and its already existing networks. At the time this was one of the few sources on information available …
Christmas Appeal 2020
Australian Mercy is launching its Christmas Appeal for the children in Mae-la camp
New Homes
Gday Farmer We’re thrilled that two containers have now been placed on two separate properties in Nymboida, northern NSW. Two families now have a new shipping container that has been decked out with a sliding glass door and window, internal insulated panelling, LED lighting etc. Some recipients have opted for …
End of Financial Year is a great time to make a tax-deductible donation to your favourite Australian Mercy project
With only a few days left in the Australian Financial year, now is a great time to make a tax-deductible donation to Australian Mercy. All of Australain Mercy’s projects in the coming days why not make a tax-dedutible donation that you can claim back on your tax on July 1. …
New Project – Gday Farmer
Lending a hand to those who’re doing it tough! June 2020 Container UpdateThe trees are greening up in northern NSW but still many people are without homes after the summer fires. G’day Farmer has two outfitted containers close to being delivered to needy recipients – hopefully in the next few weeks. …
COVID 19 in India
COVID 19 has had a huge effect in India. The National shutdown has caused a huge migration of the very poor as they make their way home or try to find somewhere where they can work.
Australian Mercy statement on COVID 19
Australian Mercy statement on COVID 19, Copies are downloadable in English, Burmese and Indonesian languages
Coronavirus in Mae-la Camp
Scientists are telling us that the widespread of Coronavirus is inevitable and that we urgently need to slow it down so that we can deal with it without overloading our health systems. The virus is in Thailand and Burma and Mae-la camp has less than basic health systems and the …
Coronavirus (COVID 19) is now a pandemic
The World Health Organization has declared coronavirus (COVID 19) a pandemic. The virus which was first discovered in Wuhan China has now spread to 114 countries, has seen over 120,000 known infections and nearly 5,000 deaths at the time of writing of this post. Whilst symptoms can seem mild for …
Christmas in the camp brings hope to a desperate situation
Things are not going well for the 60,000 refugees in Mae-la Refugee camp. The military is tightening security so that outsiders have very little access to the camp, rice rations are being reduced, and services are being lost.
Happy Christmas to all our staff, friends and donors.
The Board of Australian Mercy would like to wish all our donors, supporters, staff, volunteers and project clients a very happy and blessed Christmas. We hope that you and your families will have a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.
It’s Sweet December Giving Time for the children at Mae-la
It’s Sweet December Giving Time for the children at Mae-la
Annual General Meeting
We have successfully completed our AGM and you may read our annual report here
Syria Crisis Continues
he recent crisis in Syria that has seen massive refugee movements as the Turkish army advances into Kurdish occupied areas close to its border.
Just a couple of weeks until we start organizing Christmas in the Camp 2019
Christmas in the Camp is on the horizon. Each year Australian Mercy provides funds for approx. 2000 preschool children in Mae-la camp to have a Christmas party in their preschool.
Australian Mercy AGM
Our AGM is scheduled for Tuesday the 22 of October at 3pm. We will meet at 2 Wentworth St Port. Kembla NSW.
Big news for RescueNet
the Australian Mercy Board received the resignation of Mark Cockburn from his position as the RescueNet Australia National Coordinator.
Great things are happening in Timor Leste
The Australian Mercy Board had the great privilege of doing a monitoring visit on two of our projects in Timor Leste; these are located in Hera and Bahareduk.
It’s Christmas in July!
It’s Christmas in July the time when Australia does Christmas in the winter time! This is also the time that Australian Mercy begins to fundraise for Christmas in the Camp! In Mae-la camp there is little for children to do. Food rations are reduced, medical services are almost no existent …
Rice Shortage in Mae La Camp
Since the beginning of 2014, Australian Mercy has committed to funding a nutritional supplement to those we work with in the Mae La refugee camp on the Thailand/Burma border. Recently is was reported that the situation with rice in Mae-la is getting worse. We urgently need to raise funds for our nutritional supplements program …
RescueNet are in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai has wreaked havoc in Mozambique. It is an international disaster that has displaced many thousands of people. WHO are expecting large outbreaks of Cholera and Malaria thousands of families are at risk. RescueNet is on site and are providing emergency relief to thousands of displaced families. The team …