Disturbing reports of significant rises in suicide rates in Mae-la camp are in the media. These suicides are products of diminishing levels of hope in the refugees. Karen State id still unsafe for them to return to – third countries such as Australia and the US are taking less Karen …

The Buzz Off training team has completed its first of two trips to Burma for 2017. The team which sourced personnel from England, Holland, Myanmar, Australia and NZ trained 51 malaria volunteers in Myawaddy (Karen State) and Keng Tung (Shan State). This training took the total number of Burma based …

The Buzz Off training team will be travelling to Myanmar in late March to train more malaria vulunteers. Seminars are  currently being arranged in Myawaddy (in Karen State) and Kyaing Tong (in Eastern Shan Sate). The training team will be travelling from Yangon, Holland, England and Australia, and will be …

Australian Mercy is appealing for more funds for its rice supplement program at Mae-la refugee camp. We urgently need to raise $700 per month to continue out rice supplement program in 22 preschools at Mae-la camp. This program provides rice supplements for families and children who are vulnerable owing to …

The 2016 Christmas in the camp went very well with more than 2,000 refugee preschool children celebrating Christmas as part of their preschool program between December 14-23. This year 22 preschools were able to celebrate Christmas. A nutritious Christmas dinner was served of Chicken and vegetables with rice. (Also a …

Buzz Off are sending a training team to Burma to run malaria training seminars in country for the whole of November 2016. The training team are from; Australia, England, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. Burmese trainers will be joining us there and we will be running 4 seminars …

  The English teaching that went to Mae-la camp to teach English has returned after an amazing outreach. Unexpected security issues in the camp limited the time the trainers could spend with teachers; but the time that they did have was amazing and very productive. Sufficient training of trainers was done …

The team going to Thailand to teach English in Mae-la camp will; depart Australia on Friday September 23. The team of six people including a nurse, will be teaching for a full two weeks in the camp. Thank to all who have supported various fundraising events and donated towards this …

It is that time of the year again! Each Christmas Australian Mercy launches a Christmas appeal the kids in Mae-la Camp. It is a time of joy and fun in 23 preschools where Christmas is celebrated with presents and a Christmas party. Last year  2,724 people celebrated Christmas in this way, …

The 2015 / 2016 Annual General Meeting of Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd (Australian Mercy) will be held on the 30th of September 2016 at 2 Wentworth St. Port Kembla NSW 2505 – commencing at 12 noon. Members who are unable to attend this AGM are asked to fill …

Fundraising for the English training team continues as the team prepares to leave Australia on September 23. A major fundraising dinner is being run in Launceston (Tas) this coming weekend. The speaker will be Corina, the former leader of the Mae-la preschool teacher training program. There are some needs in the …

A youth based ministry from the Anglican church in Launceston is preparing to send a team to teach English at Mae-la camp. The team will be there in late September early October and will be teaching classes to both students and teachers in the camp. English is important especially to …

Recent communication from Mae-la has informed us of more difficulties facing the refugees there. Our rice supplement program is doing well and many vulnerable families are healthy because of it, but prices of other food commodities such as meat, and vegetables have nearly doubled over past 2 years and the …

Going to the rebels match this weekend? Well keep your eye out for Australian Mercy street collectors who will be at the game collecting funds for families in Fiji who are still struggling with the after effects of Cyclone Winston. Funds raised will help families to recover from Fiji’s worst …

On Saturday, 20th February, Fiji experienced the most powerful cyclone in its history when Cyclone Winston hit the island nation with winds up to 300km per hour and category five strength. Whole communities were destroyed and many villages were greatly impacted. ‘Australian Mercy’ in partnership with ‘Island Breeze Australia’ is …

A few days ago Buzz Off  ran a news item on Zika virus and the warnings given by the WHO about it. The virus is thought to cause microcephaly and brain damage in babies, (as illustrated)  Since that article new news has come to light that needs to be communicated. Firstly Zika virus …

Australian Mercy would like to wish its donors and supporters a Happy Australia Day. We are proud to be an Australian charity working together for the good of those who are in need both within Australia and overseas.

Great news! 2015’s Christmas Appeal saw 2,724 people associated with our preschool network joyfully celebrate Christmas in Mae-la camp in December 2015. This is over 200 more than last year. Of the 2,034 were preschoolers from the camp’s 23 preschools. 269 were children older than preschool age. The balance (421) …

You donations help Australian Mercy to show kindness to refugees and other people who are in need of help.   Donations can be made through the Australian Mercy secure site   

In the coming days over 2,000 preschool children at Mae-la camp will celebrate Christmas thanks to Australian Mercy’s donors. The camp is still in lock down but despite that all 23 preschools will hold Christmas parties where the children will each receive a small wrapped present, eat a Christmas meal …

The Board of Australian Mercy together with all of staff wish you and your family a very blessed Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for all of your support we greatly appreciate it.

The second round of Buzz Off seminars in Myanmar for 2015 are completed. The team arrived in Yangon November 29 and will leave to return home again December 14. The first seminars of this round were run in the Irrawaddy the village of Udoe, where 52 people from the all …