It is time for us to launch our annual Christmas appeal, Christmas in the camp. We launch it in September so that we have enough time to get everything done in time for December. This year, due to COVID, things will be a little different, we will be making sure …
Mae-la preschools under threat of closure.
Many of the Preschools in mae-la camp are threatened with closure because of the withdrawl of funding.
Christmas Appeal 2020
Australian Mercy is launching its Christmas Appeal for the children in Mae-la camp
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.
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.
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 …
Over 2000 children celebrate Christmas in Mae-la preschools and primary schools
It has taken some time to get photos back but we can now report that over 2000 preschool and primary schools children celebrated Christmas in December preschools and a primary school, thank to the generosity of Australian Mercy Donors. Each child received a small present, ate a nutritious meal for …
Rice distribution report July 2017
Australian Mercy donors have supplied 1560 kg of rice into Mae-la camp for the month of July. 89 families received an extra 10kg supplement of rice and hundreds of children who are nutritionally at risk have received regular rice meals and tins of fish within their preschool setting. This …