Australian Mercy

• Rice distribution report July 2017 July 31, 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 program is saving lives. Thank […]
• Suicides at Mae-la are on the increase July 20, 2017
  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 refugees in favor of refugees […]
• Australian Mercy starts revolving door loan fund to assist refugees June 14, 2017
  Australian Mercy has been working with a refugee family here in Australia that have an urgent need, and we want to help them in a way that gets them over the line but also helps them to take responsibility for themselves and their family. This family we are assisting are desperate to be reunited in […]
• Buzz Off training team returns from rural Burma April 18, 2017
  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 malaria volunteers trained by Buzz […]