MERCY Malaysia To Send Assessment Team To Padang, Indonesia In Response To Earthquake

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 October 2009 – MERCY Malaysia will deploy a two-member team to Padang, Indonesia in response to the recent earthquake that hit the capital of Sumatra.

The team is led by MERCY Malaysia Senior Programme Support Officer, Maria Lauranti, accompanied by a medical volunteer, Oh Boon Haan. They will be conducting an on-the-ground assessment to determine the humanitarian needs.

MERCY Malaysia has since yesterday engaged its Indonesian volunteer, Azrim Mirza, stationed in Medan, to conduct assessment prior to the deployment of the Malaysian team. An initial total of RM 100,000 has been allocated from the emergency fund to respond to this recent disaster.

They will leave for Padang, Indonesia by 1 October 2009, Wednesday noon via Air Asia.

MERCY Malaysia will continue to monitor the situation through on-the-ground assessments to look into other areas of humanitarian assistance.

Concerned Malaysians can donate to the MERCY Malaysia Humanitarian Fund through MAYBANK, account number 5621-7950-4126 or CIMB Bank, account number 1424-000-6561053.

For more information, please contact Hana Kamaruddin (Media) at 019-3140420 or G.Anuradha (Fundraising) at 019-2215759. Alternatively, please contact 03-22733999 or visit www.mercy.org.my .