13 June 2011– MERCY Malaysia has deployed a
six-person team to Tunisia yesterday to support the Tataoine General Hospital to
serve refugees displaced by the conflict in Libya.
“Our team will be there for two
weeks to supplement the services set up by Merlin, a medical relief NGO based
in the UK. We have partnered with Merlin UK before when we fundraised for Haiti
in 2010, and the presence of our team in the hospital will allow our partner to
expand their services to Nalut,” said MERCY Malaysia President Dato’ Dr. Ahmad
Faizal Mohd Perdaus.
“We will be sending one orthopaedic surgeon, an
anaesthetist and two nurses to support Merlin’s medical services,” he said,
adding that the team will be accompanied by MERCY Malaysia Senior Adviser, Dr.
Paul Mettler and Programme Officer, Saw Yu Shen.
In the
meantime, he said MERCY Malaysia will continue procuring medical supplies for the
Central Medical Store in Benghazi according to the needs list from the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
This is the third team to be deployed in response to
the Libyan conflict, after the return of the earlier teams on 16 and 22 May. MERCY Malaysia has also donated
medical equipments worth over RM45,000 in its recent mission in Benghazi.
Concerned individuals and
organisations can donate to the MERCY Malaysia General Humanitarian Fund
through the following bank accounts:
MAYBANK
(account name: MERCY HUMANITARIAN FUND, account number: 5621-7950-4126, ABA
Swift Code: MBBEMYKLA), or
CIMB
Bank
(account name: MERCY Malaysia, account number: 1424-000-6561053, ABA Swift
Code: CIBBMYKL).
Donations via cheque are payable to MERCY MALAYSIA
To donate online, please visit www.mercy.org.my
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About
MERCY Malaysia
MERCY
Malaysia is a non‐profit
organisation focusing on providing medical relief, sustainable health-related
development and risk reduction activities for vulnerable communities in both
crisis and non-crisis situations. MERCY Malaysia recognises the value of
working with partners and volunteers as well as providing opportunities for
individuals to serve with professionalism. We uphold the Code of Conduct for
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster
Relief and hold ourselves accountable to our donors and beneficiaries. As a
non‐profit organisation, MERCY
Malaysia relies solely on funding and donations from organisations and generous
individuals to continue our services to provide humanitarian assistance to our
beneficiaries.
For
further information, kindly contact:
Juanita
Johari, General Manager, Communications and Fundraising, MERCY Malaysia
Level
2, Podium Block, City Point, Kompleks Dayabumi, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, 50050
KL.
T: 6-03-2273 3999, F: 6-03-2272 3812, E: juanita@mercy.org.my W: www.mercy.org.my
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organisation’s name or part of the organisation’s name, please take note that
in addressing the name of our organisation, the wordmark for MERCY Malaysia is
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describing the organisation, the term “MERCY
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to as “MERCY”, or “Mercy”. Thank you for your cooperation.
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