KUALA LUMPUR, 18 December 2011 – MERCY Malaysia successfully organised its Volunteer Appreciation Day at Ampang Super Bowl, Berjaya Times Square in recognition of its dedicated and committed volunteers who had played a major role in both domestic and international mission in line with the organisation’s vision and mission.
In 1985, the United Nations General Assembly has declared 5 December the International Volunteer Appreciation Day and since then it has become an annual celebration of voluntary action for volunteers, volunteer organisations and government agencies all across the world.
More than 100 MERCY Malaysia volunteers including their family members together with MERCY Malaysia staff participated in the one day fun-filled event which included bowling competition thus allowing the volunteers to have the rewarding feeling in the spirit of volunteerism. The programme was officially launched by MERCY Malaysia President, Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, who added that “being MERCY Malaysia volunteers also meant that we should try to have fun in all the programmes that we are volunteering for, get to know other volunteers, try to be a good team mate, built positive ties with one another as well as competing with one another to strive for the best in achieving our goals.”
During the event, a number of MERCY Malaysia volunteers together with MERCY Malaysia staff took their time to share their personal experiences while volunteering with MERCY Malaysia.
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Concerned individuals and organisations can donate to the MERCY Malaysia 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 noncrisis 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.
Media Contacts:
MERCY Malaysia
Nurliyana Fatin Bt Mohd Don Alfian, Communications Officer
Level 2, Podium Block, Citypoint, Kompleks Dayabumi, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
T: 6-03-2273 3999, F: 6-03-2272 3812, E: fatin@mercy.org.my W: www.mercy.org.my
Important Note to Media: Usage of Wordmark MERCY Malaysia
In order to avoid confusion with other organisation(s) that uses “Mercy” as the 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 with capitalised “MERCY”, followed by the word “Malaysia”. When describing the organisation, the term “MERCY Malaysia” must always be used in full, and should not be partially referred to as “MERCY”, or “Mercy”. Thank you for your cooperation.
MERCY Malaysia continued its partnership with The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, and ran 11 mobile clinics in Klang to offer primary healthcare to the stateless as well as marginalized communities.
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