Kuala Lumpur - MERCY Malaysia announced today that it has postponed its ‘Gift of Sight’ mission to North Korea due to the current conditions of the said country. The “Gift of Sight” Project would have been made up of an ophthalmology team that was set to perform surgery on approximately 100 referral cases in Pyongyang and has been postponed until further notice.

MERCY Malaysia is a medical organization that provides humanitarian aid in crisis and non-crisis situations. We serve local communities through outreach programmes and our focus for the future will be to ensure that vulnerable communities in Malaysia are better prepared through risk education and disaster preparedness. MERCY Malaysia is active internationally and has sent relief missions to Kosovo, Cambodia, Indonesia (Maluku Island, Nias, Aceh and Jogjakarta), Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Iran, Sudan, North Korea, Pakistan, Maldives and Lebanon. MERCY Malaysia also runs a Drug Rehabilitation and Assistance Programme to assist drug reformers return to society.