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MERCY Malaysia’s Assessment Team Continues To Assess The Situation |
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Friday, 28 July 2006 |
Kuala Lumpur, 28 July 2006 - The rising conflict in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza as well as Israel continues to create a humanitarian disaster with at least 150,000 people displaced from their homes, and around 600 civilians killed and many more injured each day.
In response to this crisis, MERCY Malaysia Assessment team on its
second day of the mission has held meetings and conducted visit to a
refugee centre in Damascus.
“The security situation in Lebanon is extremely poor while in Syria
security is under control. Many Lebanese refugees are located mainly in
private homes and public buildings like schools provided by the Syrian
Government. There are 25 refugee centres in and around Damascus”
commented Assoc. Prof. Dr P Shanmuhasutharam, Team Leader for MERCY
Malaysia Assessment Team who is currently in Damascus, Syria.
The team plans to continue its assessments in the other refugee
centres. Given the complexity of the situation we are developing
partnerships with NGOs in Lebanon and Syria to mobilise aid and to
facilitate our humanitarian response effectively.
Aid supplies and contributions from donors mainly from the Middle East
countries are being sent into Lebanon by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent
(SARC) to several places like the Lebanese Ministry of Health, Lebanese
Red Cross as well as High Committee for Relief in Lebanon.
MERCY Malaysia’s plan is to procure much needed medical supplies and
work in partnership with Lebanese NGOs to deliver these supplies into
Lebanon. Our work will mainly be in Syria until the security situation
improves and a humanitarian corridor is established.
MERCY Malaysia was also informed by representative from the Lebanon
Embassy in Malaysia on the much needed medical supplies which include
medicine for chronic illnesses like hypertension and diabetics,
paediatric formula, as well as diapers and clean water purifier.
MERCY Malaysia will mobilise its supplies from Syria and neighbouring
countries. All contribution to our fund will be used to procure the
much needed medical supplies and deployment of medical personnel.
MERCY Malaysia’s Middle East Aid Fund
MERCY Malaysia is appealing to the public to send only cash donations
in aid of its Middle East Aid Fund. Cheque contributions can be made
out to ‘MERCY Humanitarian Fund’ and send it to MERCY Malaysia’s
headquarters at:
45B, 2nd Floor
Jalan Mamanda 9
Ampang Point, 68000
Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Donations can also be deposited directly into MERCY Malaysia Maybank Account No. 5621 7950 4126.
Please ensure that the ‘bank slip’ is faxed to 603 – 4251 8435, which
include information like name, address and telephone number for
official receipt issuance.
All donations within Malaysia to the MERCY Malaysia Humanitarian Fund
are tax exempted. For donations from outside Malaysia, our ABA Swift
Code is MBBEMYKLA 5621 7950 4126 at:
MAYBANK BERHAD
20G-28G, Jalan Wawasan 4/5
Bandar Baru Ampang
68000 Ampang
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
For further information, members of the public can contact MERCY
Malaysia at 603 – 4256 9999 or visit the website at www.mercy.org.my
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MERCY Malaysia is a medical relief organisation dedicated to providing
humanitarian aid in crisis and non-crisis situations irrespective of
race, religion, culture or boundary. Since its inception in 1999, MERCY
Malaysia has sent relief mission to Kosova, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Turkey, India, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Iran, Sudan, Aceh
and currently, Pakistan. On the home front, MERCY Malaysia serves the
local communities through outreach programmes in various states within
the country. It also runs the Drug Rehabilitation and Assistance
Programme (DRAP) to assist drug reformers to reintegrate into society.
For more information on MERCY Malaysia, kindly visit www.mercy.org.my
Issued by:
Malaysia Medical Relief Society (Reg. No. 1155)
For media queries, please contact:-
Ms Jehan Jamaluddin
Media Relations Officer
Tel: 603 – 4256 9999 ext. 121
Fax: 603 – 4251 8435
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