Australian Mercy (ARMS) in Port Kembla, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

Australian Mercy (ARMS)

Locality: Port Kembla, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4274 1090

Address: 2 Wentworth St 2505 Port Kembla, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.australianmercy.org

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24.01.2022 Grab a coffee and learn the history of our Buzz OFF Project - a World without Malaria. For more information about how you can be involved visit https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/buzz-off/

24.01.2022 Real L.I.F.E. story: She has the sweetest face, the biggest smile. Youd never know the heartache hidden in her heart. Her name is Manee*, just 6 years old when she came into Eden House this year. She came in so hungry for hugs and love. Both were sadly lacking in her family. Her real father had deserted Manee and her mother, and soon Manees mother brought home a man and told Manee, this is your new father. But father he was not, if by being father, it means helping an...d loving your children. He seemed to hate Manee, hitting her often. If you saw Manee, youd know how awful that really is. She is so tiny it is hard to imagine someone wanting to beat someone so little, so defenceless. Her mother is not there to defend her as during the day, she is hired to work in someone elses fields. Manees future looked bleak until Eden House came to her village. After assessing the needs, after talking and more talking with the mother and stepfather, Manee was released into the care of Eden House. A safe place at last for a tiny little girl with a wounded heart. Thats Manee. Thats what L.I.F.E. is all about. * Not her real name For More information on our Project Life Foundation projects in Thailand please visit https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/project-life/

24.01.2022 Hi, Friends, we would love your help in growing awareness of our newest project. G'day Farmer. Simply pop on over to the G'Day Farmer Facebook Page and like and share their mission. G'Day Farmer :)

23.01.2022 What a great story - Changing Lives with coconuts

23.01.2022 NiuLife Foundation Coconut Technology Centre, Solomon Islands, is one of our international projects. The vision of the centre is to support remote village communities to build livelihoods through value-adding to their existing coconut resource. Learn more about this exciting venture and how you can help @ https://australianmercy.org/portf/coconut-technology-centre

23.01.2022 Gday Farmer Were thrilled that two containers have now been placed on two separate properties in Nymboida, northern NSW. Two families now have a new shipping container that has been decked out with a sliding glass door and window, internal insulated panelling, LED lighting etc. Some recipients have opted for an external hot water system and shower and solar panelling. It all goes to make it more comfortable while they wait for their new home to be built. [ 68 more words ] https://australianmercy.org/new-homes/

22.01.2022 How Can I Help? There are several ways that you can become involved with Australian Mercy. (ARMS) 1 You can pray for our work. We need all the prayer support we can get. 2 You can give, support one of our many projects, or send a general donation to help us cover the costs of doing the work that we do amongst the poor and the needy. 3 You could come on an Australian Mercy team to a location where there is a need, we need lots of people with lots of varying skills to help us ...to serve the poor. For more information on our current projects, news and fundraising visit www.australianmercy.org See more

21.01.2022 95% of HIV cases occur in PNG, our project IC4U in PNG is helping engage communities in order to eliminate the social stigma associated with HIV, empowering the community to take greater responsibility in accepting and caring for their people. https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/icare4u/

21.01.2022 What a beautiful story, thank you PNG.

21.01.2022 URGENT NEED: Australian Mercy is seeking to raise funds with which to supply soap and other items in order to slow down the spread of COVID 19 in Mae-la Information https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/mae-la-camp-refugees/... Current Situation camp.https://australianmercy.org/coronavirus-in-mae-la-camp/ Many people are shocked when they hear that in Myanmar a war raged for more than 30 years that displaced more than 2 million people. Some of these people live in refugee camps in Thailand close to the Thai / Burmese border. The largest of these camps is Mae-la which is situated about 55km north of the Thai border city of Mae Sot. Australian Mercy has been working in Mae-la camp since 1994. Over the years we have assisted the refugees in many ways and have tried to empower them to better care for themselves. Over the years we have provided funds for the erection of buildings to help house displaced people especially children, we have provided funding for the camps preschool programs, have provided healthcare training, clean water, helped to establish gardens, improve nutrition, fight disease and the list goes on; Every Bar Counts xx Thankyou for your help and support in getting the word out and sharing this urgent need.

20.01.2022 Every child has the right to have a family, education and a safe place to live. Thankyou Vanitashray India for making this possible. Learn more about Vanitashray India at https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/vanitashray/

20.01.2022 What a beautiful story. #bethankful

19.01.2022 So exciting, well done guys

18.01.2022 Anzac Day April 25 - 2020. One minute of silence together during this time of being apart...Lest We Forget

18.01.2022 Could you help us get this news out? Just $10 to Feed a Family in need! Vanitashray India COVID 19 has had a huge effect in India. The National shutdown has caused a huge migration of the very poor as they make their way home or try to find somewhere where they can work. (Many of these workers receive less than $1 per day and virtually live hand to mouth. Vanitashray is giving care packs to families in communities who are finding it hard to survive. A gift of about $10 will place a pack of food with one family and give them enough to eat for two weeks. They are also giving out free hot meals to people on the street whilst observing safe social distancing procedures. For more information about how you can help please visit. https://australianmercy.org/covid-19-in-india

17.01.2022 A little bit of Buzz Off History! For more information on our Buz Off Project visit https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/buzz-off

17.01.2022 So incredibly sad, yet so encouraged by the work of these Samaritan's Purse volunteers in New York. "For such a time as this"

14.01.2022 As part of Project L.I.F.E. Foundation and situated right next to the slums they serve, Pattaya Slum Ministries Community Center has become a magnet for children, teens and adults looking for a listening ear and a caring heart. Learn more at https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/project-life/

14.01.2022 Lending a hand to those whore doing it tough! 2019 Harvest During the summer harvest season of 2019 a Gday Farmer volunteer spent six weeks on a large farm helping with the annual harvest to assist the family through a difficult period due to sickness. Thousands of acres of wheat, barley and lentils were harvested and daily maintenance and running repairs on machinery were also high on the agenda. [ 107 more words ] https://australianmercy.org/new-project-gday-farmer/

12.01.2022 We are so thankful to you our Australian Mercy Friends together we can do so much. For more information on our current projects please visit www.australianmercy.org

12.01.2022 Australian Mercy will be holding its annual Christmas Appeal for children in Mae-la camp. Receiving a Christmas present Each year we hold Christmas celebrations in all of the Preschools in Mae-la camp. This takes place in December of each year. The event takes three months to organize so we launch the appeal in September of each year. This event is greatly anticipated by children in the camp and is a huge highlight for them. [ 145 more words ] https://australianmercy.org/christmas-appeal-2020/

11.01.2022 2 more containers to soon become homes. Keep up to date with our latest project @ G'Day Farmer :)

10.01.2022 THANK YOU! Our thoughts are with those who are tirelessly working on the front line during this pandemic. Lets play our part in flattening the curve, please follow your health directives wherever in the world you find yourselves, doing so will save lives.

10.01.2022 Some Good COVID News! Good news for those who are supporting our soap appeal for Mae-la camp - we have just been told we got 500 bars of soap and a load of washing powder into the camp - This will be distributed through the preschools that we are serving - we will be trying to get more in over the coming weeks - so please keep supporting our appeal. (The link is below.) Thanks to our friend Grace who pulled a few strings to help make this possible.... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158260283006810&set=a.10150496239491810&type=3&theater

09.01.2022 Partners relief and development has been responding to the critical needs of the Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh, providing, Food, Schooling, Shelter, Medicine. To learn more of their amazing work visit https://australianmercy.org/portf/partners-south-east-asia/

08.01.2022 Thankyou Australia.

07.01.2022 Today we are thinking about the beautiful people of Vanuatu as they face a high end cyclone in the midst of a state of emergency. #staysafevanuatu #cycloneharold 8 am Monday (Vanuatu): Cyclone HAROLD really pulled together overnight, and is now an intense storm with a big, clear eyea Cat 5 on the Oz scale. (JTWC estimates winds of 125 knots (145 mph/230 km/h),

06.01.2022 The Australian Mercy Board announce that Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd will hold it's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at 2.00 P.M. Owing to COVID 19 restrictions this meeting will be a digital meeting and members who want to attend should contact the National Office ([email protected]) to request a link for the meeting. Members who are unable to attend the meeting should [ 29 more words ] https://australianmercy.org/annual-general-meeting-2/

06.01.2022 Thank you for all that you do that, makes change possible. May we continue to make big changes in the lives of those in need. For our latest project news visit www.australianmercy.org

05.01.2022 Good advice for protecting our children online.

04.01.2022 With only a few days left in the Australian Financial year, now is a great time to make a tax-deductible donation to Australian Mercy. All of Australain Mercy's projects in the coming days why not make a tax-dedutible donation that you can claim back on your tax on July 1. A full list of our projects can be fund here Online tax-deductible donations can be made here https://australianmercy.org/end-of-financial-year-is-a-gre/

04.01.2022 - One billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival and development.* - 101 million children are not attending primary school, with more girls than boys missing out.* - 150 million children 514 years old are engaged in child labor, work in horrendous circumstances, are forced into debt, bondage or other forms of slavery, prostitution, pornography, armed conflict or other illicit activities.*... - 1.2 million children were trafficked each year into the sex trade.* Learn how Ark International is changing childrens lives in South East Asia @ https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/ark-international/

04.01.2022 Our partners Kokonut Pacific developed Direct Micro Expelling (DME) Technology for on-farm production of extra virgin coconut oil to increase incomes of rural communities in the Solomon Islands. Miss Solomon discusses the importance of coconut oil as a way of life. In Solomon Island Pidgin :)

03.01.2022 This week we celebrated World Refugee Day. " Being a refugee is not a disease it is being subject to external circumstances that are beyond your control that threaten to take away your life, your liberty, or your ability to have a safe and happy life!" - David Skeat. To find out more about our Australian Mercy Refugee Projects please visit www.australianmercy.org

03.01.2022 Yes, here it comes!!! @bunnings @corinnapinnock12 @positive_batteries @coastal_living @coffs_solar_energy #containersforfirevictims #rvandcaravancentre #itchyfeetliving

02.01.2022 "A hundred Years From Now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a CHILD. We are privileged to help support the work of Vanitashray India who is committed to providing help for orphaned and underprivileged children. Some of their activities include Day-care and Education Centres, daily midday meals, sewing classes & medical services. To learn more about Vanitashyray please visit. https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/vanitashray

02.01.2022 Australian Mercy - Statement on COVID 19 The COVID 19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in many nations including Australia. Millions have been infected and thousands continue to Social distancing is reducing the impact that the virus is having on our health system. We await the development of a vaccine! Australian Mercys staff within Australia and overseas are putting strategies in place to stop the spread of COVID 19. Projects sites have been closed and staff are staying at home.... Where possible, staff are working from home. We are telling the communities we work in, to self-isolate, wash hands and to take precautions against the disease. .... Read more at .. .ttps://australianmercy.org/australian-mercy-statement-on-covid-19/

02.01.2022 CORONA VIRUS IS AFFECTING THE POOR. Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in the world and we are all effected by it on a spectrum that ranges from inconvenience to dea...th. But think about the poor in this world at this time who as the world shuts down they fall off the bottom rung of the ladder into the abyss. (Look at the internal mass migration in India as hundreds of thousands of poor seek food, shelter and employment.) Think about the refugee camps where people are forced to live in close proximity to one another .. if coronavirus gets on there tens of thousands will die. (There are few ventilators in refugee camps!) Think of countries like Burma, Timore Leste, India and some of the African nations whose health care systems even on a good day cannot hope to meet the needs of those in remote communities let alone the cities whose hospitals will stand no chance against a pandemic like coronavirus. If Western hospitals are struggling how will these survive? In the midst of your self isolating dont forget these dear ones and the charities who are still trying to work along side these communities when the borders are shut, resources are low and staff cannot travel. Today the Victorian government announced fines of up to $1652 for people who break public social distancing regulations. The charity I work for, Australian Mercy is receiving many pleas for help from such situations and we do not have the resources we need to respond. Have you any idea how many lives we could save with $1652? That would buy thousands of cakes of soap so people in refugee camps could wash their hands. It could feed 100 families who were not able to work for a week. In Australia, charities are dipping into their reserves to help keep up services until the corona virus emergency is over. Australian Mercy has few such reserves we can tap ... we are praying for a miracle. As you self isolate please pray and give if you can to help smaller charities like ours to continue their work during the coronavirus emergency. Some people have asked how to give without going through Facebook. Here are the instructions: Thank you so much for your willingness to donate to Australian Mercy ... you can do a bank transfer if that would suit you better. Funds can be transferred to this account ARMS Fund Raising and Appeals Account Swift Code (international Identifier) WPACAU2S BSB (branch identifier) 033 039 Account No. 000246746 Once you have transferred the funds email [email protected], inform them of the date of the online donation, the amount and where your are directing it.

02.01.2022 Home of the Open Heart began in December 2000, when Paul and Penny Wilcox took in their first young baby born to an HIV+ drug-addicted mother. Just two weeks later, a second baby arrived when the welfare department was called in to rescue a tiny (1.6kg) 6-week old baby girl whose mother had died of AIDS. Since its conception, the team at Home of the Open Heart have assisted hundreds of families in a variety of ways. The focus during the early years has been caring for babies ...and young children in our childrens homes; however, this has been slowly expanding to include community development and income generation projects, community visits, and caring for destitute HIV+ single mothers and their families. Most recently, a hospice has been built to provide the respite and palliative care for adults and children in the end stages of AIDS; and a teen pregnancy centre is also being planned as staff become available. Read More about - Home of the Open Heart @ https://australianmercy.org/portfol/home-of-the-open-heart/ See more

01.01.2022 Let's continue to Celebrate *The Joy Of Giving Week* with Vanitashray. To learn more about their life changing work visit https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/vanitashray/

01.01.2022 What a fantastic Project. To support the work of G'day farmer please visit https://australianmercy.org/portfolio/gdayfarmer/