A Look back on 2024

A Look back on 2024

1. Disaster response This year, OM MTI responded to two disasters in the region.The first was a landslide in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea in May that caused almost 2,000 villagers to be buried. The second disaster we responded to was Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar. In both...
The Happy Class

The Happy Class

Happy, Mercy, Faith and Hope. These are the names of the English classes that OM Mercy Teams International (OM MTI) has been conducting in Indonesia for more than 2 years. Altogether, there are five such ESL classes in various parts of the country. Each week, the...
The need for light

The need for light

Pulau Burung (pictured above) is a remote and rural district in Riau – an Indonesian province on the central eastern coast of Sumatra, facing the Strait of Malacca. Here, there are no paved roads or four-wheeled vehicles – residents travel on foot, motorcycles, or by...
George Verwer

George Verwer

It is with profound sadness that we share that George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilisation, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at his home near London, England, on the evening of Friday 14 April. He was 84 years old. George was born in New Jersey,...
A NEW SEASON

A NEW SEASON

In December 2022, OM MTI welcomed Grace Lee-Kok as our new Executive Director (ED). To many of us, Grace is not an unfamiliar face. She served in OM MTI for 6 years before transferring to SEAM, another ministry within Operation Mobilisation (OM). Grace will continue...