by admin | Nov 17, 2021 | Disaster Response
Every humanitarian situation has unique challenges. When hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans poured through Southern Europe, relief agencies were already stretched by responses in Syria, Nepal and the Central African Republic. Countless families stood...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Disaster Response
Lisa* felt feverish as she called the supplier to order the second batch of food items for the food distribution in the village. Together with 15 other youths and 2 young sons living with her, she was tested positive for Covid-19. Living at the border area of...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Disaster Response
May* graduated from the school set up by OM at the Thailand-Myanmar Border in March 2020. She was Grade 6 at that time and had been in the school for eight years. Now at 16 years old, she is no longer going to school like many young people in Myanmar. Her parents had...
by admin | Sep 18, 2020 | Community Health, Disaster Response
Mai* and her family are Jesus followers in a Southeast Asian country. Her father is the local pastor of an impoverished village. A few years after she committed her future to God, she joined the OM team in that country and initiated a preschool project in her...
by admin | Sep 18, 2020 | Disaster Response
Like other countries, COVID-19 has had a major impact on Cambodia these past few months. Many people lost their jobs, especially manual labourers, but even those with good jobs have been laid off as businesses and tourism shut down. In rural villages, people could at...
by admin | Sep 18, 2020 | Disaster Response
Deep in the remote rural villages at the Thailand-Myanmar Border, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the livelihood of the largely agrarian communities that reside in these villages. Due to restrictions in their movements, they have not been able to transport their...