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June FOM is now available David Skeat Tuesday, June 30th The latest edition of Focus On Mercy has been up loaded and and is available in PDF Format here.

Victorian Bushfire Appeal David Skeat Tuesday, February 10th ARMS is launching an appeal to help the victims of the Victorian Bush fires. To date over 180 people have perished and thousands are...more

January 09 FOM is here David Skeat Monday, January 12th The January edition of Focus on Mercy has been up loaded to the website and can be down loaded here in PDF format. Find out more of what is...more

Bernieīs Bike Ride David Skeat Monday, January 5th Bernie Scanlan is an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary challenge in front of him. Bernie is going to ride a bike clean across the United...more

ARMS Completes 3rd Thailand PHC Seminar David Skeat Sunday, August 31st ARMS has just completed its 3rd PHC seminar held on the Thai/Burmese border. The seminar had 12 students, including 2 second year students...more

ARMS Launches Appeal For The Burma Cyclone Victims David Skeat Tuesday, May 6th ARMS launches appeal for the victims of the Burma cyclone - much has been written about the crisis in Burma - ARMS has opened an appeal to...more

ARMS to open China Office. David Skeat Sunday, March 23rd The Board of Australian Relief and Mercy Services Ltd has approved the opening of an office in Chongqing, in China. The new work will be...more

Statement on interview on 7:30 Report David Skeat Thursday, March 13th In a recent broadcast made on the ABC news program the 7:30 Report comments were made by a Meg Lewis with regards to her opinion on overseas...more

February FOM is now uploaded David Skeat Saturday, March 1st The latest edition of Focus on Mercy has been uploaded onto the site and in downloadable in PDF format. We hope that you will be encouraged...more

National Directorīs Office moves to Tasmania David Skeat Monday, February 25th David and Marie Skeat have now moved to Tasmania, which will mean some changes for ARMS administration. The National Office will remain in...more

Pakistan Flood Response Update David Skeat Wednesday, July 11th Friday July 13th - Rosemary James writes; As I write, the YWAM Rapid Response Team is busy at work distributing food relief to 500...more

RTC Property Update David Skeat Tuesday, July 10th The appeal for the property that RTC are buying in Cambodia is going well. The original purchase price was $AUD120,000, with the...more

Floods Hit Pakistan David Skeat Sunday, July 8th Torrential rains and a cyclone have hit parts of Pakistan resulting in flash flooding. Hundreds of people have died and many thousands have...more

The latest FOM has been uploaded David Skeat Wednesday, June 27th The latest edition of Focus on Mercy has been uploaded. This edition has articles covering many of the projects being supported through ARMS...more

March FOM has been uploaded David Skeat Sunday, March 11th The latest edition of Focus on Mercy has been up loaded. This edition announces a new project in Vietnam that we are supporting. Introduces...more

November FOM has been uploaded David Skeat Monday, December 11th The latest edition of Focus On Mercy has been uploaded and is available from our newsletter page. This edition carries exciting news from...more

Christmas Appeal Reaches $3500 David Skeat Tuesday, December 5th The ARMS Christmas appeal which is raising fund to give Christmas presents and a Christmas party to children in refugee camps close...more

RTC Get Top Award David Skeat Wednesday, November 29th Reverse The Curse Of Landmines in Cambodia have been awarded Employer of the Year Award from the Cambodian Business Advisory Council in...more

ARMS Launches 2006 Christmas Appeal David Skeat Wednesday, November 1st The ARMS National Office has launched its 2006 Christmas appeal. Each year the National Office raises funds to provide Christmas in the...more

August Focus On Mercy has been uploaded David Skeat Friday, October 20th The latest edition of Focus On Mercy has been uploaded to the web site. This edition carries a great article from Dianna Hallas on the...more

Australian Aid 4 Africa David Skeat Monday, July 24th ARMS is excited to announce that we are about to embark on a new project amongst AIDS victims in Uganda. Australian Aid 4 Africa...more

ARMS To Introduce Admin Fee David Skeat Monday, July 24th The ARMS Board has recently resolved to introduce a 5% admin fee on all donations it receives. For the past 8 years ARMS has raised its...more

Workers Start To Return To East Timor David Skeat Sunday, June 4th With the Australian military patroling Dili some workers feel that it is now safe for them to return to East Timor. Last Satuday Ricky and...more

East Timor Staff Evacuate David Skeat Saturday, May 27th Due to the unsettled natue of the situation in East Timor many of the staff working on projects with ARMS have evacuated. Many are currently...more

Australian Mercy Fund To Build House in India David Skeat Tuesday, May 9th The ARMS Board have just given a small grant from the Australian Mercy Fund to build a house in Southern India for a homeless family. The...more

ARMS Opens Newcastle Office David Skeat Sunday, May 7th The ARMS Board has authorised the opening of new offices in Newcastle. The new work willbe headed up by Will and Judith Knight and will have...more

April FOM is Now Available David Skeat Thursday, April 27th The April edition of ARMSī quaterly newsletter Focus On Mercy is now available and can be downloded in PDF format from here.

The New Focus On Mercy is Available David Skeat Sunday, February 5th The latest edition of Focus On Mercy has been uploaded to the ARMS Site and be found here.

New Admin Centre For ARMS National Office David Skeat Thursday, February 2nd The ARMS National Office has moved its administration away from 1 Kent Rd Surrey Hills. This move is due to our need for increased office...more

ARMS To Re-Open Canberra Office David Skeat Monday, January 16th The ARMS Board has just signed off on the re-opening of our Canberra office. This is a very exciting event as ARMS was originally founded in...more

ARMS National Office Closed for Christmas/New Year David Skeat Saturday, January 7th The ARMS national Office will be closed over the Christmas / New Year period from December 23 through until January 16th. All phone calls...more

Pakistan Earthquake Appeal David Skeat Monday, October 10th ARMS has launched an appeal to help the victims of last weekendīs earthquake in Pakistan. Donations can be mailed to our office at 1 Kent...more

Hurrricane Rita Update David Skeat Thursday, September 22nd Hurricane Rita crossed into Texas close to the Louisianna border as a category 1 hurricane with winds of only 120 miles per hour - this...more

Hurricane Katrina Appeal David Skeat Saturday, September 10th ARMS is appealing for donations to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of families are effected and urgent aid is needed -...more

The Latest FOM is now out. David Skeat Wednesday, September 7th The latest edition of Focus On Mercy is availbale in PDF format from our Newsletter page. Why not take a look. You can recieve this...more

ARMS 2006 Calendars Now Available David Skeat Tuesday, August 30th The ARMS 2006 colour wall calendar is now available. The sale of these calendars are a major fund raiser for ARMS. These full colour...more

ARMS AGM to be held on August 30th David Skeat Sunday, August 21st The Annual General Meeting of Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd will be held in the board room at the YWAM National Office - 1 Kent...more

MMDTS Outreach Report - Thailand David Skeat Saturday, August 20th MMDTS Outreach in Thailand / Myanmar (Burma)  - By Eliza Bacon Ever wonder what God can do with ordinary people? I got to...more

MMDTS Outreach Report - East Timor David Skeat Monday, August 22nd East Timor Outreach Report - by Zachary Fitzgerald   With every work of God there are tests, and with every test is a reward. For the...more

Baby Blankets For East Timor David Skeat Friday, August 5th ARMS has been working in East Timor since early in 2000. In that time we have heard many stories that have moved us to action in areas of...more

Email FromThai Team Member David Skeat Monday, July 18th The last few days in the village were very sad...We had made some dear friends and had such an awesome time. I think this time has been the...more

MMDTS Outreach Update David Skeat Monday, July 18th The MMDTS is approaching the final phase of outreach. David Skeat who is on a teaching trip to Thailand has caught up with the team that has...more

ARMS signs up to Paypal David Skeat Thursday, June 16th ARMS has signed up for Paypal in order to make it easier for people to donate towards its work. Now people have two safe ways though which...more

News from MMDTS Thailand Team David Skeat Friday, June 17th We have received this email from one of the team leaderīs on the Thailand outreach team.   Here I am sitting in a mall in Chiang Mai,...more

MMDTS Outreach Update David Skeat Wednesday, June 1st The MMDTS have just returned from Mildura where the spent two week on outreach with Living Waters Community Care. The team was helping to...more

Giving Birth Can Be A Risky Business David Skeat Tuesday, April 26th I recently heard the First Lady of East Timor give a public address in Adelaide. Kirsty Sword Gusmao is the Australian born wife of...more

MMDTS Prepares For Outreach David Skeat Tuesday, April 12th As the last few weeks of the MMDTS lecture phase draw to a close the students are preparing to go on outreach. Outreach officially begins...more

Fund Raising Dinner For ARMS David Skeat Thursday, February 10th ARMS is running a fundraising dinner on Saturday February 19, 2005 at the YWAM base in Surrey Hills.   Speaking at the dinner will...more

Emergency Appeal For Tsunami Relief Effort David Skeat Monday, December 27th Emergency Appeal For Tsunami Victims News of the cataclysmic Tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in 10 Asian nations have...more

Tsunami Relief Effort Update David Skeat Tuesday, December 28th    Lastest updated: Wed, 12 January 2005  By Sak...more

Burma Army Attacks More Civillians David Skeat Thursday, November 25th We have just received this email about the situation inside Burma. The Burma Army is now attacking civilians, their homes and rice supplies...more

ARMS Board Endorses Fair Share Campaign David Skeat Tuesday, November 9th The Board of Australian Relief & Mercy Services has endorsed the Fair Share campaign which is currently being run by a group of...more

First Overseas MMDTS Students Accepted David Skeat Thursday, November 18th ARMS has accepted its first students for the Mercy Ministry DTS due to commence on January 31, 2005. Many enquiries are coming in and the...more

ARMS Board Approve New MM Initiative David Skeat Wednesday, November 3rd The ARMS Board yesterday approved a new initiative that will help to give people opportunities to serve the poor on short term trips....more

ARMS AGM Completed . David Skeat Saturday, October 2nd The ARMS 2004 AGM was completed on September 30th. The audit and all other reports have been accepted and will be uploaded onto the website...more

More Atrocities Amongst IDPs In Burma David Skeat Saturday, October 2nd We have just received this report about a new wave of attacks that have been lodged on groups of Internally Displaced People...more

October Focus On Mercy Is Now Available David Skeat Tuesday, September 28th The October edition of ARMSīs quarterly newsletter Focus On Mercy is now available and can be downloaded here

Further Adjournment of ARMS AGM David Skeat Monday, September 27th All members of ARMS are hearby advised that the ARMS AGM has been futher adjourned until 6:30 P.M. on Thursday September 30th 2004. The...more

An Update From Marion Fromm David Skeat Friday, September 24th We have just had this very exciting update from Marion Fromm in Cambodia.   The ministry of Reverse The Curse of Land Mines in...more

New Preschool at Sidara, East Timor Jen Keatch Sunday, September 19th We are excited to announce the opening of the new preschool in Sidara, East Timor. Just last week the preschool was opened and there...more

RescueNet Monitors Hurricane Ivan David Skeat Saturday, September 11th RescueNet is monitoring the situation in Jamaica  where cyclone Ivan is currently causing havoc. Thousands have been made homeless...more

ARMS AGM Adjourned . David Skeat Sunday, September 5th The ARMS AGM has been adjourned until Monday night September 27th at 8:00 p.m. As previously arranged proxy votes for the previous...more

ARMS Street Appeal Not A "Washout" National Office Tuesday, August 24th On August 14, ARMS conducted a street appeal in Melbourne.  Over 25 volunteers braved record breaking cold and torrential rain to raise...more

ARMS 2004 AGM David Skeat Tuesday, August 10th All registered members of ARMS are invited to attend the ARMS AGM which will be held on Saturday  September 4th, 2004 in the...more

A NEW VAN FOR THE CHILDREN´S HOME IN BALI Jen Keatch Sunday, August 22nd A NEW VAN FOR THE CHILDREN´S HOME IN BALI Thanks to a generous donation from some kind donors, The Children´s Home in Bali was...more

July Focus On Mercy Is Now Available David Skeat Thursday, August 19th The July edition of ARMS quarterly newsletter Focus On Mercy has been uploaded to the web site in PDF format and is available here.

New Ablution Block for Dr. Dan National Office Wednesday, August 11th On my first trip to East Timor, during the winter of 2003, I had my first visit to the Bairo Pite Clinic in the capital city of Dili. ...more

The Sad Story Of Buphae And Jonathon David Skeat Sunday, August 8th We have been made aware of this situation by the team at Home of the Open Heart. We recently had one more little one join us and, like our...more

Reverse The Curse - Cambodia Update David Skeat Friday, July 2nd We have had emails from Marion Fromm indicating that things are going slowly for her in Cambodia. She has experinced a few...more

IDPīs Being Used As Forced Labor David Skeat Monday, June 28th We have just received this update about the Internally Displaced people inside Burma. In recent times information has been a little hard to...more

RescueNet News David Skeat Monday, June 7th The Rescunet training course that was recently held in Canberra attracted 13 students from  New Zealand, Queenland, Perth, Melbourne,...more

Many Orphans Amongst Shan IDPs In Burma David Skeat Tuesday, June 1st Steve Gumaer has just sent us this report. Please pray as our friends at Partners work out how they can respond to this need.   On...more

News From Home Of The Open Heart David Skeat Wednesday, May 26th We have recently recived and email from Penny Wilcox updating us with regards to the work she and her team are doing with AIDS Babies in...more

Sponsored Students Recieve Good Grades Child Sponsorships Thursday, April 29th We have recently recieved from Project L.I.F.E. the yearly reports of students from our joint sponsorship program...more

Update on toys for Kidīs Ark, East Timor Jen Keatch Wednesday, April 28th We have been able to place our first order of toys for the Kidīs Ark Preschool in East Timor. Using the vouchers earned by those in support...more

April Focus On Mercy Is Now Available David Skeat Friday, April 16th The April edition of ARMS quarterly newsletter Focus On Mercy has been uploaded to the web site in PDF format and is available here.

Fund Raising Raises $8,400 For National Office David Skeat Saturday, April 10th On Saturday April 3rd the ARMS National Office held a street appeal to raise funds for the work of ARMS. Twenty five collectors on 3...more

IDP Update David Skeat Wednesday, March 31st Latest news from Burma tells us that the 5000 Internally Displaced People who have forced from their villages by the Burmese military are...more

Kids Ark Director Sick David Skeat Wednesday, March 31st Kids Ark Director Soraya Nepomuceno has been very sick with Malaria and Denge Fever. In a recent email she tells us that...more

What The IDPs Are Saying David Skeat Tuesday, March 9th Over the past few weeks we have told you a lot about what is happenning to the Burmese  IDPs who have been under sustained attack from...more

Australian Medical Team To Help IDPs David Skeat Wednesday, March 3rd An Australian medical team led by Sydney specialist Dr Ken Curry has arrived in Thialand and are making their way to the border area where...more

How IDP Relief Moneys Have Been Spent David Skeat Wednesday, March 3rd To date ARMS has raised nearly $14,000 to help provide food and medicine to the IDP families caught up in the current crisis inside Burma....more

IDPs Temporarily Safe From Army Attack David Skeat Wednesday, March 3rd Steve Gumaer has sent us this update on the IDP Crisis in Burma Our recent updates on the attack of ethnic Karen civilians prompted...more

More Aid Needed For IDPs David Skeat Saturday, March 6th An email from aid workers who have just returned from the IDP crisis area in Burma reads as follows.   According to reports...more

Medical Team to East Timor Jen Keatch Sunday, February 29th A committed team of medical personnel is planning to visit East Timor during May this year. Two planning meeting have been held in Darwin,...more

Toys For Kidīs Ark - Hera, East Timor Jen Keatch Monday, February 23rd Forty-three children attend the newly established Kidīs Ark in Hera, East Timor. The children are between four and six years of age and come...more

Bali - Child Sponsorship Jen Keatch Sunday, February 22nd Children and staff at the Childrenīs Home Ministry in Bali, Indonesia celebrated Christmas with a party and celebration where members of...more

Reverse The Curse Launch April 27th David Skeat Sunday, February 22nd At a recent meeting with the Reverse The Curse board it was decided that Marion Fromm would return to Cambodia on April 27th this year to...more

IDPs Surrounded - Aid on the way David Skeat Friday, January 16th Another upadate from Steve Gumaer reads,   This morning another sat phone update brought more bad news.   Last night...more

IDP Numbers Grow to 5000 David Skeat Saturday, February 21st Partners In Thailand have just send us this update of the IDP crisis. We would like to ask our donors and supporters to continue to give...more

Update On IDPs David Skeat Monday, February 16th It has taken us some days to get detailed information about the plight of the 3,500 IDPs trapped in Burma. The latest information suggests...more

Kidīs Ark Start Mobile Preschool Ministry David Skeat Friday, February 13th Kids Ark have extended their ministry to include a mobile Preschool which goes into a remote community close to Hera. This HillTribe...more

Land Mines - More Trouble For IDPs David Skeat Monday, February 2nd Steve Gumaers office in Chiang Mai has just sent on to us this first hand account written by an aid worker who is with the the 3,500 IDPs...more

IDP Situation Worsens As Aid Gets Through David Skeat Tuesday, January 27th From reports coming in it seems that Karen and Karenii soldiers have moved into the region where the refugess are to give them protection...more

Attacks On Karen Villages Continue David Skeat Wednesday, January 21st An email from Steve Gumaer updates us thus; On January 17th and 18th,  three Burmese battalions attacked Karen villagers...more

Bangkok Nation - IDP Report David Skeat Wednesday, January 21st Steve Gumaerīs office has forwarded to us a copy of an article that has appeared in recent days in one of Thailandīs two english papers -...more

Burmese Border Crisis - 3500 Displaced David Skeat Friday, January 16th We have had an update from Steve Gumaer about the border crisis. Steve writes; This morning another update arrived in our office about the...more

Christmas Appeal Raises $3,500 David Skeat Wednesday, January 14th The ARMS Annual Christmas Appeal which raises funds to provide refugeee children in the preschools and orphanages in the refugee camps with...more

IDP / Refugee Crisis Grows David Skeat Wednesday, January 14th We have received another email from Syeve Gumnaer informing us that the number of IDP / Refugees massing on the border has grown to 2000....more

Emergency Appeal - New IDP Crisis On Thai Border David Skeat Thursday, January 8th  I have just received word that there are an email from Steve Gumaer who reports that a thousand new Internally Displaced Persons...more

RescueNet Training In 2004 David Skeat Tuesday, January 6th RescueNet will be running a training course for interested people in May 2004. The course will be held at the Youth With A Mission facility...more

Home Of The Open Heart - News Article David Skeat Wednesday, December 17th News has just reached us that the Adelaide Advertiser is about to do a major feature article on Paul and Penny Wilcox and their work at...more

Reverse The Curse Breakthrough In Cambodia David Skeat Thursday, December 4th Reverse The Curse Director Marion Fromm has just spent three months in Cambodia negotiating with government official with regards to the...more

Refugee Christmas Appeal David Skeat Thursday, November 6th   ARMS is  seeking donations to give refugee children a happy Christmas this year. Each year ARMS donors together with...more

New Clinic To Be Built At Weberek - East Timor David Skeat Thursday, November 13th ARMS has been asked to repair the shell of an old house similar to the one in the picture below to make a home for a Primary Health...more

More Karen Displaced Inside Burma David Skeat Wednesday, November 5th Due to Burmese Army offensives that started in August there are still over 1,500 displaced people (over 400 families), in the upper Mae Ple...more

More Child Sponsors Needed David Skeat Wednesday, October 22nd More sponsors are needed for the ARMS Children In Poverty child sponsorship program. This program pays the educational expenses of the...more

Kids Ark Commences Operation In East Timor David Skeat Friday, October 24th Kids Ark - A preschool based ministry that has been set up to help needy families in East Timor officially opened its doors for business on...more

Three Civilians Die From Landmines Inside Burma David Skeat Tuesday, October 28th ARMS has just received a report that three civilians have died from landmines inside Burma in recent weeks. These "porters" were being...more

Second Hekan House Complete David Skeat Wednesday, October 22nd We have just heard from the team in East Timor that the second Hekan House in East Timor has been completed. ARMS National Office is now...more

Security Crackdown Slows Relief Efforts David Skeat Tuesday, September 30th A recent security crackdown by the Thai military has made it almost impossible for workers to work amongst the Karen refugees on the Thai...more