MERCY Malaysia or Malaysian Medical Relief Society is a non-profit organisation focusing on providing medical relief, sustainable health related development and risk reduction activities for vulnerable communities in both crisis and non-crisis situations.
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MERCY Malaysia was founded by Dr Jemilah Mahmood in 1999 in response to the conflict in Kosovo.
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That same year, MERCY Malaysia sent relief teams to Turkey in response to the 1999 Izmit earthquake.
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In 2000, MERCY Malaysia provided medical assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons due to the Maluku sectarian conflict in Indonesia.
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MERCY Malaysia partnered with Pakistan Islamic Medical Association for the Afghanistan response, while the Cambodian response was funded from MERCY Malaysia's own reserves and private sector donations.
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In February, MERCY Malaysia launched its China Humanitarian Fund and sent a team in response to the 2003 Bachu earthquake, a 6.
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May 2003 saw MERCY Malaysia responding to the 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone where the republic suffered its worst floods and landslides in 60 years.
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For Iraq in particular, MERCY Malaysia allocated RM1 million in medical and humanitarian aid, and collaborated with Islamic Relief to transport three trucks of humanitarian aid to Falluja.
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MERCY Malaysia then responded to North Korea's appeal for international aid following the collision and explosion the train in Ryongchon disaster.
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MERCY Malaysia concluded its rehabilitation of the Ibn Al-Quff Hospital and the Al-Mansoor Paediatric Teaching Hospital in Iraq, and delivered essential items to the Internally Displaced Persons in Fallujah as winter arrived.
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The new health centre, financed by the people and government of Mercy Malaysia, was designed to cater for the city's 130,000 people and treat up to 200 patients a day.
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Early December 2004 saw MERCY Malaysia responding to the humanitarian needs in the Philippines to assist the survivors of the tropical storms, which had left some 1,000 dead.
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In-kind donations became unmanageable at one point when irrelevant and unusable items were donated, and MERCY Malaysia had to appeal to the public not to look at the organisation as a dumping ground for unwanted goods.
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In March, MERCY Malaysia responded to the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake which struck the Nias islands.
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In 2012, MERCY Malaysia had deployed teams into Rakhine, Myanmar, where they distributed non-food items and established mobile clinics to help the IDP's, to Mindanao, Philippines to respond to those affected by both Tropical Storm Washi and Typhoon Bopha, and they had sent in their assessment team to help Syrian refugees there.
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MERCY Malaysia launched its first official efforts in sustainable funding under the banner of Seringgit Sehari.
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In 2016, MERCY Malaysia enters Internally Displaced People camp in Idlib Syria for humanitarian mission – 28 December 2016.
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In 2017, MERCY Malaysia is Sittwe and Northern Rakhine, Myanmar for humanitarian aids.
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In 2020 MERCY Malaysia launched its COVID-19 Pandemic Fund to support medical services and the essential needs of marginalised groups within the country.
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Together with two other NGOs, MERCY Malaysia partnered with Lazada Malaysia to facilitate the donation of funds through digital giving.
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MERCY Malaysia had to reassure the stateless people from the Rohingya community to come forward for testing as they fear arrests from authorities upon seeking medical attention.
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In compliance with the Societies Act 1966, MERCY Malaysia submits its accounts to an external auditor, publishes its Annual Report for review and holds an Annual General Meeting for all members, usually in the month of June of every year.
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Patron of MERCY Malaysia is His Royal Highness Sultan Dr Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of Perak.
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In 2004, MERCY Malaysia made its financial reporting available to the public through the publication of its annual reports.
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In 2007, MERCY Malaysia became the third NGO in the world to get a Humanitarian Accountability Partnership certification.
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