Bahorok Floods 2003, Indonesia

When flash floods hit the North-Sumatran district of Bahorok, 100 km north of the capital Medan, , it caused a devastating landslide that killed or buried alive some 245 people and destroyed the renowned Orang Utan Sanctuary. MR was among the first foreign NGO to...

Refugee Crisis 2003, Afghanistan

The intense heat wave that hit Afghanistan in 2003 resulted in an exodus of refugees to the Afghan-Pakistan border close to Sada, Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan. Following an appeal for international humanitarian aid, a team of 4 from MR and the Singapore Red Cross...