Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd

Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd (ARMS) is the Mercy Ministries arm of Youth With A Mission Australia.

We are a registered Australian charity and have offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Darwin, Perth and Adelaide. Our National Office is located in Melbourne.

ARMS is dedicated to reaching out to the poor and the needy of the world wherever they may be found. We run mercy ministries projects both within Australia and overseas.

ARMS has a wide variety of programs some of which include;

• Training people to work with the poor through a variety of innovative training programs.
• Fundraising for, and provision of financial assistance to selected projects amongst the poor.
• Provision of emergency aid, in the form of small cash grants as well as the provision of personnel and resources to disaster and emergency situations.
• Initiation of projects amongst the poor.
• Educational sponsorships to children in poverty.
• Establishment and maintenance of primary health care projects in poor communities.
• Micro enterprise projects.

	ARMS is a signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Code of Conduct, which defines minimum standards of governance, management, and accountability for non-government development organisations. To view the ACFID Code of Conduct visit the ACFID website.
	ARMS is a member of Co-Aid - a consortium of agencies in international relief and development working with staff and volunteers in over 100 countries.
	ARMS partners with the World Relief Overseas Fund by acting as its agent for the delivery of aid and development projects.
	The Board of Australian Relief & Mercy Services has endorsed the Make Poverty History campaign. This campaign seeks to encourage the Australian Federal Government to increase its aid budget and to embrace policies that will help to reduce world poverty by half by 2015. More information about Make Poverty History can be found here.