Emergency Response

Mercy Trucks is a new organisation established by Roy and Catherine Dixon who live in the North East of England. Roy originally had a company building golf courses in the UK and Europe. For this he used an articulated lorry-trailer fitted out inside with showers, bedrooms, kitchen, laundry, office etc. This twelve man team accommodation unit was completely self sufficient and fully mobile, able to travel to where it was needed. Roy and Catherine realised that there was more to life than picking stones on golf courses so they trained then worked with humanitarian organisations in several countries. This was so fulfilling they decided to follow their vision and form Mercy Trucks. It is felt that most people want to help and do something meaningful in life and Mercy Trucks is a platform where people from all walks of life can come onboard and do much needed work, either at home or overseas.

It is our intention to have many Mercy Truck units doing good works around the world. The Mercy Truck units have a secondary trailer with a versatile inventory of machinery and equipment and all crew members will be required to undertake training programs. Under normal circumstances the teams will undertake regular good works on many locations around the world, however, the logistics of the Mercy Truck system allow for an effective "Emergency Response" standby facility, should a disaster occur within reasonable travelling distance of their current location. The units will be able to help in disaster areas with work such as earthquake relief, crop planting after floods and droughts, medical and feeding programs for displaced people etc.