Latest interventions of the Order of Malta in the World

Hungary: New Hope for a Marginalized Community

Rome, 13/05/2013

They call it “Hell’s Tower” and it’s located in the outskirts of the Hungarian city of Veszprém. But similar situations of neglect and squalor are unhappily also to be found in many other cities.
The building has been neglected for years; robbed and ravaged, it has been left without electricity, heating or lifts and its residents have become social outcasts. The tower block became a ramshackle shelter for people in situations of extreme poverty, many of whom were poorly educated, unemployed and struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction.

Latest interventions of the Order of Malta in the World

Home visits for 400 Syrian refugee families in Lebanon

Rome, 02/05/2013

The Lebanese Association, together with Malteser International, distributes emergency kits and provides medical assistance

A home visits programme is reaching out to 400 Syrian refugee families living in precarious improvised shelters in northern Lebanon. With Malteser International’s support, the Lebanese Association of the Order of Malta’s socio-medical centre in Khaldieh is sending out health professionals to visit refugees in Zgharta and Kfarzayna villages in order to conduct health awareness sessions, educating the refugees on various issues such as personal hygiene, maternal care and the importance of vaccination.

Latest interventions of the Order of Malta in the World

First-Aid at school in Albania

Rome, 23/04/2013

The first year of the project for teaching high-school pupils first-aid techniques ended on a high note. Organized by the Order of Malta’s volunteer corps in Albania, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education, the project was implemented in four stages.