31/12/2004
With the death toll at 120,000 and increasing by the hour, the number of injured at half a million, the most pressing issue now is to provide help to survivors to Sunday’s devastating tsunami. Official sources today warned that between 3 million and 5 million people in Southeast Asia are without basic services. These vulnerable […]
30/12/2004
‘During the last four months the security situation in the crisis area has become even worse,’ says Birke Herzbruch, emergency coordinator of the Order of Malta German Emergency Corps, recently returned to Germany from Darfur. ‘Attacks on refugees, looting and banditry, clashes between the Sudanese Liberation Army and militia/government are causing death and injury, and […]
28/12/2004
A humanitarian relief operation organised by the Emergency Corps of the Order of Malta (ECOM), is underway in the countries hit by the disastrous Asian earthquake. ECOM is currently assessing the situation and priority needs in order to estimate the means immediately required, focusing on relief measures for India and Thailand, countries where ECOM has […]
22/12/2004
Car drivers using the new expressway between Shkoder and Lezhain northern Albania will be surprised at the new variant on the well-known numerous street controls. Police signal drivers to stop; but then a Malteser volunteer presents a questionnaire survey on “Safety and Traffic”. Volunteers of the Order of Malta Albanian Malteser Relief Service “Malteser Ndihmon […]
16/12/2004
In November, the Order of Malta German Emergency Corps (Malteser) carried out stage two of its polio vaccination campaign in the north of Darfur, Sudan. Ralf Pahlmann, Malteser emergency expert and coordinator of this campaign, is convinced that the Darfur conflict with all the border crossings and failed vaccination campaigns is a main cause for […]
14/12/2004
I wish all members of the Order, the volunteers and our benefactors a very happy Christmas and peaceful New Year in 2005. Last year, we made our usual three pilgrimages to Lourdes, Assisi and Loreto, and in addition, in March, about 30 of us went to Cetinje in Montenegro, to venerate the original icon of […]
09/12/2004
On 8 December, the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Andrew Bertie, visited Piazza di Spagna in Rome for the customary floral tribute to the Immaculate Conception, also commemorating the 150 years since the proclamation of this Marian dogma. The Grand Master, accompanied by the Grand Commander of the Order, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla […]
02/12/2004
The digital version of the Activity Report of the Order of Malta is now available online. Please note that the publication in PDF format can be downloaded from the Activity Reports section of this site. The Report is available in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The Activity Report offers an up-to-date […]
16/11/2004
On 16 November the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Andrew Bertie, received His Eminence Cardinal Edward Cassidy, former President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity
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