30/12/2009
On 24 December last, the Order of Malta’s volunteers in France were called urgently to Saint Etienne to bring in and give hospitality to the homeless living in the streets. Many volunteers participated in this show of solidarity, accepting to spend Christmas Eve in a gymnasium made available to the needy to offer them not […]
28/12/2009
The Order of Malta’s programme in France, consisting of financial support for laboratory research and clinical trials for leprosy, has provided important results. Launched in 2006, the programme refutes the World Health Organization’s declaration, in reply to the question of whether “leprosy has been eradicated”, that “only research has been wiped out” (WHO January 2007 […]
20/12/2009
Malteser International has started relief measures in the districts of Marsabit, Samburu and Isiolo, the most severely affected north of the country with a population of 365,000 people. In co-operation with the local Catholic dioceses Malteser International will provide six health centres, two hospitals and one hospital dispensary with drugs and medical consumables for the […]
19/12/2009
A group of volunteers arrived last Sunday in the Carabinieri base of Butmirdei on a special mission: to greet the children from the Kinderdorf and Egipat orphanages and the Italian community in the village of Stiyordi, Prnjavor. The Order of Malta’s Italian ambulance corps (city of Macerata group) left from Civitanova Marche with two trucks […]
18/12/2009
I wish all the Dames and Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta my best wishes for a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year, a year which will be distinguished by a coherent Christian testimony in all situations. With simple and profound words the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled that at Christmas the […]
10/12/2009
Also this year the Order of Malta’s Christmas fundraising initiative was a great success. On 5 and 6 December field kitchens were set up in the main squares in Vilnius and another fourteen towns with over 5000 Christmas soups sold. The aim was to collect funds for the Order of Malta’s Lithuanian volunteers Corps ‘Maltos […]
During the meeting, President Ondimba expressed his appreciation for the Order’s humanitarian work. He stressed the prestige it enjoys and hoped that it will be able step up its presence in his country. The Grand Chancellor confirmed that the Order was willing to commit itself further in Gabon and set up a round-table to pinpoint […]
09/12/2009
This morning the Foreign Minister of Georgia Grigol Vashadze was received by Fra’ Matthew Festing in the Magistral Palace. Minister Vashadze conveyed to the Grand Master the people of Georgia’s great gratitude to the Order of Malta for the medical assistance given in August 2008 during the conflict with Russia. During a work meeting held […]
02/12/2009
The Order of Malta’s volunteers in France have offered their services in the vaccination campaign against the AH1N1 virus infection, working in teams of nine to staff the Eure prefecture’s call centre. During their four-hour shifts they reply to the 600,000 people who have been called for vaccinations, booking them an appointment in one of […]
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