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04/11/2014
On August 14, 1989, the Order of Malta Hungarian Charity Service set up the first refugee camp to deal with the tens of thousands of East German refugees fleeing into Hungary. For an intense period of over three months the Service cared for almost 47,000 refugees. To mark 25 years since the event, Fra’ Matthew Festing sent this message to the Charity Service.
04/11/2014
Modern by Tradition – an introduction to the Order of Malta.
Founded in Jerusalem in the 11th century, the Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of international law and a lay religious order of the Catholic Church. Its 13,500 members, 80,000 volunteers and over 25,000 medical personnel are dedicated to caring for people in need. Projects are run across 120 countries, many of which help victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by providing medical assistance, caring for refugees, and distributing medicines and basic equipment for survival.
04/11/2014
International Summer Camp for Young Disabled: for thirty-one consecutive years the Order of Malta’s members and volunteers have been getting together for an intense week in which they take care of their disabled contemporaries, removing all physical and mental barriers. This year’s camp, taking place in the heart of Holland, is attended by people from 23 countries. The hundreds of special events include a visit to Amsterdam through its canals and to the open-air museum in Arnhem, not to mention games, dancing, competitions and excursions.
04/11/2014
March 15th 2015 marks the fourth year since the beginning of the uprising in Syria, and a political solution to the crisis continues to be nowhere in sight. The Order of Malta provides medical aid to refugees and displaced persons in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey through the field hospitals and health centres of its Lebanese Association and Malteser International.
Images courtesy of Malteser International, Andrea Krogmann, Paolo Marchetti
31/10/2014
Malteser International is the Order of Malta’s worldwide relief agency. It provides humanitarian aid in all parts of the world without distinction of religion, race or political persuasion.
29/10/2014
After Brussels and Liège, another reception centre for the homeless is opening in Ghent, Belgium. This is the third ‘La Fontaine’ centre run by the Order of Malta’s Belgian Association. The first was created 18 years ago in the capital Brussels to support people living on the streets; the second was opened 3 years later.
28/10/2014
Lampedusa: the door to the future
Medics of the Order of Malta Italian Relief Corps operate on Italian navy vessels, patrolling its SAR ‘Search and Rescue’ region in the Mediterranean to rescue refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe.
24/10/2014
Order of Malta Ireland runs a 4,000-strong volunteer Ambulance Corps which, during the last year, travelled over 300,000 kilometres, transporting over 12,000 patients with over 100,000 volunteer hours of duty. This equates to 1 person working 24/7 for over 12 years!
24/10/2014
Since 2008 the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps has rescued and provided medical treatment to thousands of children, women and men passing through the Strait of Sicily to reach Lampedusa, outpost of Europe, on board makeshift and often overcrowded crafts.
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