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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.
24/10/2014
Over 90 disabled young people and volunteers participated in the Order of Malta’s Italian summer camp for disabled young people. Two volunteers were allocated to each disabled person to guarantee the best care and attention and to enable newcomers to learn from the more experienced. Federica, at 17 the youngest volunteer in the group, tells us: “I started almost by chance. I was accompanying a friend and I became so involved that I wanted to repeat the experience in future years.”
24/10/2014
Founded in 1989, the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta has 5000 regular and 15,000 casual volunteers, and is now one of the major welfare organisations in the country. The Service celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.
21/10/2014
For 15 years “Le Fleuron Saint Jean” on the Seine has been giving new hope to the homeless in Paris. Its mission of sheltering and providing psychological support to the homeless as well as fostering their reintegration in society continues 365 days a year. The barge accommodates 50 men coming from very precarious living conditions.
25/09/2014
Across Hungary the Order of Malta’s Charity Service (MMSz) is sending its doctors to isolated communities living in great poverty. In the Roma settlement of Monor, southeast of Budapest, a third of residents suffer from high blood pressure, many are in urgent need of dental treatment and between 15-20% of children are visually impaired.
17/09/2014
The Order of Malta relief corps in Romania delivered over 21,000 food packages to the elderly poor across the country last year, giving essential support to the vulnerable in precarious financial situations. In addition, hot meals were provided daily for over 500 people. Photo: MRSA St.George
14/07/2014
Ordre de Malte France has been providing refugees in Burkina Faso with medical aid and emergency supplies since the start of the crisis in Mali. First-aid and ambulance personnel support the medical centres in refugee camps near the Mali border. Ordre de Malte France also provides medical care for the local population.
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