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07/12/2015
The Grand Master with volunteers at the inauguration of the Order of Malta’s renovated First-Aid Post in St Peter’s Square, the day before the opening of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
04/12/2015
The increased number of natural disasters such as landslides, drought and flooding that are attributed to climate change mostly affect impoverished populations living a precarious existence in vulnerable areas. Climate change also has an effect on their crops, their living conditions, and the transmission of diseases. People living in high-risk areas need to be prepared to face future disasters. Through its emergency relief agency, Malteser International, the Order of Malta is helping them to do just that by implementing disaster risk reduction measures.
Photos © Malteser International
01/12/2015
The Order of Malta’s relief unit in South Africa has been operating in Mandeni, South Africa, since 1992. The health personnel and the over thousand volunteers are active in numerous sectors, but their main mission remains treating and assisting HIV/AIDS patients through a hospice, children’s home and mobile clinics.
27/11/2015
Events and initiatives are taking place in 30 Lithuanian cities to support projects for the elderly. The volunteers of the Order of Malta’s Lithuanian Association look after some 2,300 elderly people and have delivered over 95,000 hot meals during the year.
23/11/2015
Every fourth refugee in Germany has been assisted by an Order of Malta volunteer on at least one occasion. Malteser Hilfsdienst, our relief service in Germany, has hired hundreds of new staff to manage the influx of refugees into the country
14/11/2015
The Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing sent a message of condolence to the French President François Hollande after the shocking attacks in Paris, which left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. “In this tragic moment I wish to express our sincere condolences, closeness and spiritual solidarity to the families of all the victims and to the people of France”.
Ordre de Malte France’s medical teams, consisting of 40 volunteers and 5 ambulances, went into action in the hours after the attacks to bring first aid to the victims. Photos © Ordre de Malte France
12/11/2015
A signing ceremony took place in the Magistral Palace in Rome for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Grenada and the Sovereign Order of Malta. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Grenada, Clarice Modeste-Curwen, was received by the Grand Chancellor Albrecht Boeselager.
11/11/2015
Albrecht Boeselager opens the conference ‘Populations fleeing wars: relief, assistance & integration’ examining the impact of the war in Syria, the danger of routes taken by refugees to enter Europe and EU policies for integration. The conference was held in view of the World Humanitarian Summit.
19/10/2015
In the six months following the Nepal earthquake, Malteser International has provided 70,000 people with aid. © Malteser International.
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