18/02/2016
The President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández receives the Grand Master
The President of the Republic of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, received Fra’ Matthew Festing in the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa on 18 February 2016.
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Fra’ Matthew Festing, was received by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly in a solemn session.
Fra’ Matthew Festing, was received by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly in a solemn session.
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Emergency doctors rescue refugees and migrants arriving every day by sea across the Mediterranean
Emergency doctors rescue refugees and migrants arriving every day across the Mediterranean. Order of Malta medics patrol the sea on Italian navy vessels assisting survivors of this perilous journey © Cisom
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The Grand Master with volunteers at the inauguration of the Order of Malta’s First-Aid Post in St Peter’s Square
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
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The Order of Malta helps people living in high-risk areas prepare for future disasters by implementing risk reduction measures
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.
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World Aids Day: over 1,000 volunteers in South Africa care for HIV patients and their families
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.
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Funds raised in this annual campaign in Lithuania support projects for the elderly
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.
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Every fourth refugee in Germany has been assisted by an Order of Malta volunteer on at least one occasion
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
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Ordre de Malte France medical teams on the ground after the Paris attacks
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
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