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CloseEvery year, some 90 thousand people are killed by natural disasters and cataclysms. Some 160 million have been affected by events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, hurricanes, fires, drought and heatwaves. In 2017 alone there were 335 natural disasters, with Asia being particularly affected.
By focusing on Disaster Risk Reduction the Order of Malta implements measures to ensure communities are prepared when disasters strike. Through its prevention programmes the Order of Malta in particular reaches out to people who are least able to flee: the elderly and disabled.
Recent emergency interventions have taken place in Indonesia following the earthquake and tsunami in September 2018, in Nepal after severe earthquakes, the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, the Horn of Africa struck by famine and across Europe where our Relief Corps respond to floods and extreme weather. Long-term sustainable development projects are ongoing in the regions of Asia laid waste by the tsunami and in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and the second most densely populated.
10/10/2011
Kenya has a strategic role in the Order of Malta’s humanitarian initiatives in Africa. It is from Kenya that the Order is assisting the population of the Horn of Africa, suffering from one of the worst droughts and famines of the last ten years. The Order of Malta’s international relief agency – Malteser International – […]
29/08/2011
On 9th July, South Sudan gained its independence and became Africa’s youngest nation. As the South Sudanese people start shaping their new country, the Order of Malta continues to help them along the way to a better future by training and qualifying medical staff. After 21 years of civil war, South Sudan is now faced […]
09/08/2011
Food crisis widens: the Order of Malta distributing emergency food in Kenya The food crisis at the Horn of Africa continues to affect 12.4 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Malnutrition and mortality rates are extremely high in many regions. The latest report of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) […]
Map indicates capital cities of countries where the Order of Malta runs medical, social, or humanitarian projects
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