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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.
29/10/2010
The conference organized by the Order of Malta entitled “ Humanitarian Challenges in Crisis-Driven Regions – the Order of Malta’s 2010 Report” took place on 27 October in Rome. Natural disasters and post-conflict situations are following each other at increasingly short intervals. The conference took stock of the Order of Malta’s humanitarian relief actions in […]
11/10/2010
The airfield of the Order of Malta’s Italian Emergency corps (CISOM) was inaugurated on Saturday 9 October in Megolo, a hamlet in the municipality of Pieve Vergonte, province of Verbania (northern Italy). Dedicated to St. John the Baptist, patron of the Order, the landing strip will constitute a point of reference in the province for […]
30/08/2010
Six months after the devastating earthquake in Chile, the Order of Malta’s humanitarian aid and reconstruction efforts continue. Rehabilitation of the social infrastructure as well as income-generating measures are being implemented by the Order’s Chilean Association and its relief corps “Auxilio Maltés” with the support of Malteser International. In Chépica, “Auxilio Maltés” is reconstructing buildings […]
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