01/09/2016

Squadre di soccorso dell’Ordine di Malta al lavoro per assistere le vittime del sisma in centro Italia

Sono 70 i volontari del Corpo italiano di soccorso dell’Ordine di Malta (CISOM), attualmente impegnati quotidianamente nelle zone devastate dal violento terremoto che ha colpito l’Italia centrale alle 3.36 del 24 agosto e che – a tutt’oggi – ha provocato 293 vittime, mentre più di 2.000 sono le persone rimaste senza casa.

13/05/2016

Le ferrovie ungheresi dedicano una locomotiva alle attività dell’Ordine di Malta

Le ferrovie ungheresi dedicano una locomotiva alle attività dell’Ordine di Malta in aiuto dei più vulnerabili. Un modo concreto per richiamare l’attenzione sulle difficoltà quotidiane di poveri, anziani, disabili, vittime di incidenti stradali. Tra le centinaia di progetti realizzati dall’Ordine di Malta in Ungheria, un treno dismesso viene utilizzato come rifugio per i senzatetto.

04/12/2015

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.
Photos © Malteser International

01/12/2015

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.

14/11/2015

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

19/10/2015

In the six months following the Nepal earthquake, Malteser International has provided 70,000 people with aid as well as given help to clear the rubble from their homes and villages.

In the six months following the Nepal earthquake, Malteser International has provided 70,000 people with aid. More than 10,000 families – around 62,000 people – were provided with staple foodstuffs, hygiene articles, tarpaulins, and toolkits, as well as given help to clear the rubble from their homes and villages. Since May, almost 7,500 sick and wounded people have received treatment at the Malteser International supported field hospital in Lamosanghu near to the Chinese border. © Malteser International.

01/09/2015

The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta runs emergency medical and relief programmes across the country to address the plight of refugees.

The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta runs emergency medical and relief programmes across the country to address the plight of refugees. Areas where needs are greatest have been targeted first: at the Eastern Railway Station in Budapest medics and social workers operate a mobile clinic, treating people for injuries and illnesses and distributing food, water and clothes. The service employs Urdu, Pashtu, Dari and Farsi interpreters on voluntary basis.

Photos © Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat

20/06/2015

The number of refugees and displaced persons worldwide has reached levels not recorded since the end of World War II.

The Sovereign Order of Malta launches a campaign for World Refugee Day to raise awareness of this worldwide drama. The number of refugees and displaced persons worldwide has reached levels not recorded since the end of World War II. In Syria, over four years of conflict now mean that a family is forced to leave home every 60 seconds. The Order of Malta is on the front line offering assistance to refugees and displaced people, both in the countries involved in the conflicts and in the final destinations of asylum seekers.

27/05/2015

Symposium “Religions Together for Humanitarian Action”

The Symposium ‘Religions Together for Humanitarian Action’ organised by the Sovereign Order of Malta at the UN Geneva,brought together experts and diplomatic representatives, leaders of secular and faith-based humanitarian organisations, in the lead-up to the World Humanitarian Summit.