Humanitarian & medical works

South Sudan: hunger crisis worsens as global prices rise

Ukraine war: from emergency response to mid-term planning

After 5 months of war, presently 15.7 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian aid. According to latest figures, 6.3 million people are internally displaced,

Countdown to Order of Malta’s 37th International Summer Camp for Disabled Youths

Everything is ready for the Order of Malta’s 37th International Summer Camp for the young disabled, an event that has been held every summer for almost forty years.

Order of Malta inaugurates new retirement home in downtown Vienna

The Order of Malta has opened a new facility, Malteser Ordenshaus, with some 70 rooms and apartments for the elderly in the heart of the Austrian capital.

New maternity ward opened in Ziling in the extreme north of Cameroon

Eight hundred births a year in line with health standards. This is the ambitious goal of the new maternity ward inaugurated last week in the Mayo-Tsanaga department, in the extreme north of Cameroon.

New Vision 2050 website launched to support young Order of Malta volunteers around the world

The new Vision 2050 website, the Order of Malta’s global youth volunteering platform, was successfully launched at the Order of Malta’s international pilgrimage to Lourdes earlier this month.

Opening of new health facility in South Sudan

Malteser International has opened a new health centre in Yei River County, in the very south of South Sudan, a region where access to health care has been heavily limited due to the ongoing civil war.

Portuguese volunteers aid and assist pilgrims going to Fatima

10 working days, 11 medical units, 6 mobile assistance teams and 114 volunteers. These are the figures of the Order of Malta’s Portuguese Association 2022 campaign, organized every year to support pilgrims going to the Shrine of Fatima.

US First Lady Jill Biden meets with Order of Malta volunteers during her visit to the Slovak-Ukrainian border

During her visit to the Slovak-Ukrainian border, the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden met with a team of volunteers from the Order of Malta currently assisting tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees.