Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

Disaster relief & prevention

Latest interventions
06/04/2023

Bangladesh refugee camp fire: Malteser International distributes humanitarian aid

One month after the devastating fire in the Cox Bazar refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, the humanitarian situation is complicated. The fire destroyed about 2,800 huts, leaving 15,000 refugees without shelter.

27/03/2023

London hosts the 29th International Hospitaller Conference

How to better help and provide humanitarian assistance to the neediest population - starting from the Ukrainians - and how to improve synergies between the entities that form the Order of Malta – more than 250 – representing at the same time its richness.

Latest interventions
14/03/2023

Malteser International providing aid after major fire in world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh

On Sunday 5 March a fire broke out in Bangladesh in the world’s largest refugee camp, near the city of Cox’ Bazar. Around 2,000 shelters have been destroyed and nearly 12,000 people lost their home.

07/03/2023

The Grand Hospitaller visits Poland and Ukraine

The Order of Malta’s Grand Hospitaller Fra' Alessandro de Franciscis’s journey started in Warsaw, Poland, where he met institutional representatives and visited some of the most significant Order of Malta initiatives to assist refugees and those displaced by the war in Ukraine.

Latest interventions
14/02/2023

Malteser International: Distributing aid in Syria after the devastating earthquake

One week after the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, aid organization and local units continue to work around-the-clock to provide medical and relief supply to the millions of people affected.

09/02/2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Concern for the Syrian population affected

The Malteser International relief team has arrived in Gaziantep, on the border between Turkey and Syria, where the Order of Malta’s international organisation has been providing aid since the outbreak of the war in Syria.

Latest interventions
Lieutenant of the Grand Master News
08/02/2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Malteser International relief teams arrive in Gaziantep

The dramatic toll of the earthquake that between Monday night and Tuesday night devastated entire towns - razing them to the ground - between Turkey and Syria, the latter already battered by 12 years of war, is still rising.

Lieutenant of the Grand Master News
07/02/2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: statement from the Lieutenant of the Grand Master

Following the terrible earthquake that struck in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, causing thousands of deaths, Fra’ John Dunlap, Lieutenant of the Grand Master, issued the following statement:

Latest interventions
06/02/2023

Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria: Malteser International sends emergency relief team

After the severe earthquake in Türkiye and Syria last night, the Turkish government asked the international community for help. The quake had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale.