Humanitarian & medical works

03/01/2020

Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem intensifies antenatal checks with awareness campaigns in the region

With over 4,700 births a year and a neonatal intensive care unit, Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem remains a fundamental point of reference for families in the West Bank.

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30/12/2019

Malteser International and other aid agencies warn about the deterioration of food security in Haiti

Malteser International, together with many other humanitarian agencies working in Haiti, has expressed concern over the scale of the food crisis that has been confirmed by the publication of research of food security by the National Coordination of Food Security and the Ministry of Agriculture of the country.

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24/12/2019

Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem: over 4,700 births in 2019. Nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit: the parents’ joy becomes ours

Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, run by the Order of Malta since 1990, is the only medical facility in the West Bank to offer a neonatal intensive care unit where premature babies, even only 23 weeks old, or those with congenital problems, can be treated with cutting-edge therapies.

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Grand Master’s Christmas greetings at St. John Baptist Hospital in Rome

Grand Master news

20/12/2019

Grand Master’s Christmas greetings at St. John Baptist Hospital in Rome

For the Christmas festivities, Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, accompanied by Grand Hospitaller Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel and by Fra’ Roberto Viazzo, member of the Sovereign Council, visited St. John Baptist Hospital, the long-term care facility run by the Order of Malta’s Italian Association in Rome.

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19/12/2019

Order of Malta in Lithuania in full swing with the 14th Malteser Soup Campaign

For the 14th year running, the Order of Malta in Lithuania is organizing the Maltesers’ Soup campaign, with the aim of raising funds for the distribution of hot meals to the poor and the provision of care and support to people who live alone or have physical disabilities.

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14/12/2019

Christmas lunch in the Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e Alessio for 400 needy people

His beret pulled down over his ears to protect him from the cold, but with a smile on his face, one of the numerous volunteers of the Order of Malta’s Gruppo Abc of the Rome Delegation, greets at the entrance the guests who will be offered “Christmas lunch” in the Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e Alessio in Rome

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10/12/2019

Order of Malta Singapore organizes fourth Lourdes Experience with over 11,000 pilgrims

Singapore’s fourth Lourdes Experience of the Order of Malta event held on Saturday, 7 December at the Singapore Indoor Stadium was attended by approximately 11,000 pilgrims. Sick and needy people attended in big numbers, coming from the 32 local Catholic local churches, organisations and homes for the elderly.

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10/12/2019

Malteser International in Kenya scourged by rain and floods

120 people have lost their lives in recent weeks due to the severe storms in Kenya. After months of drought, the heavy rains have caused flash flooding, landslides and mudslides in many regions.

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29/11/2019

Albania Earthquake: Order of Malta on site to assist

While the death toll following the devastating earthquake that struck Albania last Tuesday continues to rise – 49 dead and 750 injured – the Order of Malta’s Albanian relief corps is on site to assist the hundreds of displaced persons (3,480 in all).

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