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

Humanitarian & medical works

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.

26/01/2023

Order of Malta’s Italian and Romanian Relief Corps mission in Ukraine

The delegations of the Order of Malta’s Italian and Romanian Relief Corps (CISOM and SAMR) went to Ukraine, in the south-western region of Kamianets-Podilskyi, to visit some refugee centres, humanitarian-aid warehouses and meet local civil and religious authorities.

24/01/2023

Ukraine: Working together to heal invisible wounds

The Orders of St. John have joined forces again for the first time in centuries to help traumatized children and adolescents in Ukraine.

09/01/2023

Muhamad, the 100,000th child to be born in the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem

The 100,000th child has been born at the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, a little boy named Muhamad. The staff had been waiting many days for this important moment, which took place on the morning of 6 January 2023.

Latest interventions
01/12/2022

The Grand Hospitaller in Ukraine

On November 28-29, an international delegation of the Order of Malta, led by the Grand Hospitaller Fra’ Alessandro de Franciscis, visited the Berehove relief unit of the Order in Ukraine.