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News

23/01/2011

Emergency relief in Sri Lanka: one million people affected by the serious floods

Malteser International distributes food and drinking water Continuous heavy rain since the end of December – which became torrential rains from 9 January – have caused landslides and severe flooding…

17/01/2011

Assistance Projects in a region with one of the highest mortality rates

The Order of Malta has been operating for over six years in the Kavango region in northern Namibia, on the border with Angola. With some 200,000 inhabitants, it is one…

13/01/2011

First Aid in Paris on New Year’s Eve

Ordre de Malte France was chosen by the Prefecture of Paris – with the French Red Cross and the National Civil Defence Federation – to provide first aid and medical…

11/01/2011

Address of the Grand Master to the Diplomatic Corps

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, received at the Magistral Villa on the Aventine the Ambassadors of the 104 countries accredited to the Order for…

06/01/2011

Annual Christmas lunch in Rome feeds over 350 street people

Street people were provided with a 5-course meal, hosted by the Grand Priory of Rome of the Order of Malta and its volunteer group, working in three shifts, and with…

19/12/2010

Agreement between the Italian Relief Corps and the Russian Federation’s Civil Defence

A memorandum of understanding for cooperation in dealing with emergencies caused by nature or by man was signed in the Magistral Palace by the Russian Deputy Minister Pavel Plat and…

13/12/2010

Aid for thousands of victims of sexual violence

Over the past six years, Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for worldwide humanitarian aid, provided psychological and medical treatment for about 49,000 women who had…

11/12/2010

Rescuing motorists blocked by the snow

In northern France, the heavy snowfall on 8 December caused chaos on the roads and thousands of people were blocked in their cars. The railways were also paralysed in many…

10/12/2010

The Grand Master’s state visit to Portugal

On a state visit to Portugal, Fra’ Matthew Festing was received by the President of the Republic, met the nation’s highest political and religious authorities and visited some of the…