Malteser International is the worldwide relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta for humanitarian aid.

Haiti: Two years after the quake

A country caught between prestige and misery

When many people live cramped in a camp, safe drinking water and a good hygiene behaviour are crucial. Foto: Tobias Kann

Two years after a devastating earthquake shook Haiti on 12 January 2010, a financial gap divides the country.

Tropical storm hits the Philippines

Malteser International expands emergency relief

Distribution of relief supplies for 85 displaced families occupying three rooms in the school building. Photo: Malteser Philippines

100 temporary homes, latrines, community faucets for safe drinking water and psycho-social support for children...

Slash-and-burn agriculture in Vietnam

Protecting forests, preserving livelihoods

It is possible to reduce poverty and the risks of disaster through reforestation and preservation of natural resources.   More about Malteser International's new project in Vietnam

Floods in South-East Asia

Food aid for 2,000 families in Cambodia

After the strongest rains in a decade, 17 of Cambodia’s 24 provinces are under water, and much of rice harvest has been destroyed.  More on the flood relief in Cambodia
Impressions from our projects
  • Living in a camp is exhausting - especially for the elderly. Photo: Tobias Kann
  • Dangerous Playground: These children at Mingora are risking infections when they are playing in the sewer. Photo: Malteser International
  • More than 1 million people are affected by the flooding: These women are trying to cope with the situation.
  • Strengthening of the self-help capacities of the marginalised communities is the most important objective of the project. Photo: Malteser International
  • During the severe flooding in the State of Veracruz, volunteers of the Mexican Order of Malta distributed blanket to the most needed. Photo: Orden de Malta Mexico
  • Malteser International works for traumatised people: Women that got victims of sexual violence meet regularly with their psychosocial attendant. (Photo: Birgit Betzelt)
  • After the floods in Pakistan, Malteser International supports the public health systems in the provinces Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab but sends its ten medical teams also to places where health facilities have been destroyed. Photo: Malteser International
  • Staff members of Malteser International in one of the temporary health centres in Labutta. Photo: Malteser International
  • A mother is asking for medical advice at the health centre in Canapé Vert. Photo: Juergen Hoppe
  • A laboratory is part of the health infrastructure in the refugee camp. Photo: Jörg Worms
  • A child in the kindergarten learns to wash its hands. Photo: Malteser International