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

Japan: 2 years after the earthquake

Fujinosono children's home construction in final stretch

The children are already excited about their new home. Photo: Kazushi Abe

Two years after the earthquake and tsunami, the construction work on the children’s home Fujinosono is nearing completion. On 29 June, the home will be inaugurated and the building will provide a safe home for 45 children.

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Geneva: Global Plateform

Danh (11), mobility impaired, calls for inclusion at the United Nations

Danh is actively involved in the preparation of emergency plans in his village. Photo: Guilhem Alandry

The 11-year-old Danh, from Vietnam, is coming to the United Nations in Geneva to tell global leaders at the Global Plateform for Disaster Risk Reduction, why it is crucial to consider persons with disabilities when protecting communities from disasters.

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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
 
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