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Danh (11), mobility impaired, calls for inclusion at the UN
Cologne/Geneva. From 19 to 23 May, representatives from governments and international organizations from around the world will meet at the United Nations in Geneva for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, where they...
Day of action for Syria: "Stop. Look at us!"
Cologne. On Thursday, 16 May, Malteser International’s website will go dark in solidarity with the Syrian people. 28 German-based international organizations have united to call attention to the plight of Syrian refugees and...
World Malaria Day 2013
Last year, a child died every minute from malaria. Many of these deaths could be avoided with a simple, yet efficient weapon against the disease: education. To empower the parents and children of two refugee camps in...
Lebanon: Home visits bring relief to Syrian families
A home visits program is reaching out to 400 Syrian refugee families living in precarious improvised shelters in northern Lebanon. With Malteser International’s support, the Lebanese Association of the Order of Malta’s...
World TB Day 2013
“Call for a world free of TB” – in keeping with this year’s theme for World TB Day on March 24, Malteser International joined other organizations, local government and citizen groups and took to the streets in Kenya to increase...
Tribute to Martin Lucas Idele
It is with great sorrow that we have learned about the sudden death of our staff member Martin Lucas Idele, who worked as an accountant at Malteser International’s office in Nairobi, Kenya. Martin was 29 years old and died on 20...
World Water Day 2013
The school children in the village of Hpar Lin Kyaut Tan, in Kayin (Karen) State, Myanmar, got to celebrate World Water Week this year in their brand new school. The school was recently built by Malteser International as part of...