Malteser International at the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) Davos 2012

On the occasion of the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2012 from 26 to 30 August in Davos, Switzerland, Malteser International and its Indian partner organisation SSK (Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra) will...

Ground-breaking at Ichinoseki/Japan: "We can't wait to have our new home!"

On 25 August 2012, the long-awaited ground-breaking for the construction of the new building for the Fujinosono children’s home took place.

“We can’t wait to have our new home”, the children said in their addresses and prayers....

World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm

Cologne/Stockholm.This year’s World Water Week in Stockholm examines the widely neglected and underestimated adverse nutritional impact of lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Arno Coerver, Regional WASH Advisor...

Colombia: More than 15,000 families affected by heavy floodings

Heavy rains in July and consequently flooding in the departments of Putumayo and Quibdó – located on the southwest of the country - have caused the overflow of the Putumayo, Guamuez, Orito and Guineo Rivers, causing a...

Syria crisis: Helping refugees in Lebanon

In view of the increasing number of Syrian families fleeing to the Lebanon, Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, gives 50,000 euros out of donations to a medical centre near...

19 August: World Humanitarian Day

More than 60 million people worldwide are in urgent need of humanitarian aid according to OCHA, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Food, tents, drinking water, medicine or cloths -...

South Sudan: Striving for better maternal and child health

Rumbek. Prenatal care, safe deliveries and referral to a hospital in case of high-risk pregnancies - these were the main topics of a training organised by Malteser International in Rumbek, South Sudan, in cooperation with the...