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Emergency relief in Burkina Faso/Sahel Zone
Cologne. First aid and ambulance services are the focus of a new emergency relief project supported by Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s worldwide humanitarian aid service, in northern Burkina Faso. The project will be...
Myanmar: Aid for the displaced in Rakhine State
Cologne. Responding to the ongoing ethnic violence in Rakhine State in which more than 90,000 people have been displaced, Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s relief agency for humanitarian aid, will provide up to 2,000...
Tsunami warning issued for the Indian Ocean
Cologne. A tsunami warning has been issued after a strong earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian Island of Sumatra sent tremors throughout the entire Indian Ocean region. The Malteser International teams in Indonesia, Sri...
World Water Day 2012
Cologne. The recent news that a target under the seventh Millennium Development Goal – to halve the proportion of the global population without access to safe drinking water – has been reached is a reason for celebration on World...
Malteser International on International Women’s Day
Cologne. On International Women’s Day, Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s relief service for humanitarian aid, honours the Dalit women of Rajasthan, who are making a difference in their communities through mobilisation...
One year after the earthquake in Japan
Cologne. In remembrance of the day a devastating earthquake hit Japan, the children and staff of the children’s home Fujinosono will eat only emergency food rations on 11 March. “In this way, the children and youth will...
Myanmar's opening: A chance to help more
Cologne/Yangon. Myanmar, a country which has often been criticised for its political isolation in the past, is in the midst of a democratisation process which is opening up the country to more humanitarian relief, a move which...