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05/11/2015
“When I grow up, I want to be a teacher,” says Hecil, 14 “And I want to be a nurse,” chimes in her 15 year old sister Jania Rose. The two girls live with their parents Corazon and Angelo in the small village of San Antonio on the island of Samar. When Typhoon Haiyan hit […]
22/10/2015
Malteser International provides aid to 70,000 people Faced with the onset of winter, Malteser International is preparing further aid measures for the districts of Sindhupalchok and Kavre, northeast of the capital. “Nepali weather forecasters are saying that there is a severe winter coming,” explains Arno Coerver, the Malteser International Country Coordinator in Kathmandu, “During the […]
09/10/2015
Article: Anthony Gerada Four hundred and fifty years have passed since the momentous historic event, when Jean de Valette led his troops and the Maltese militia and populace in the defence of the islands of Malta and, indeed, Europe’s southern borders, against an armed invasion. To commemorate the occasion, Knights and Dames of the Order […]
09/10/2015
Most of the time they have left their homes carrying nothing but the bare essentials; but their burden is often amongst the heaviest. A study by the Technical University of Munich has shown that almost a third of all refugee children coming from Syria are psychologically strained, and that every fifth child suffers from a […]
09/10/2015
Refugee relief in Europe and the Middle East “In these dramatic times in which wars and terrorism are spreading throughout the Middle East and Africa, millions of people are forced to flee and seek refuge in Europe,” said the Sovereign Order of Malta’s Grand Chancellor, Albrecht Boeselager. “Inspired by the principles of solidarity and the […]
03/09/2015
The long awaited rainy season has finally arrived, leading to terrible flooding in many countries of South and South East Asia. The situation in Myanmar is especially dramatic, where unusually strong monsoon rains have triggered the most severe flooding for decades and affecting around a million people. In Malteser International’s project regions in and around […]
16/08/2015
Malteser International: “We have to keep our aid mobile” In the year or so since the mass exodus of Iraqis from Mosul and the Sinjar Mountains, more than three million people in Iraq have fled from the ISIS terror group. The United Nations estimate that a further 1.7 million will be added to this number […]
12/08/2015
Malteser International provides flood relief in Myanmar and Pakistan The long awaited rainy season has finally arrived, leading to terrible flooding in many countries of South and South East Asia. The situation in Myanmar is especially dramatic, where unusually strong monsoon rains have triggered the most severe flooding for decades and affecting around a million […]
06/08/2015
Widespread destruction and large numbers of injured Malteser International is preparing initial flood relief measures for the population of the district of Chitral, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, who have been strongly affected by heavy rain and flooding. Malteser International will support the health authorities of the district, which neighbours Afghanistan, by providing medication, hygiene […]
06/08/2015
Malteser International provides flood relief in Rakhine State In collaboration with a local partner, Malteser International is providing flood relief to an initial 300 families especially hard hit by severe flooding in its project area in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Thanks to support from the Swiss Embassy in the country we will provide around 1,500 inhabitants […]
The Australian Association, formed in 1974, currently has in excess of 300 members and aspirant members across every State and Territory of Australia. We also have ongoing and strong links with the Order’s National Associations throughout the Asia Pacific Region including in Singapore and the Philippines and with members of the Order in New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Thailand and Korea. The Order of Malta is committed to serving Our Lords the Poor and Sick worldwide and has done so for over 900 years. This website shares with you the history, mission and current activities of the Order of Malta in Australia, and provides links to the work of the Order world-wide.
