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Order Of Malta Australia

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  • 31/08/2017

    Meet Joanina: our latest student to be sponsored through the Creating Leaders Scholarship program

    Creating Leaders is an Order of Malta scholarship program in Timor-Leste. Like many developing countries, Timor-Leste has high levels of poverty and low national human development. Education is an important vehicle to employment, independence, social and political empowerment and consequently, national development. However, a cycle of poverty often creates barriers to the children’s participation in […]

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  • 31/08/2017

    Members donate food to poor who attend the Feast of the Annunciation

    On the Occasion of celebrating the Annunciation, at the Annunciation church at Taklee, His Grace Bishop Pibul of Nakorn Sawan Diocese, chaired the distribution of rice, cooking oil, and dried food donated by Members of the Order of Malta in Thailand to the disabled and poor who attend the ceremony, most of them Buddhist, from […]

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  • 31/08/2017

    Hurricane Harvey: Standing in Solidarity with affected people

    Disaster Relief Experts from Malteser International arrive in Texas  In the wake of devastating flooding after Hurricane Harvey, disaster relief experts from Malteser International have arrived in the US-State of Texas to support the American associations of the Order of Malta in providing aid on the ground. Members of the Order of Malta are already […]

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  • 10/08/2017

    The Inaugural Asia Pacific Summer Camp 2017

    The Order of Malta has for the last thirty years has a tradition of holding summer camps for young disabled people aged between 18 to 30. The Singapore Association, extended this tradition to the Asia Pacific region and from the 8th to 11th June 2017, the Inaugural Asia Pacific Summer Camp took place at the […]

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  • 09/08/2017

    One million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

    The civil war in South Sudan has taken its toll on neighboring country Uganda. The number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda has now reached the million mark. Many of these refugees make the journey across the border, not just because of the Uganda’s proximity, but also as a result of the country’s welcoming approach […]

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  • 09/08/2017

    Members provide assistance following severe flooding in Thailand

    Member of the Order of Malta, Adrian Borg-Cardona provides a report on the situation in Thailand following the widespread flooding: On Friday 4th August, 2107 a small group, compromising of two members of the Order, one aspirant and one volunteer met with Msgr. Dr. Vissanu Thanya-Anan, Deputy Secretary General, at the Catholic Bishops Conference of […]

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  • 03/08/2017

    Iraq: Interview with Malteser International's Country Coordinator

    Article and Images: Malteser International Stefan Jansen, 34, is Malteser International’s country representative in Iraq. Together with his team of twenty, he coordinates Malteser International’s healthcare projects in the north of the country, intended to provide help for people fleeing from Mosul and the surrounding towns and villages. In the neighboring region of Tal Afar, […]

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  • 31/07/2017

    Malteser International Annual Report 2016 available to download

    Malteser International is the worldwide humanitarian relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Their mandate is to provide relief and recovery during and following conflicts and disasters. They are primarily active in the field of health, in which we have almost 60 years of continuous experience. Christian values and humanitarian principles form the foundations of their work: bringing […]

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  • 27/07/2017

    Video: Highlights from the 2017 National Assembly

    The Australian Association of the Order of Malta held it’s Biennial National Assembly from 23 to 25 June in Brisbane, Queensland. One hundred and thirty six members of the Order from around Australia, together with visitors from New Zealand and Hong Kong, attended the Assembly. Remembering the Forgotten was the theme of the conference which […]

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  • 12/07/2017

    Young Order of Malta Appeal delivers medicine to Timor-Leste

    The Order’s Australian President Dr Ian Marshall invited Young Order of Malta Queensland (YOMV Qld) members Christopher Schaffer, Joseph and Alice Grogan to develop an appeal seeking donations of simple household medicines like Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, vitamins and cough medicine to support a small medical clinic in Timor-Leste. “Sister (Irma) Cristina Macrino from the Congregation of […]

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The Australian Association

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.