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Malteser International 
Formation January 2, 2005 Purpose/focus humanitarian Headquarters Kalker Hauptstraße 22 Location Kalk, Cologne, Germany Region served worldwide Parent organization Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. Affiliations Sovereign Order of Malta Website www.malteser-international.org Malteser International is the worldwide relief agency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta for humanitarian aid. The organisation covers around 200 projects in about 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Currently, 19 national associations of the Order of Malta are members of Malteser International.
Evolved from Malteser Germany, therefore set up in accordance with German Law, and internationalized as the Order of Malta’s relief service in 2005, the organisation provides aid in all parts of the world without distinction of religion, race or political persuasion. Christian values and the humanitarian principles of impartiality and independence are the foundation of its work. Malteser International is based in Cologne and has the status of a Non-Governmental Organisation.
Its mission is not only to provide emergency relief, but also to implement rehabilitation measures and to facilitate the link between emergency relief and sustainable development. Malteser International establishes and promotes primary health care services and seeks to reduce vulnerability and poverty. It is committed to ensure high quality standards. Accountability and transparency are priorities of its agenda.
Relief Efforts Chronicle
1956 Refugee aid at the Austro-Hungarian border 1966–1975 Refugee aid/ hospital building in Vietnam 1970 Earthquake relief in Peru 1979–1993 Refugee relief in Thailand 1979 Earthquake relief in Dubrovnik 1980 Drought relief in Somalia since 1980 Transports of relief items to Central and Eastern Europe 1981 Earthquake relief in Southern Italy 1985–1986 Famine relief in Africa 1989 Humanitarian aid for East German refugees in Budapest 1990–1991 Renovation of a hospital in Danang, Vietnam since 1990 Building up of local Malteser groups in Central and Eastern Europe 1991 Aid to Kurds in Iraq since 1991 Humanitarian aid for the victims of the war in former Yugoslavia,
Reconstruction aid in Lithuania, Romania, Russia and the Ukrainesince 1993 Aid for Karen refugees from Myanmar at the Thai-Burmese border,
Aid for Sudanese refugees in Uganda,
Programme to combat leprosy in Cambodia,
Basic health, nutrition and emergency relief programmes in Vietnam1994–1996 Aid to Rwanda 1997 Reconstruction aid in Rwanda, Zaire and Bosnia 1997–1999 Humanitarian aid for Cambodian refugees in Thailand 1998–2000 Reconstruction aid in Honduras (following hurricane Mitch) since 1998 Basic health and reconstruction programmes in Southern Sudan since 1999 Reconstruction aid in Kosovo and the Balkan Region,
Construction aid, rehabilitation and health care in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia1999–2002 Earthquake relief in Turkey 2000 Emergency relief for flood victims in Ethiopia and Mozambique,
Health programmes in Sudansince 2001 Earthquake aid and reconstruction aid in India and El Salvador,
Refugee relief in Afghanistan,
Basic health care project in Myanmar2003 Reconstruction aid and health care in Northern Iraq,
Refugee aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo2004 Earthquake aid and reconstruction aid in Bam, Iran,
Refugee relief in Darfur, Sudan2005 Tsunami relief in South- and South-East Asia,
Emergency aid for flood victims in Serbia, Romania and Hungary,
Emergency aid for the victims of the famine in Mali and Niger,
Reconstruction aid after Hurricane Katrina in the USA,
Earthquake and reconstruction relief in Pakistan,
Reconstruction aid after hurricanes in Central America2006 Drought relief in Kenya,
Flood relief in Romania,
Earthquake aid on Java, Indonesia,
Emergency aid in Lebanon2010 Earthquake relief in Haiti,
Earthquake relief in Chile,
Flood relief in PakistanExternal links
- Malteser International
- Sovereign Order Of Malta
- Order of Malta Worldwide Relief--Malteser International Americas
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