Cologne/Islamabad. Malteser International, the worldwide relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, is preparing first measures for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the districts of Swat, Kohistan and Punjab. The rehabilitation and reinforcement of the social infrastructure will be one major objective next to the emergency relief for the flood affected that are hurt, ill and threatened by contaminated water. Read more…
Islamabad/Cologne. “The supply with medical relief is absolutely insufficient so far” reports Roland Hansen, head of the Asia Department at Malteser International, the worldwide relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid. “The World Health Organisation has therefore asked us to set up to two additional medical teams in Kohistan in the northern Pakistan and to expand our relief to Pundjab.” Read more…
Santiago de Chile/Cologne. Six month after the devastating earthquake in Chile which was followed by a tsunami, Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for worldwide humanitarian aid, is helping people to help themselves. The efforts concentrate on rehabilitation of the social infrastructure as well as income generating measures and are implemented by the Chilean Association of the Order of Malta and its relief service “Auxilio Maltés”. Read more…
Raising awareness for correct hygiene behaviour in Kokaray
Swat/Islamabad. Malteser International, the worldwide relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, is now expanding its help for Pakistan’s flood affected. Now also Kohistan, neighboring district to the Swat-Valley, is in focus of the relief work. “We will provide medical relief to the about 50,000 people that are living in this area,” says Dr. Jürgen Clemens, Malteser International Pakistan expert. Read more…
To mark the World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, Malteser International points to the basic principles of humanitarian assistance: impartiality, independence and neutrality. Read more…
Swat/Islamabad. Given the dramatic situation in Pakistan Malteser International, the worldwide relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, strengthens its relief efforts in the medical field as well as in the food supply. ”We will employ up to 20 additional national staff members – nurses, midwives and medical doctors - in order to be able to provide more people with direct help,” says Dr. Jürgen Clemens, Senior Desk Officer Pakistan of Malteser International, upon his return to Germany after his 10-day mission to Pakistan. Thus at the end of the week the Malteser International team will consist of three international staff and 50 local staff members. Read more…
Swat/Islamabad. In addition to one confirmed case, there are six suspected cases of cholera in the hospital in Mingora. The medical teams of Malteser International, the worldwide relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, will support the local health authorities in Mingora in order to prevent the outbreak of an epidemic. For this purpose the World Health Organisation (WHO) provided Malteser International with five so-called “cholera-kits” that comprise drugs and medical material. Read more…
Islamabad/Cologne. The three teams of Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, that are working in the Swat valley in Basic Health Units since the flooding started, are caring for more than 600 patient each day. Additionally to the work in the Health Units, a fourth team cares for injured and ill people coming to mobile clinics that are set up in a different village every day. “We are very happy that we could start our relief immediately in Swat, as our medical teams have already been working there before the catastrophe and none of our staff was directly affected,” reports Dr. Juergen Clemens, Senior Desk Officer Pakistan at Malteser International, from Islamabad. “But the situation stays critical as it continues to rain,” warns Clemens. Read more…
Swat/Cologne. In addition to its medical emergency relief for about 10,000 people in the Swat Valley, Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, will also distribute staple food – flour, rice, oil, salt and sugar – to 2,000 families in the severely affected districts of Swat and Kohistan to assure their survival for the next three months. Furthermore, the families will receive family kits with cooking equipment and tarpaulins to protect themselves against the enduring rain. The German Federal Foreign Office is supporting the flood relief of Malteser International. Read more…
Swat/Cologne. Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for worldwide humanitarian aid, provides emergency relief for about 10,000 flood-affected families in Swat District with three medical teams, each of them consisting of a medical doctor, a midwife, a nurse and a hygiene consultant. Furthermore, the teams will distribute water purification tablets and 1,000 hygiene kits. These kits contain toothbrushes and paste, soap, shampoo, towels, canisters for drinking water, multi-detergent and sanitary items for women. The teams also counsel people about right hygiene behaviour in flood situations to reduce the number of water-borne diseases like diarrhoea. – The flood relief of Malteser International in Pakistan is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. Read more…
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