Sustainable aid under the sign of the eight-pointed cross
Following a long and successful partnership in collecting, packaging and shipping usable relief supplies to institutions in need around the world, the foundation “Aide & Assistance” of the Order of Malta Switzerland and the Swiss Johanniterorden’s section “Materialversand ins Ausland” (Shipment of Relief Supplies Abroad) merged their activities at the beginning of 2024 to form the first joint venture between the Order of Malta and the Johanniterorden in Switzerland. Since then, they have been operating under the name “Johanniter-Malteser Stiftung Aide & Assistance”.
In view of the war in Ukraine, which continues to rage with undiminished intensity, and the great hardship in many other parts of the world, the services of the Johanniter-Malteser Stiftung Aide & Assistance remain in high demand. Almost every week, a container or articulated lorry full of relief supplies leaves Switzerland.
Between 1 January and 31 December 2024, the foundation handled a total of 42 international transports. Two articulated lorries filled with hospital furnishings, walking aids, orthopaedic devices and staple foods went to “Mission Siret”, an initiative of the Youth of the Johanniterorden and the Westphalian Commandery of the Johanniterorden, which operates a warehouse in Siret, Romania, from where relief supplies are delivered daily to Ukraine by volunteers of all denominations, including an increasing number of members of the Order of Malta. Further transports to Siret are planned for 2025.
Read more about the Swiss Johanniter-Malteser Stiftung Aide & Assistance here.
Project Rhodes: Orders collaborate to support project for Ukrainian children
The unimaginable day to day stress of life in a
conflict zone, coupled with ongoing uncertainty about the future, is leaving
countless people in Ukraine suffering from trauma. Children and young people
are amongst the worst affected. The five modern branches of the medieval
Hospitaller Order have joined forces again for the first time in centuries to
help at least some of these youngsters to come to terms with their experiences.
Johanniter International Assistance supports St John’s Covid response in Papua New Guinea
To support St John Papua New Guinea at a new Nightingale Covid centre, Johanniter International Assistance deployed a team of seven in April 2021.
Swedish, Finish and German Johanniter support children in Estonia
In the Estonian Capital Tallinn about 300 children and young people have already received schooling support from the Peeteli parish.
