Annual report 2005 Malteser International - Ordine di Malta

Malteser International
Annual report 2005
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Malteser International – help right on the spot – worldwide.
Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s worldwide relief service, was created in 2005 to combine its
relief activities in specialised humanitarian aid. It is based on the experiences of the Emergency Corps Order
of Malta (ECOM), and on the existing global structures of Malteser Germany. The major concern of Malteser
International is to help people in need 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 committed to ensure high quality standards in humanitarian aid. Accountability
and transparency are priorities of its agenda. The organisation’s policy is to continue its relief efforts in
afflicted areas for as long as they are necessary. With its headquarters in Cologne (Germany) and its local and
international staff on the ground, it covers humanitarian projects worldwide. Malteser International has the
status of a Non-Governmental Organisation.
Malteser International’s mission is to:
● Provide relief to major emergencies in the world, especially in the health sector
● Implement rehabilitation measures and link relief, rehabilitation and development
● Establish and promote primary health care services in developing countries
● Reduce the vulnerability and poverty of those afflicted
● Care for refugees and returnees
● Support partner Non-Governmental Organisations
In addition, Malteser International has a special ongoing programme of supporting the development of partner
organisations and their social services in Eastern Europe.
„Our motivation is to alleviate human suffering.“*
(Code of Conduct: The humanitarian imperative comes first)
Malteser International is member of following networks and associations,
among others:
● Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH) (Action Campaign Germany Helps)
● Aktionsbündnis gegen AIDS (Action against AIDS Alliance)
● Arbeitskreis Medizinische Entwicklungshilfe (AKME) (Working Group on Medical
Development Aid)
● Koordinierungsausschuss Humanitäre Hilfe (KAHH) (Coordinating Committeee for
Humanitarian Relief)
● Katholischer Arbeitskreis Not- und Katastrophenhilfe (KANK) (Catholic Working
Group on Emergency and Disaster Relief)
● People in Aid
● Verband Entwicklungspolitik Deutscher Nicht-Regierungs-Organisationen (VENRO)
(National Association of German Non-Governmental Organisations for Development
Policy)
● Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies (VOICE)
Malteser International has committed itself to observe, inter alia, the following
national and international codes and standards:
● The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster
Response
● The Code of Conduct: Principles of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Response Programmes
● Principles for the international work of the German Caritas Association
● Code of Conduct to protect children and young people from abuse and sexual
exploitation (Caritas Internationalis)
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M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T

Editorial
Dear Friends and Supporters of Malteser International,
dear Readers,
Nicolas de Cock
de Rameyen
President
2005 was a year full of dramatic events: in January, the devastating effect of the tsunami in Asia
was revealed. From ‘Katrina’ through ‘Stan’ to ‘Wilma’, several severe hurricanes swept in across
the Gulf of Mexico during late summer. Thousands suffered in appalling drought conditions in Mali
and Niger. The disastrous earthquake that hit Pakistan and India at the beginning of October was
the last in a list of events that made 2005 a year of disaster. 88,000 people died in the rubble. Three
million were rendered homeless.
In a world growing closer together every day, the need for aid is prevalent more than ever. Therefore,
Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s relief service for worldwide humanitarian aid, was
founded on 24 June to take up the challenge to help those in distress worldwide. With Malteser
International, we combine the forces of the Order and reinforce the network of its 46 associations in
order to increase the efficiency of our aid on a lasting basis.
Ingo Radtke
Secretary General
The year 2005 with its sequence of natural disasters was the first practical test for Malteser
International. In the face of these disasters, worldwide cooperation and sympathy was also
overwhelming. Our thanks go to the many donors, sponsors and supporters, as well as numerous
volunteers and full-time employees. They enabled the provision of professional aid for all people
in dire need, not only those in Asia, New Orleans, Mali or Pakistan, but also in many other crisis
areas around the world that were not in the focus of television cameras. For we must not forget, for
example, that over 200,000 people have died in Darfur in Western Sudan since 1993, that civil wars
in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda have forced over four million people to flee
their homes and that millions of people in the Sahel are threatened by extreme famine every year.
We are pleased to be able to offer you an overview of our work in this annual report. With around
200 projects in over 40 countries in Africa, Asia, America and Europe, more than 100 international
and 800 local employees ensure that our aid reaches over seven million people worldwide.
Many people have contributed to what Malteser International has achieved so far and what it intends
to achieve in the coming years. Our work is far from over. We provide concrete help, aiming to give
people courage for the future. Therefore, we would like to thank you for all you have done and ask
you to continue to accompany and support us on our journey!
Malteser International – help right on the spot – worldwide.
Thanks for your support!
Cologne, August 2006
Nicolas de Cock de Rameyen
President
Ingo Radtke
Secretary General
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Contents
Malteser International –
Mission statement 2
Editorial 3
Contents 4
Pictures of the year 6
“We want to build aid bridges” 8
Africa
Our projects in Africa 9 - 15
On the spot: Southern Sudan 14
On the spot: Democratic Republic of Congo 15
Asia
Tsunami – interim statement 16
Our projects in Asia 18 - 28
Project overview 2005 22 - 23
On the spot: Pakistan 26
On the spot: Thailand 27
On the spot: Cambodia 28
AMERICA
1 Guatemala – p. 31
2 Mexico – p. 31
3 USA – p. 29 - 30
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America
Our projects in America 29 - 31
On the spot: New Orleans 30
Europe
Our projects in Europe 32 - 36
Balkans 32
On the spot: Bosnia and Herzegovina 33
Turkey 33
Central and Eastern Europe 34 - 36
On the spot: Romania 36
Facts and Figures
Experts abroad 37
Annual accounts as of 31 December 2005 38
Incoming donations 39
Project expenditure 40
Acknowledgement 41
Member associations 42
Structures and committees 43
About us 44
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help right on the spot – worldwide.
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A S I A
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A F R I C A
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AFRICA
7 Angola – p. 9
8 DR Congo – p. 9 - 10, 15
9 Ethiopia – p. 11
10 Kenya – p. 11
11 Mali – p. 12
12 Niger – p. 12
13 Sudan – p. 12, 14
14 Uganda – p. 13
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EUROPE
4 Balkans – p. 32 - 33
5 Central and Eastern Europe – p. 34 - 36
6 Turkey – p. 33
ASIA
15 Afghanistan – p. 18
16 Cambodia – p. 19
17 India – p. 19
18 Indonesia – p. 20
19 Iran – p. 20
20 Iraq – p. 21
21 Myanmar – p. 21
22 Pakistan – p. 24, 26
23 Sri Lanka – p. 24
24 Thailand – p. 25, 27
25 Vietnam – p. 25
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Pictures of the year
22 February 2005 Earthquake in Iran
Kurt Oxenius
Frank Bierstedt
26 December 2004/January 2005 Tsunami in South and South-East Asia
28 March 2005 Earthquake in Nias, Indonesia
April 2005 Flood aid in Serbia, Romania and Hungary
May 2005 New schools for children in Iran
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24 June 2005 Foundation of Malteser International
Roberto Girault
July 2005
Flood aid in
Gujarat, India
August 2005 Famine disaster in Mali and Niger
Reuters
29 August 2005
Hurricane Katrina
hits the USA
September 2005 Flooding across the US Gulf Coast, in India
and in Romania
8 October 2005
Earthquakes in
Pakistan and
India
October 2005
Hurricane Stan
and Hurricane
Wilma hit
Central America
P I C T U R E S O F T H E Y E A R
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“We want to build aid bridges”
Interview with Ingo Radtke, Secretary General of Malteser International
Disasters in recent times have shown
how heavily dependent the different
regions of the world are upon one
another. How is Malteser International
approaching this challenge?
Building on the experiences of all
relief agencies worldwide, Malteser
International is now the sole organ
responsible for international humanitarian
aid from the Order of Malta, combining
aid from the 46 states in which the Order
is present. Our relief is implemented
worldwide – in the spirit of the Order of
Malta, for the good of those in need and
for the glory of God.
What is your ideal vision of aid?
We want to build ‘aid bridges’. In terms
of humanitarian aid, this means: one pillar
of the bridge is here and one is in the
recipient country. We represent the pillar
here, with our many thousands of helpers.
With great commitment from volunteers
and donations that are the expression
of living solidarity with the victims.
Thanks to extensive human and financial
resources, on behalf of our sponsors we
create conditions for efficient aid where
it is needed the most. The second pillar is
in the country receiving aid. It is largely
composed of local people.
Are people in these areas capable of
fulfilling requirements themselves
then?
Oh yes! We find this every time we
provide aid: local people are absolutely
partners at eye-level during these disasters;
they are not beggars in need of alms. This
is why it is crucial that equal weight is
distributed between these two pillars for
‘aid bridges’. They are intended not to
create dependencies, but rather to bring
people together.
Is today’s focus still on major disasters
as it was right from the start?
We were and remain active in many
crises. We have been working in the
Congo since 1994, focussing on the
terrible consequences of the genocide in
Rwanda. Other focal points include aid in
the Balkans after the Dayton Agreement,
in Honduras after hurricane Mitch, aid
during and after the war in Kosovo, after
floods in Mozambique and earthquakes in
El Salvador, India and Iran and our most
recent efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as
well as in areas hit by the tsunami.
So a lot of your work is carried out in
front of TV cameras and amongst a
flurry of flashbulbs?
No, not really. Our work doesn’t end
with a few efforts after disasters that
have received heavy media coverage. We
believe a crucial aspect of our work is
the forgotten crises. The real dramas are
played out beyond the reach of cameras.
For example, who realises that more
people have died as the result of hunger
and war in the Congo in the last few years
than during the tsunami that was labelled
the ‘disaster of the millennium’? We are
professionals who focus on the longterm.
How would you sum up the provision
of aid today?
We should not limit ourselves to acute
emergency aid. It is not enough to pull
a drowning man from the water and
then leave him to it with a few pieces
of advice. Only once the ruined hut has
been rebuilt and the means for existence
destroyed by the flood have been reestablished
will our aid have reached its
primary objective, namely helping people
to help themselves. We must be willing
and able to be present 365 days a year and
to accompany those affected by disaster
until they are able to take control of their
own lives again. Our ‘aid bridges’ are just
what is required here.
Interview by Sebastian Sigler
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Africa
Building up and strengthening health care structures, training local staff and combating epidemics
are the main focus of attention for Malteser International in six countries in Eastern and South Africa.
Close links between our projects are crucial, particularly in the medical sector. Measures to stem the
HIV/AIDS pandemic as the world’s greatest disaster are combined with special programmes to combat
illnesses such as tuberculosis, which arise particularly frequently in relation to HIV/AIDS. This means
counteraction of these illnesses can be made even more effective. In order to fight the famine disaster in
the Sahel, we extended our aid in summer 2005 to the west of the continent, providing corn and maize
for the people of Mali and Niger.
Angola
International staff: 3
National staff: 19
Aid for 100,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Angola since 2002.
Since the end of the 27-year civil war,
Malteser International has been supplying
acute emergency aid in the province of
Kuando Kubango in the remote southwest
of the country. Over the past few
years, the number of aid organisations
working in this inaccessible region –
also known as ‘the end of the world’
– has dropped sharply. Since 2005, we
have been one of the few organisations
helping the suffering population deal with
conditions of extreme undersupply. In
the transition phase from emergency aid
to reconstruction, our focus was on the
development of and support for existing
local resources in the health care sector.
Unfortunately, large areas of our project
region were closed in 2005 due to the
finding of more mines. This meant we
could only work within a limited area. We
regularly provided medicine and medical
supplies that were urgently needed for 15
isolated health care facilities in the district
of Menongue. In a one-off campaign, we
distributed medical supplies and around
90,000 tablets for malaria treatment. We
supported local self-help organisations as
they explained to the people about HIV/
AIDS and looked after those affected by
the disease. As part of the World AIDS
Day, we took part in a ten-day sensitisation
campaign at police stations and barracks,
reaching around 800 people in the process.
In the accessible regions of the province
of Kuando Kubango, we supported the
national polio immunisation campaign,
during which over 100,000 children
received vital vaccine protection.
Angola: Children in Kuando Kubango are particularly
affected by malnutrition and insufficient medical
supplies.
Up till now, our relief programmes
have mainly been financed from private
donations. For the year 2006, we are
preparing an extensive programme to
reconstruct remote health care facilities
and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria, with financial support
from the European Union and other
international donors.
Democratic Republic of Congo
International staff: 10
National staff: 126
Aid for 2.7 million people
Malteser International has worked
in the Democratic Republic of Congo
since 1996.
For the Democratic Republic (DR)
of Congo, peaceful relations across the
country are still a long way off. Unrest
and insecurity remain prevalent, mainly
in the east of the country, but at increasing
levels in the south as well. Numerous
pacification efforts by the United Nations
and the European Union have only
achieved selective relief. It has at least
been possible to dramatically restrict the
tyranny of the self-proclaimed warlords.
Thus, it has been possible for aid
organisations to carry out aid measures
for the population relatively undisturbed.
Malteser International has continued
its long-running support in the region,
now reaching a period of over ten years.
In order to promote long-term structures
for self-sufficient supply, our work
Angola: Provision of
urgently needed medicine for
health care centres in remote
areas.
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supports the local health care systems in
the provinces of South Kivu and Ituri in
the east of the country. The basis for this
is our cooperation with the health care
facilities in the provinces and with local
non-governmental organisations. We
regularly provide more than 300 health
care centres and other medical facilities
with medicine and medical equipment,
so that they can carry out their services
uninterrupted. In this way, over 900,000
people in Kivu and around 1.8 million
people in Ituri get access to improved
primary health care. We believe a
crucial factor is the training of local staff,
conducted by our experts and providing
medical advice. In addition, we collect
comprehensive data to track health care
development in the region and assess the
effect of local measures.
In 2003, we extended our programmes
in both regions to provide more
comprehensive help in terms of psychosocial
and medical care for the numerous
victims of sexual abuse. Since then,
28 centres linked with primary health
care facilities have opened up in South
Kivu for sexual abuse victims, offering
specialist medical treatment and psychosocial
care. A crucial role here is played
by expert training and further education,
Birgit Betzelt
focussing on combating trauma, as well
as the monitoring of local staff and
workers from local aid organisations.
Thanks to sensitisation and awareness
campaigns amongst the population and
of the military in cooperation with local
authorities, we are able to confront sexual
abuse on a wide basis. Over the last year,
more than 10,000 abused and raped girls
and women have sought medical and
psycho-social treatment at the health care
centres supported by us. We estimate that
a further 10,000 girls and women will
seek professional help this year, too.
A further focus of our work in South
Kivu is our programme for food security,
which aims to make the population
more independent of external aid on a
P R I M A R Y H E A LT H C A R E :
Every human being should have access to
fundamental medical care – a fact that is
taken for granted, but which is not yet a
reality in many countries. In addition to
the prevention and treatment of infectious
diseases, the most crucial elements of
primary health care are immunisation
programmes and safe access to drinking
water, food and medicine. Others include
care for pregnant women, children and
the chronically sick, as well as training for
medical staff and health education. With
as little as EUR 35, we can ensure primary
health care for a child or an adult person in
Africa or Asia for a whole year.
DR Congo: Work
with women forms
a focal point of
our projects in
South Kivu.
long-term basis. To this end, we have
set up 13 nutrition centres in which
undernourished children under the age
of five can be nursed back to health, as
well as ten centres for small livestock
breeding. Via 23 centres for food security,
we distribute seeds to the population,
making a sustainable contribution to selfsufficiency
in these areas. At the nutrition
centres, we train staff who then establish
demonstration gardens to show the
population suitable cultivation methods
and provide nutritional advice.
DR Congo: Support for over 300 health care centres with medicine and medical equipment.
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Ethiopia
National staff: 2
Aid for 15,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Ethiopia since 2001.
In 2005, Malteser International focussed
on the region of Benishangul in the west
of the country around the border with
Sudan. Here we provided aid in the form
of small projects and organised training
programmes for women’s groups. Based
on our experiences in building water
supply systems in Mandura in previous
years, we rebuilt the water supply for
Gilgel Beles, a location near Mandura,
at the request of the local authorities.
For this, Gilgel Beles was connected
via a water conduit measuring several
kilometres to the reconnected water
source at Mandura. This aid was provided
thanks to the financial support of the
German Government.
In the future, we are aiming to support
the Ethiopian population with small
projects. Further aid measures are at the
planning stage in relation to education for
women and food security.
F O O D S E C U R I T Y :
In terms of humanitarian aid, differentiation
is made between direct food aid and longterm
food security. Food aid is the direct
provision of foodstuffs in acute emergency
situations. In contrast, the aim of our food
security programmes is to enable long-term
food supply without creating permanent
dependence on food aid. We prepare seeds
and agricultural equipment after a disaster,
so that people can replant crops and harvest
them. In regions where children are undernourished,
we help their mothers plant
vegetables and fruit and teach them to
prepare nutritious meals.
Kenya
International staff: 2
National staff: 14
Aid for 600,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Kenya since 2002.
Malteser International is battling the
spread of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in
eight slums in Nairobi, working to secure
the functionality of local health care
facilities that were previously built by
us or renovated in terms of structure and
equipment. Information campaigns and
close cooperation with the authorities and
local organisations contribute to stemming
the spread of the illnesses. In order to
ensure the long-term sustainability of our
project measures, we are also pushing
more and more state institutions to make
a contribution. For example, the Kenyan
authorities have made the majority of
pharmaceutical products tax-free since
2005. Malteser International tracks the
project through regular quality controls
in order to further increase the quality
performance at health care centres. One
health care centre supported by us in one
of the Nairobi slums has already been
voted the facility with the best diagnosis
services by the Kenyan government.
For 2006, we are planning to extend our
activities to other slums.
H I V / A I D S :
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome) is the last stage of a viral
illness triggered by the HI virus (Human
Immunodeficiency Virus). AIDS often
results in pneumonia, skin diseases and
diarrhoea – even meningitis, which in
many cases leads to death very quickly.
The HI virus is transmitted through sexual
intercourse, blood transfusions and
medical instruments (needles, tweezers,
blades), but can also be transmitted from
mother to child during pregnancy, birth
or breastfeeding. Special blood tests can
be used to detect antibodies against
the virus in the blood. AIDS is incurable,
but the illnesses cited above can be
treated, slowing down the progress of
AIDS itself. In the meantime, even those
living in poverty have access to modern
AIDS medicine (so-called antiretroviral
medicine) that hinders the progress of
AIDS. This development offers a chance
that one day the worldwide epidemic
may be stemmed long-term. Up until
now, around one million people have
been reached, but six million require this
medicine in order to lead a full life once
more. There are 40 million people infected
with HIV worldwide. Every day, 8,000
people die from AIDS.
Kenya: Project
coordinator Paul
Ochieng explains
the connection
between HIV/AIDS
and tuberculosis
to a slum resident.
Sven Torfinn
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Mali and Niger
As a result of the drought and a plague
of grasshoppers, the dire need of the
people of the Sahel zone – particularly in
Mali and Niger – became so widespread in
summer 2005 that Malteser International
expanded its aid programme from eastern
and southern Africa to cover the west
of the continent as well. In the shortterm,
we sent an assessment team who
rapidly collected reliable information and
immediately started an aid programme
for the people of Mali and Niger.
In Mali, we supported the National
Security Stock. Thanks to comprehensive
financial aid, the Malian government
was able to procure 520 tonnes of cereals
for 17 cereal banks across the country.
This meant several thousand people
were supplied with food which led to an
Niger: Each family receives 20 kilograms of maize. Half of the next harvest will be given back to the community
to build up stocks for emergencies.
Mali: Filling the national cereal banks with 520
tonnes of cereal.
extensive improvement in the foodstuffs
situation, particularly in Mopti - around
640 kilometres north-east of the Malian
capital, Bamako.
In Niger, the lack of rainfall and the
grasshopper invasions also led to a
serious cereals deficit. Here, Malteser
International chose a different approach
in combating the problem. As many
people, particularly children, are regularly
affected by malnutrition as the result
of natural disasters - particularly in the
summer of 2005 -, we decided to tackle
the problem on a broader basis and at the
roots. We initially restocked the levels
in a cereal bank, as we did in Mali. 15
villages were provided with a total of 28
tonnes of maize as seeds. These stocks
will help them survive the period until
the next harvest. However, each recipient
has also simultaneously pledged to ‘pay
back’ part of their next harvest as seeds to
the relevant village committee, in order to
secure stocks for the coming year and in
case of any future disasters.
Sudan
International staff: 11
National staff: 237
Aid for 630,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Sudan since 1998.
The peace treaty signed by civil war
groups in the north and south in January
2005 gave many cause to hope that the
country was finally on a secure road to
peace, but the implementation of the treaty
in the reality of daily life has proven to
be difficult and drawn-out. Furthermore,
this treaty does not apply to the civil war
raging in the Darfur region in the west of
the country. Two of the warring parties
have indeed signed a peace agreement on
5 May 2006 in Nigeria. This agreement,
S L E E P I N G S I C K N E S S :
Sleeping sickness is an infectious disease that
results in death if it is not treated promptly.
It only occurs in a few countries, such as
Sudan, Congo and Uganda. The trigger is a
parasite transmitted by the tsetse fly. In its
final stage, sleeping sickness leads to brain
fevers that also cause sleep disorders (hence
the name). The pathogen can be detected in
the blood or through tapping cerebrospinal
fluid in the spinal cord. Sleeping sickness
must be treated, but this often triggers
side-effects that can also result in death.
However, for around EUR 1,000, a treatment
can be provided that significantly reduces the
mortality risk.
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Birgit Betzelt
Sudan: Primary health care for thousands of refugees
and displaced persons in Darfur.
however, is refused by other rebel
groups. Hopes of an early resolution of
the conflict continue to fall. Today, it is
more a question of the splintering of rebel
movements, which makes the situation
much more uncontrollable.
In southern Sudan, we have continued
our health care projects in Yei and
Rumbek, which have been running for
eight years, and have developed these
into long-term health care services for
Uganda
National staff: 13
Aid for 500 people
Malteser International has worked in
Uganda since 1996.
For ten years, Malteser International has
been supporting a therapeutic nutrition
centre for undernourished babies and
toddlers at the Maracha hospital in the
north-west of Uganda. This long-term
support has unfortunately been brought
into the spotlight again as the result of the
generally worsening situation in northern
Uganda in 2005. Our staff carry out regular
home visits in order to reduce the number
of relapses and to monitor the health of
the children on an ongoing basis.
T U B E R C U L O S I S :
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectious disease
that mainly affects the lungs, but also other
organs. Pulmonary tuberculosis is transmitted
from person to person via the respiratory
tracts and is therefore highly contagious.
Symptoms include tiredness, weight loss and
a slightly higher body temperature during
the night. They often appear first after a few
months or years. Tuberculosis can be cured
with a combination of three to five antibiotics
and treatment usually lasts between six and
eight months. It is particularly crucial that
patients receive continuous care. Failure to
continue medication can lead to relapses
and the further spread of multi-resistant
tuberculosis germs, which are complicated
and expensive to treat. A normal sixmonth
treatment course for pulmonary
tuberculosis costs around EUR 100.
Sudan: Training local laboratory assistants in Rumbek.
the population. We linked our various
medical programmes, e.g. by combining
the battle against tuberculosis with
information on the subject of HIV/AIDS,
and extended our activities further into
rural regions. Further focuses include
combating leprosy and sleeping sickness,
as well as supporting primary health care
services of local dioceses.
Parallel to our work in southern
Sudan, we continued to expand our
medical projects in Darfur in the west.
After the more short-term emergency
aid programmes in the last one and a
half years, we are now orientating our
activities towards a longer time period. In
addition to the basic provision of primary
health care services for the population,
the crucial action in Darfur is the battle
against malaria, which poses a significant
threat to life in this region. All of our
programmes will be further extended
across a wider area in 2006, insofar as
this is possible, given the tense security
situation in the region.
Uganda: The childrens’ weight is continuously
monitored in order to combat malnutrition.
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ON THE SPOT: SOUTHERN SUDAN
“I quietly hold her hand”
‘Tagesthemen’ (German television news) anchor-woman Anne Will visits the Arcangelo Ali Clinic in southern Sudan
As an ambassador for the ‘UNITED FOR AFRICA’ campaign, Anne Will travelled to southern
Sudan in August 2005 to visit a hospital run by Malteser International and the German
Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association. Here is an excerpt from her travel journal:
18 August, 12:20 p.m., Maridi Airport:
There was a bit of jolting on the runway,
but then our pilot Stuart brought the plane
safely to a stop. High grass all around us.
I hadn’t expected Africa to be so green,
despite the rainy season. It’s my first
trip to Sub-Saharan Africa, to a country
in which peace was only achieved a few
months ago and is still insecure. I am
quite tense.
19 August, 10:20 a.m., Arcangelo
Ali Clinic:
22-year-old Adak Manyang holds on
tight to her month-old daughter. Anhak,
Adak’s third child, lies weakly in her arms.
Suffering from a cough that wouldn’t go
away, Adak went to have a medical checkup
at the tuberculosis ward built with
German aid. That was two weeks ago.
The doctors quickly discovered: Adak has
tuberculosis and it’s likely that her baby
is infected, too. The pair must remain
in hospital for six months, as that’s how
long the treatment lasts.
Uniteed for Africa / Thomas Einberger
11:15 a.m.:
Nelson Monday knows he doesn’t have
long to live. But he seems quite composed.
The 27-year-old is a mere skeleton. His
eyes protrude as he talks to me. Nelson
came from Uganda to Rumbek a while
ago to work as a teacher. Now he wants
to get back to his family to die with them
around him, but in his current condition,
he would not survive the journey. Doctor
Kenyi is feeding him up with special
medication and a lot of fruit so that he can
make his last journey on Monday.
12:00 p.m.:
A few rooms down, I meet Mary Abol.
Anne Will
talking to a
patient at the
Arcangelo Ali
Clinic.
The 62-year-old’s left leg lies stiff on
the hospital bed. All that remains of her
left foot is a bandaged stump. Mary has
leprosy. Like many other people, I didn’t
think that this illness existed anymore.
In reality, there are half a million new
infections every year. Mary went to a
miracle healer who took a lot of money
from her and couldn’t help. Now
she’s back here and being treated with
antibiotics. But the doctors can’t give her
back her foot. Many of Mary’s friends are
afraid of touching the ‘leper’. She often
feels alone. I quietly hold her hand.
Reproduced with the kind permission
of ‘UNITED FOR AFRICA’
United for Africa / Thomas Einberger
“I support UNITED FOR AFRICA because
the idea and the concerns of the campaign
convinced me. I like the approach that 30 relief
organisations have come together under one roof,
with one name and a joint donation account. As
an ambassador for the campaign, I want to use
my high media profile to draw more attention to
the plight of people in Africa.”
Malteser International has been supporting
the supply of medicine to 700,000 people in
southern Sudan since 1997. The tuberculosis
and leprosy wards in the hospital in Rumbek
have a capacity of 63 beds. In the Arcangelo
Ali Clinic, 100 patients are treated a day
and 15 to 20 children are vaccinated.
Tuberculosis tests are carried out in one of
the largest laboratories in southern Sudan. In
the neighbouring laboratory training facility,
Malteser International trains local laboratory
assistants.
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ON THE SPOT: DEMOCR ATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
“We need peace!”
Listening can heal: Relief for rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The meaning of war – many women are forced to suffer the physical consequences of such violence. “Rape has
been used as a weapon of war for years in the Congo” reports project coordinator Ursula Mesmer. Since 2003,
Malteser International has been providing psycho-social care for girls and women who have been the victims
of sexual abuse. Ursula Mesmer’s report from East Congo shows just how hard it is to cope with:
“A church in Kilimanjala: the crowd
enters slowly; women to the left, men in
the centre – soldiers to the right. Everyone
sits down in silence and watches as my
colleagues and I come up to the altar.
A strange feeling! Since I arrived in
the Congo, I have carried out several
sensitisation programmes against sexual
abuse. I’ve spoken to women who’ve
been raped about the options for medical
treatment and psycho-social care. I’ve
talked to soldiers, explaining to them
just how immoral and wrong rape is. I’ve
spoken to the husbands of raped women;
tried to show them that it is vital at such
times that they do not leave their wives.
Now, by chance, I am faced with all three
groups together.
That means: I must be very careful
and sensitive in my choice of words, I
mustn’t accuse or reproach anyone, but
I mustn’t beat around the bush. I decide
on a gentle introduction: I ask questions.
How does one feel as a woman, as a man,
after a rape, particularly with regard to
one’s own wife? I try to empathise with
all those present. I can sense it: they’re
listening to me. I am obviously hitting the
right note. That’s good; it makes me feel
more assured.
“One woman was having nightmares every
night after she had been raped and was
unable to sleep properly. I spoke to her five
times. The fifth discussion was here in our
office. During our conversation, she fell asleep.
Since then, she has been able to sleep at home
too – without the appalling nightmares.“
(Jules, psychologist)
Birgit Betzelt
Then discussion: each group separately.
I want to know what they can do about
the problem, where they see possible
solutions. Each group tells me what they
have come up with. It’s the same for all of
them: “We need peace”.
The soldiers’ reaction is particularly
interesting: “We’re not all rapists; we
don’t all want to be tarred with the same
brush. We will not accept men from our
ranks subjecting women to violence. In
order to ensure this, we need a system that
punishes rapists lawfully. And we need
regular wages so that we can marry and
offer a woman something more.”
At the end, a young woman with a
baby on her back stands up. She says:
“Three years ago, I was raped by twelve
armed men in a field. At first, I didn’t tell
anyone. I suffered pains in my stomach, I
felt tired and weak. I was afraid to leave
the house on my own. My sister took me
to a health care centre, where I received
medicine. Now I am a soldier’s wife with
a six-month-old daughter. I am telling
you my story so you know: I am here to
Birgit Betzelt
The counsellors
– often victims of
abuse themselves
– pass on what they
have learned to
other women: trust,
self-respect and new
courage in life.
Crucial help: being there, listen and sympathise.
help women who have gone through what
I experienced.” For a moment, there is
complete silence; no one had expected
such a direct statement. Then everyone
begins to talk at once in order to thank the
woman for her incredible courage.
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Tsunami – interim statement
The seaquake on 26 December 2004 and
the resultant metre-high tsunami brought
death, misery and immeasurable suffering
to the people along the coast of the Indian
Ocean. With over 250,000 people dead or
missing, almost 1.7 million refugees and
displaced persons and an estimated total
damage of just short of USD 10 billion,
the affected countries are confronted with
extraordinary challenges. The seaquake
had drastic effects on numerous countries
and their populations: death and injury,
loss of family members and friends,
destruction of homes, infrastructure and
places of work. The tourism sector, so
vital for the economy, was badly hit.
Droughts, floods and earthquakes in
developing countries often remain ‘faroff’
events that vanish quickly again
from TV screens in industrial countries,
but the visibility and ‘nearness’ of human
suffering in South and South-East Asia,
particularly that of tourists, triggered an
unheard-of level of spontaneous readiness
to help. In a second, the world community
seemed united in global sympathy in the
face of a barely comprehensible natural
disaster that brought destruction and
death to so many along the Asian and
African coast.
The national, regional and international
reaction to the devastating consequence of
the disaster was swift. Initial humanitarian
aid measures were quickly introduced.
Malteser International immediately provided
EUR 1 million to ensure care and
temporary accommodation for survivors in
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand
and initial plans for rehabilitation were
started.
Today, Malteser International is running
over 65 rehabilitation and reconstruction
projects in the affected countries – together
with renowned partner organisations.
Over the last year, projects with a total
volume of EUR 8.7 million have been
carried out, while ongoing and further
reconstruction programmes and aid
measures are underway, costing a total of
EUR 20 million.
One thing is for sure: help for the
people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and
Thailand will need to continue for at least
another three to four years. It is not enough
simply to re-establish people’s lives as
they were before the disaster: conditions
must be better than before and safer, so
that the people are better protected against
any new disasters in the future.
Thrissur District
income-generating
measures
Kollam District
emergency relief
emergency shelters
psycho-social care
house repairs
child care
Kanyakumari District
care for families in emergency shelters
psycho-social care
renovation of schools
income-generating measures
child care
I N D I A
With its tsunami aid, Malteser
International has already reached
more than half a million people.
Kurt Oxenius
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A S I A

T H A I L A N D
Nagapattinam District
medical emergency relief
health care projects
S R I L A N K A
Jaffna District
provision of fishing boats
Mullaitivu
construction of emergency shelters
Trincomalee District
rehabilitation of villages
support of a children’s home
measures to cope with trauma
Kalmunai
rehabilitation of villages
measures to cope with trauma
Tangalle
rehabilitation of villages
Galle
rehabilitation of villages
water supply
sanitary projects
support of a children’s home
measures to cope with trauma
Lhokseumave region
integrated municipality
rehabilitation programme
support of the hospital
Banda Aceh region
vaccination campaign in cooperation
with UNICEF
emergency relief
support of the hospital
Takua Pa
support of a hospital
Ban Bang Muang
support of a day care centre
help for a school
Kho Kho Khao
water supply
Ban Bangsak
care for refugees
reconstruction of houses
Khao Lak
measures for children to cope
with trauma
Phang Nga and Ranong Province
basic health care project in 14 villages
Phuket
emergency relief
water supply
Kho Phi Phi
emergency relief
Phang Nga
equipment of the hospital
emergency relief
water supply
income-generating measures
sewage disposal project
orthopaedics
Rathgama
construction of a community centre
Kosgoda
rehabilitation of villages
Colombo
emergency relief
Nias
emergency relief
Meulaboh region
health care projects
I N D O N E S I A
The tsunami aid is
focussing on emergency
relief and rehabilitation.
This is supplemented by
programmes for medical
and psycho-social care,
plus income-generating
measures.
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Asia
In Asia, the focus in 2005 was on the immense suffering of victims of two major disasters and the overwhelming
aid measures implemented: the tsunami of 26 December 2004 with over 250,000 people dead or missing and
the earthquake in Pakistan and the Indian area of Kashmir on 8 October with up to 88,000 victims. Malteser
International is taking part in rehabilitation measures in five countries affected by the tsunami (Indonesia, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, India and Myanmar) and has also provided rapid immediate aid in Pakistan and the Indian
Himalayas in cooperation with its partners. Given the extent of the damage, both regions will require several
more years of support. In addition, we are carrying out emergency aid and rehabilitation projects in a total of
eleven Asian countries relating to health care, water supply and sewage, income-generating measures, education
as well as welfare services for children and young people.
Afghanistan
International staff: 11
National staff: 197
UNAMA (United Nations Assistance
Mission for Afghanistan):
8 staff members
Aid for 220,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Afghanistan since 2002.
Health care provision, school construction
and income-generating measures
for those returning home were focal
points of our work also in 2005. Despite
ongoing restrictions due to a tense security
situation, we were able to maintain longterm
effective projects from our locations
in Kabul and Herat. Afghanistan is far
behind in an international comparison
of health indicators. In rural areas in
particular, most people have no access to
schools and medical care. A programme in
the Badghis province, supported through
German Federal Government funds via the
KfW Entwicklungsbank (Development
Bank – KfW Banking Group) and the CIM
(Centre for International Migration and
Development), addresses the construction
of schools, as well as the construction and
operation of health care facilities and the
training of medical staff.
In Herat, three further schools are
nearing completion. Around 40 percent of
the school children are girls, most going
to school now for the first time in their
lives.
In the central region, we ran a programme
for returnees, in conjunction with
the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR), with the aim of
I N M E M O R I A M
Dr. Ezmeray Azizi (29)
Dr. Ezmeray Azizi was killed in an ambush on 12 May 2006
in North-West Afghanistan. He was in a UN vehicle on the
way from Herat to Qala-e-Nau when it came under fire around
midday with rockets and machine guns. The driver of the vehicle,
a UNICEF colleague, was killed immediately. The 29-yearold
Afghan working for Malteser International, responsible for
monitoring ten health care centres and a province hospital, was
able to run away initially, but later died due to his injuries. “We mourn the passing
of our colleague. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family,” said the President of
Malteser International, Nicolas de Cock de Rameyen, expressing the condolences of all
at Malteser International. – R. I. P.
Afghanistan:
Women with
their children
in front of a
health care
centre.
improving village infrastructures, training
people in workmanship and carrying out
peace-promoting measures. Within this
framework, we provided support for
around 11,000 families.
Using funds from the German Foreign
Office, we provided winter aid for around
200 needy families in Kabul, who received
food, clothing and fuel.
In June 2005, the project on behalf
of the United Nations and the German
Foreign Office, with the aim of providing
medical supplies for UNAMA staff and
members of the police academy in Kabul,
was finalised successfully after four years.
Malteser International was on hand to give
advice until the newly erected clinic and
the structure for training courses could be
handed over entirely to our local partners.
Our teams prepared the local authorities
to take over high quality medical care for
policemen and ensure this is available on
a long-term basis.
In addition to the treatment of patients
and examination of recruits, we offered
first aid training to over 400 police
officers and medical staff.
Afghanistan: Ceremonial opening of a school in the
province of Badghis.
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Cambodia
International staff: 2
Local staff: 18
Aid for 42,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Cambodia since 1999.
Cambodia is still suffering the consequences
of decades of civil war and
terror. Malteser International has been
supporting health care provision in the
province of Oddar Meanchey for six
years. We have been able to rely on local
staff here, trained by us in refugee camps
in Thailand between 1975 and 1999.
Despite the relatively short time that
reconstruction has been in progress, we
have been able to reinforce state health
care structures to such an extent that the
health care facilities we were supporting
are now able to operate independently.
Cambodia: Health care education for teachers, pupils
and parents.
As the population in the province has
grown significantly and it is hard to reach
some of the isolated villages, Malteser
International has reorganised its work
in two aspects over the last year: work
was initially expanded and reinforced
thanks to partnership with a local nongovernmental
organisation. In addition,
the new projects focus on increasing the
self-help capacities and patient rights in
the communities: the communities will
now demand more from the health care
services, while also supplementing them
with their own activities.
For example, we provided first aid
training for emergency transport teams
Caroline von der Tann
Cambodia: Free school breakfast before lessons start.
in 60 villages that are more than 15
kilometres from the nearest health care
centre. One of these teams recently saved
the lives of three young people who had
come across a landmine. Sadly, accidents
like this are very frequent in north
Cambodia. Another innovation is the pilot
project for the introduction of community
based health insurance. This is intended
to prevent poor families from debt in the
case of sudden illness.
Over the next year, a further focal point
will be combating the child mortality rate
(125 out of 1,000 children die before their
fifth birthday) and mother mortality rate
(400 mothers die out of every 100,000
live births) in Cambodia, both of which
remain incredibly high. By mobilising
the communities, Malteser International
is hoping to make a contribution to the
achievement of the related millennium
goals.
India
International staff: 1
Local staff: 1
Aid for 120,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
South India since 1989 and also in
Gujarat since the 2001 earthquake;
since December 2004, Malteser
International has been providing aid
for the victims of the tsunami in South
India.
The Indian economy is booming, but
people in rural areas receive little of this
benefit. Of a population of 1,000 million,
over 300 million still live in great poverty
and 40 percent of people are illiterate.
The ancient Indian caste system excludes
the poorest segments of the population. It
is particularly the ‘Dalit’ and ‘Adivasi’,
the untouchables, and the original Indian
inhabitants that are often forced to scratch
a living on the edges of society.
At the end of 2004, the tsunami
destroyed countless villages in a 1,000
kilometre area along the South Indian
coast; in summer 2005, heavy monsoon
rains in many regions led to the largest
floods in centuries. It is always the poorest
people, who live on unstable ground
India: Project coordinator Nicole Moran with scchool
girls at the inauguration of their renovated school
building.
either directly on the coast or along the
banks of the water, that are particularly
vulnerable during such disasters, often
losing all their worldly goods and, more
often than not, their lives.
In the tsunami areas, Malteser
International is focussing its aid efforts on
the most vulnerable people. Many have
lost their livelihood. With our projects,
carried out in cooperation with Indian
aid organisations, we have been able to
support over 1,200 families over the last
year as they begin their working lives
again – be this manufacturing coconut
ropes or coquina (shell limestone) or
working as a washerwoman. Thousands
of families are living in emergency
shelters. There, we are providing medical
care and organising childcare centres. A
new element within our programmes is
psycho-social care of traumatised adults
and children. Thanks to professional help,
people are regaining their confidence and
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courage to return to their everyday lives.
Relying on strong Indian partners,
Malteser International provided immediate
aid after the floods in Gujarat and
Kerala and after the earthquake in the
Indian area of Kashmir.
Indonesia
International staff: 14
Local staff: 31
Aid for 86,000 people
Malteser International has worked
in Indonesia since January 2005,
currently in three regions: Banda Aceh,
the area hit hardest by the tsunami; the
Lhokseumave region on the east coast
and the region south of Meulaboh on
the west coast. We provided immediate
aid to the island of Nias after a
powerful aftershock in March 2005.
Indonesia and its inhabitants were hit
the hardest by the tsunami. Hundreds of
villages along the coast were destroyed
by the tidal wave. In order to help
people rebuild a new existence, Malteser
International has, after the conclusion
of emergency relief, committed itself to
working on rehabilitation, implementing
measures to support the communities and
improving health care structures. We are
working closely with village committees,
local authorities and other international
organisations.
In the provincial hospital at Banda
Aceh, after the injured had been taken
care of, we introduced an inventory
system, repaired the oxygen system and
as in the district hospital in Lhokseumave
installed a drinking water disinfection
system. In the Meulaboh region, we
erected three governmental health centres
and organised training for the staff.
Within the framework of the village
rehabilitation project in Lhokseumave,
planned to take place over four years,
130 houses have already been built and a
school and a mosque have been renovated
by the end of 2005. 480 houses should be
finished by autumn 2006. In addition,
Caroline von der Tann
270 wells and 16 kilometres of irrigation
channels for fishponds have been cleaned
and 20,000 mangroves planted for coastal
protection. Working closely with the
village committees, we also used microcredits
to promote income-generating
measures, such as mat production, kiosks,
sewing cooperatives and fish-farming.
We also ensured the medical services
for UN workers in the Aceh province.
Indonesia: Thanks to new boats, the fishermen can
once again an independent living for their families.
As of 2006, we will be taking part
in the development of a health care
information system, collaborating with
local authorities and the GTZ (German
Technical Cooperation). The fundamental
elements are a standardised data recording
system and respective training
for governmental health staff.
Iran
International staff: 1
Local staff: 1
Aid for 6,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Iran since the end of 2003.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a welldeveloped
country. Most people in major
cities are well-provided for; however, the
situation is less positive for poorer people
in rural areas, particularly villages in
sparsely populated mountainous or desert
areas.
Since 2004 Malteser International
has been supporting the reconstruction
of the desert city of Bam, which was
completely destroyed in the earthquake
of December 2003. A primary school
has been built in cooperation with
Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe. Small local
initiatives have received aid and support
via an Iranian umbrella association of aid
organisations. 15 nurseries were equipped
with furniture and toys.
When another medium-heavy earthquake
hit the Zarand region in February
2005 – 200 kilometres away from Bam
– Malteser International was one of
the few international organisations to
provide immediate aid for 600 families.
As local schools were also destroyed, 25
school trailers were set up in three ruined
mountain villages, in which lessons
are still taking place today. The school
children have also been given satchels
with stationery.
In November 2005, eight months after
the earthquake, many people were still
living in tents, suffering from difficult
conditions and poorly equipped for the
coming winter. Malteser International
and Caritas Iran therefore organised the
distribution of winter relief. 650 families
were supplied with warm clothes, nonperishable
goods, stoves and hygiene
items.
Iran: A typical
school day after
the earthquake
in Zarand
– lessons in 25
school trailers.
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Iraq
National staff: 1
Aid for 120,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Iraq since 1995.
After twelve years of embargo and three
wars in the last 20 years, the humanitarian
situation in Iraq remains alarming. Crucial
developments have failed to appear, as it
has been impossible to re-establish public
order due to the incredibly tense security
situation. Iraqi society is confronted with
a situation without sufficient regulatory
structures; ethnic and religion-motivated
conflicts still loom large on a daily
basis. The resultant violence and social
void affect young people in particular
– they can barely see any positive future
prospects and are deeply pessimistic
about the development of their country.
Although no international staff can be
sent due to the security situation, Malteser
International continues to work on
various projects with local Iraqi partners.
For example, in 28 villages in northern
Iraq, the construction of wells and water
distribution systems has improved the
water supply for a total of 120,000
people. In Kirkuk, we are taking part in
the construction of a public training and
education centre for young people and
supporting socially weak families. We are
also continuing to finance the operation
and equipment of a health care centre in
Karamless in northern Iraq.
Myanmar/Burma
International staff: 8
Local staff: 120
Aid for 820,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Myanmar since 2001.
According to predictions by international
institutions and aid organisations,
Myanmar today is increasingly on the
brink of humanitarian disaster. Lack
of access to clean drinking water and
primary health care services for large
parts of the population, an incredibly high
child mortality rate, and high levels of
malnutrition of many people as well as
the rapid spreading of infectious diseases
are all part of this dramatic humanitarian
crisis. According to a WHO study on
health care status, Myanmar is 190th of
the 191 countries examined.
Despite difficult general conditions,
Malteser International decided in 2001
to take action with a focus on the health
care sector, offering new perspectives to
the most vulnerable people in the neediest
regions. Since then, we have carried
out eight projects at three programme
locations, with the aim of ensuring water
Myanmar:
Training and
information
campaigns
on the
subject of
health and
hygiene in
villages and
schools.
M A L A R I A :
Malaria is a parasitic disease. Its pathogen
is transmitted to humans via mosquitoes
(Anopheles). The pathogens destroy the red
blood cells. This causes fever, headaches
and joint pain. After AIDS, ‘malaria tropica’
is one of the most frequent causes of death.
Up to two million people die of malaria
every year. However, it can be diagnosed via
microscope or rapid test and can then be
treated and cured. Our project activities also
include preventative measures such as the
distribution of impregnated mosquito nets.
Malaria treatment costs EUR 5 on average as
long as there are no complications.
and sanitation supplies, as well as
improving access to community-based
primary health care services, combating
the three most common infectious
diseases – malaria, tuberculosis and
HIV/AIDS – and reducing chronic
malnutrition.
In order to cope with the complexity
of the problems, our work in 2005
focussed on the integrated definition of
our programmes and close coordination
of on-site projects by the various
organisations. For only an integrated and
harmonised approach can counteract a
humanitarian disaster, which has been
going on for years and is steadily getting
worse.
In the coming years, the greatest
challenges for our work in Myanmar
will be expanding the space of action for
humanitarian aid projects under extremely
difficult general conditions, further
refining the integrated approach of our
primary health care projects and stepping
up the fight against malaria, tuberculosis
and HIV/AIDS.
If we can achieve this, we will be able to
make an important contribution to halting
the erosion of the social security system,
breaking through the growing momentum
of the poverty and vulnerability spirals
and giving the people of Myanmar new
confidence and courage.
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Projects in 2005 (extract)
Region Country Locations/
Regions
Africa Angola Luanda,
Kuando Kubango
DR Congo Ariwara, Mahagi / Ituri
Bukavu / South-Kivu
Programme Focus Brief Description Programme
Volume
(rounded up)
Emergency relief Emergency relief and health care for displaced persons and the
population, medical equipment, vaccination campaigns
Health care, psycho-social care,
food security, infrastructure
Support of more than 300 health centres, basic and advanced training
of staff, food security in over 46 nutrition centres, medical and psychosocial
care for abused women, source fittings, rehabilitation of streets
Kenya Nairobi Health care Improving the possibilities of diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
and HIV/AIDS, supporting home care, health education for the slum
dwellers
Donors/Cooperation Partners National Partner Organisations No. of
Projects
EUR 183,000 Own resources / private donations Caritas Menongue, provincial health
department of Kuando Kubango
EUR 3,324,000 ECHO, AA, Unicef, FAO, OCHA, WFP,
EuropeAid, own resources / private
donations
Local and national health authorities, local
partner organisations
EUR 473,000 BMZ, own resources / private donations NCC, Kenyan Ministry of Health, Nairobi
Health Management Board, AMREF, St.
Mary’s Hospital
Mali Mopti Emergency relief Support for the national cereal bank, indirect funding of 17 cereal banks EUR 207,000 ADH, own resources / private donations Government of Mali, Order of Malta 1
Niger Koria Haoussa Emergency relief Distribution of 28 tons of maize to 15 villages EUR 10,000 Own resources / private donations Government of Niger, Order of Malta 1
Sudan Khartoum, El Fasher /
North Darfur, Rumbek,
Yei / Southern Sudan
Health care, rehabilitation,
structural aid, emergency relief
Sleeping sickness, malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy control programmes,
training, primary health care, vaccination campaigns
Uganda Maracha Health care, mother-child-health Support for the department for malnourished children in the hospital of
Maracha, home visits, aftercare of the patients
EUR 1,460,000 BMZ, ECHO, AA, DAHW, Spanish Caritas
Confederation, PMK, UNICEF, ADH, NiN,
WHO, STI, DFID
Dioceses of Rumbek and Yei, Ministry of
Health in Darfur
EUR 23,000 PMK, own resources / staff donations Maracha Hospital 1
1
10
1
8
Asia Afghanistan Quala-e-Nau, Herat,
Kabul / Provinces of
Badghis and Herat, Kabul,
Kapisa, Parwan, Loghar
and Wardak
Cambodia Samrong / Oddar
Meanchey province
India Nagercoil / Tamil Nadu,
Gujarat, Kashmir
India Nagercoil / Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Gujarat
Indonesia Medan, Lhokseumave,
Meulaboh / Lhokseumave,
Banda Aceh, Nagan Raya,
Nias
Indonesia Medan, Lhokseumave,
Meulaboh / Lhokseumave,
Banda Aceh, Nagan Raya
Myanmar Yangon, Pang Kham,
Maungdaw / Yangon
Division Shan State (Wa
Region) Rakhine State
Pakistan Islamabad / North-western
border province, Azad,
Jammu Kashmir
Sri Lanka Colombo, Mullaitivu,Galle,
Trincomalee
Rehabilitation, health care,
emergency relief, care for
children and youth, reintegration
of returnees
Reconstruction / new building of schools and health centres, operation
of a provincial hospital and of eleven health centres, income-generating
measures for returnees, day-care for neglected children, emergency relief
in the winter
Health care Strengthening of the community-based health care system, school
feeding
Emergency relief (tsunami and
earthquake Kashmir)
Emergency relief after tsunami, floods in Gujarat and Kerala and
earthquake in Kashmir
Rehabilitation and development Tsunami relief: psycho-social care, help for 1,200 children, incomegenerating
measures, renovation of 180 houses and 13 schools
Gujarat: building of 500 houses, disaster preparedness programme, preschool
education for 1,200 children
Emergency relief (tsunami) Emergency kits for affected families, vaccination campaigns and mobile
clinics, support for affected students, technical support for two hospitals
Rehabilitation, development and
health care
Humanitarian aid, main focus:
health care, water supply,
sanitary facilities
Emergency relief (earthquake in
Northern Pakistan
Emergency relief
(tsunami)
Rehabilitation of two villages: 500 houses, water supply, school, incomegenerating
measures; construction of four health centres and three
community halls; improving the data collection of the provincial health
authorities; health care for UN staff
Control of infectious diseases, strengthening of community-based basic
health care services, improving the access to clean drinking water and
sanitary facilities
EUR 2,442,000 BMZ (Kfw and CIM), UNICEF, UNHCR,
AA, Afghanistan Hilfe Paderborn, MHD
Moers, KfW
EUR 198,000 BMZ, Canadian and Australian government,
own resources / private donations
EUR 394,000 ADH, KPMG, Augustinus-Kliniken,
Malteser Ireland, HeLaBa, own
resources / private donations
EUR 1,168,000 ADH, KPMG, Augustinus-Kliniken,
Malteser Ireland, City of Winnenden,
MHD Paderborn
EUR 755,000 ADH, UNICEF, WHO, own resources /
private donations
EUR 1,056,000 ADH, ZF-Hilft e.V., Happy Digits, Langenscheidt
KG, Faber-Castell AG, BMZ via
GITEC/KfW, GTZ, UNICEF, WHO, UNDP,
MHD Trier, KfW; own resources / private
donations
EUR 1,289,000 DG ECHO, EuropeAid, BMZ, UNODC,
UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP, WHO, Japanese
Embassy, own resources / private
donations
Distribution of winter-proof shelters and equipping households EUR 420,000 ADH, Deutsche Bank, Dr. Hans-Liebherr-
Stiftung, Malteser Canada, Partner Aid
International, AA, ECHO, O.S.T. e.V.,
own resources / private donations
Construction of 650 emergency shelters, emergency medical relief,
distribution of drinking water
EUR 350,000 ADH, MHD Augsburg, own resources /
private donations
Health and school authorities, municipal
councils and Afghan non-governmental
organisations
Provincial health and school authorities,
Cambodian Health and Human Rights
Alliance, village communities
HOM, CHAI, MSSS, Sahayi, BSC, Unnati,
ASAG, KIDS, SDFI
HOM, CHAI, MSSS, Sahayi, KIDS, SDFI ,
Oasis, DEEDS, Little Flower Convent,
Diocese of Kottar, BSC, Unnati
Local and national authorities, village
committees
Local and national authorities, village
committees
Local health authorities, village
communities
Aid to Leprosy Patients, International Blue
Crescent, Palas Conservation and
Development Federation, Partner Aid
International
Water authorities, Buddhist congregation,
dioceses
Sri Lanka Colombo, Kilinochi, Rehabilitation, development, Reconstruction of 700 houses, water supply, reconstruction of homes for EUR 2,950,000 ADH, BILD hilft e.V., Osthessen hilft Local authorities, Help for the Children, 19
5
4
13
13
10
6
8
6
5
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Tangalle, Galle,
Trincomalee, Ampara
Thailand Phang Nga / Southern
Thailand
Thailand Mae Sariang District,
North Thailand
Vietnam Danang / Provinces of
Quang-Nam and Danang,
Central Vietnam
psycho-social care children and disabled people, psycho-social care and training, incomegenerating
measures
Emergency relief and
rehabilitation (tsunami)
Rehabilitation of houses, water supply and sewage disposal, health care,
psycho-social care, income-generating measures
Health care, support for refugees Health care and water supply for refugees; basic health care
programmes for the reduction of infectious diseases
Poverty reduction Improving the basic health and the income situation of the poor and
of ethnic minorities
Südasien, Serendib Stiftung, FC Bayern
Hilfe e.V., UNICEF, Die kleinen Patienten
e.V., Caritas Galle and Colombo,
Archbishopric of Mainz, MHD Traunstein,
Cologne and Muenster, own resources /
private donations
Centre for Social Assessments, Trincomalee
District Development Association, Caritas,
Buddhist monasteries, GTZ
EUR 870,000 ADH, own resources / private donations Local authorities, SEAMEO, SAN 16
EUR 950,000 DG ECHO, EuropeAid, own resources /
private donations
Local authorities; Karen Refugee
Committee
EUR 75,000 BMZ, World Child Foundation Women’s Unions in local communities and
districts, DED
2
1
Middle
East
Iran Bam and Zarand / Kerman
Province
Iraq Kirkuk, Karamless, various
villages in Northern Iraq
Emergency relief and
rehabilitation
Emergency relief and
rehabilitation
Bam: reconstruction of a primary school, equipment for 15 nurseries;
small-scale projects; Earthquake relief Zarand: distribution of food,
clothes, blankets and fuel, provision of 25 school trailers
Construction of wells and water distribution systems, co-financing of
medical staff, training for the youth
EUR 227,000 ADH, University of Regensburg,
MHD Regensburg
Kerman NGO House, Hamyaran 4
EUR 159,000 Own resources / private donations International Blue Crescent (Turkey),
Mostakbal Development Foundation (Iraq),
Turkemeneli Cooperation and Cultural
Foundation (Iraq)
5
America USA New Orleans Rehabilitation Home renovation programme, rehabilitation of living space EUR 150,000 ADH, CARE International Germany,
private donations
Order of Malta, Catholic Charities Services,
Rebuilding Together
1
Europe
Balkans Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bihac, Banja Luka,
Livno, Travnik, Mostar
Structural aid Sustainable return grants, rigid shelter EUR 762,000 UNHCR, AA Local partner organisations 3
Kosovo Ferizaj, Gjakova Structural aid Income-generating measures, construction of winter-proof shelters EUR 542,00 UNHCR, AA Local partner organisations 2
Turkey Turkey Izmit Rehabilitation Centre for mentally disabled children EUR 149,000 Own resources / private donations International Blue Crescent 1
Central- /
Eastern
Europe
Albania
EUR 8,000 Own resources / private donations Malteser Ndihmon ne Shqiperi 1
Latvia Supporting Malteser partner
EUR 16,000 Own resources / private donations Maltas Ordena Palidzibas Dienests 1
organisations
Lithuania EUR 95,000 Own resources / private donations Maltos Ordino Pagalbos Tarnyba 1
Poland EUR 13,000 Own resources / private donations Maltanska Słuba Medyczna 1
Romania Supporting Malteser partner
organisations; flood relief
Russia Supporting Malteser partner
organisations
Serbia Supporting Malteser partner
organisations; flood relief
Ukraine Supporting Malteser partner
organisations
EUR 261,000 Own resources / private donations Serviciul de Ajutor Maltez în România 1
EUR 60,000 Own resources / private donations Russian Malteser Aid in Moscow, Saint Petersburg,
Kaliningrad, Dubna and Smolensk
EUR 16,000 Own resources / private donations Malteska dobrotvorna organizacija
Jugoslavije
EUR 145,000 Own resources / private donations Maltijska Služba Dopomohy 1
1
1
AA Federal Foreign Office of Germany
ADH Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Action Campaign Germany Helps)
AMREF African Medical Research Foundation
ASAG Ahmedabad Study Action Group (India)
BMZ Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and
Development Germany
BSC St. Xavier‘s Non-Formal Education Service (India)
CHAI Catholic Health Organisation of India
CIM Centre for International Migration and Development
DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association
DED German Development Service
DEEDS Development Education Society (India)
DFID Department for International Development
(United Kingdom)
ECHO European Union’s Humanitarian Aid Department
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
GTZ Community for Technical Cooperation (Germany)
HeLaBa Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
HOM Health for One Million (India)
KIDS Kottapuram Integrated Development Society (India)
KfW Development Bank – KfW Banking Group
KPMG KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft
MHD Malteser Germany
MSSS Malankara Social Service Society (India)
NCC Nairobi City Council (Kenya)
NiN Nachbar in Not (Austria)
OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs
PMK Papal Mission Organisation for Children
SAN Sustainable Agriculture Network (Thailand)
SDFI Sister Doctors Forum India
SEAMEO South-East Asian Ministries of Education
Organisation (Thailand)
STI Swiss Tropical Institute
THW German Technical Relief Organisation
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
WFP World Food Programme
WHO World Health Organisation
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Pakistan
International staff: 2
Local staff: 4
Aid for 25,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Pakistan since the earthquake
on 8 October 2005.
Malteser International provided emergency
aid immediately after the severe
earthquake in Kashmir and North Pakistan.
Together with local partner organisations,
we carried out aid and reconstruction
Pakistan: Well-insulated corrugated iron accommodation helps families survive the winter in the earthquake
region.
measures in three project areas, directly
reaching around 2,700 families. In the
first few weeks, we distributed blankets,
winter-proof double-walled tents and
household objects, as well as food and
medicine. We then relocated people from
tents to snow-proof insulated corrugated
iron accommodation. These were transported
by helicopter under frequently
difficult weather conditions to mostly
inaccessible high mountain valleys.
In addition, we supported measures
for primary health care at individual
locations, as local state facilities in these
remote regions were often overextended
even before the disaster.
Our local partners have worked in North
Pakistan for a long time and have an indepth
knowledge of the socio-cultural
conditions and the authorities in the
region. This means our aid can quickly
reach those in need. Thanks to this local
expertise, further aid measures have been
and continue to be developed. In 2006,
our work will focus on the reconstruction
of earthquake-safe housing, securing
mountain farming, introducing incomegenerating
measures and primary health
care services.
Sri Lanka
International staff: 10
National staff: 10
Aid for 275,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Sri Lanka since January 2005 in all
regions affected by the tsunami.
The contradictory prosperity levels of
the country are reflected in the coastal
regions affected by the tsunami in the
north, east and south of Sri Lanka. After
many years of civil war, socio-economic
indicators such as per capita income,
life expectancy and education access in
the north-east are far below the country
Sri Lanka: Project coordinator Maren Paech at the
laying of the foundation stone for new houses in
Seenanveli.
average. In order to ensure balanced
social, regional and ethnic distribution of
reconstruction aid, Malteser International
selected cooperation partners from the
various different society groups in Sri
Lanka. Almost every project was carried
out in cooperation with Sri Lankan partner
organisations.
Focuses include the reconstruction of
houses and the securing of a drinking
water supply – both immediately after
the tsunami and on a long-term basis. Up
until now, 650 temporary shelters have
been built and 100 houses have been
rebuilt or repaired. We are accompanying
these measures with community work
to promote village structures, as well
as psycho-social care for traumatised
tsunami victims. We are supporting
homes for children and the disabled and
promoting income-generating measures
e.g. by providing equipment for fishing
families.
2005 was also a year moulded by a tense
internal political situation. It was feared
that a new civil war would break out after
the presidential elections. Nevertheless,
we were able to continue our projects in
the north and east after brief disruptions.
After finishing construction projects,
Malteser International will concentrate in
2006 on income-generating measures and
sustainable concepts for drinking water
supply and sewage treatment. In addition,
support measures for children and young
people are currently being planned.
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Thailand
International staff: 6
National staff: 40
Aid for 110,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
various regions in Thailand since 1979.
Over the last year, Malteser International
has carried out three extensive projects
in Thailand. Since 1993, we have been
engaged in ensuring basic health care
for 32,000 of the Karen people and for
Burmese refugees at the border with
Myanmar, with the financial support of
the European Commission. In addition to
medical treatment, we provide refugees
with drinking water, build sanitation
months, we provided emergency aid
for those made homeless and staying
in reception camps. We ensured there
was sufficient water supply for people
living in temporary shelters and began
constructing new houses. While initial
measures concentrated on helping people
survive, the second phase was orientated
towards a broad aid programme: development
of infrastructure, improvement
of primary health care and
hygiene relations in villages with ethnic
minorities, programmes for dealing with
trauma and income-generating measures
for people who had partly or entirely lost
their sources of income as a result of the
tsunami.
Vietnam: Income-generating measures for women:
dressmakers proudly present their work.
Thailand: Training with oxygen equipment for midwives in a refugee camp on the border with Myanmar.
facilities, offer health care information and
train local health workers. Responsibility
for the primary health care project – also
promoted by the European Commission
since 2002 – for the people in surrounding
villages within the district was handed
over to local health authorities at the
end of November 2005. They have been
ensuring the provision of health care
themselves ever since.
Immediately after the tsunami disaster,
Malteser International sent aid
workers to the south and committed
itself to immediate aid. In the first few
Vietnam
International staff: 1
National staff: 3
Aid for 2,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
Vietnam since 1966.
Since the beginning of 2005, Malteser
International has been running a programme
to combat poverty in the
provinces of Quang-Nam and Danang
in Central Vietnam, co-financed by the
German Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development. This
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programme is orientated towards poor and
disadvantaged sectors of the population,
particularly ethnic minorities in the
mountain regions and very poor families
in two coastal communities. Its aim is
the improvement of the health care and
nutrition situation. Through education
about hygiene and health care, we are
helping women improve the health and
nutrition of their families. We train local
health workers and improve the income
opportunities for women by promoting
small scale business and ensuring wider
diversity in agricultural production. The
installation of kitchen gardens, courses
on rearing and looking after animals,
the foundation of a ‘revolving fund’
for the purchase of animals and the
training of veterinarian assistants are also
contributing to a rise in available family
income and improving nutrition in the
villages. We are focussing on training
our project partner, the Women Union,
in participatory approaches, in order to
involve the village populations more
intensively in the future and to support
their efforts to help themselves in a more
effective manner.
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ON THE SPOT: PAKISTAN
Lost without a home
Race against the winter after the earthquake in Pakistan
(An eye-witness report from October 2005)
Many families are faced with ruin after the earthquake.
The ground is still reddish-brown along
Edgar Road in Muzaffarabad. But in the
improvised refugee camp at the foot of
the Himalayas, Mulin Ameer is looking
anxiously at the white peaks. Winter is
coming. And the 20-year-old suspects
that the disaster of the 8th of October may
yet claim more victims once the snow lies
on the mountains of Kashmir.
“The ground opened and the house
slipped into a massive chasm. My
brother’s entire family was buried alive.
Grandfather and I spent two days rescuing
our family.” This is how Ameer described
the earthquake that destroyed his village.
Now he is staying here in the capital of
Azad Kashmir, together with five hundred
other Pakistanis who have mostly walked
for several days to get here. Many are
injured and have not received medical
treatment until they got here. And many
still have no roof over their heads and
are housed in emergency tents or under
mounted plastic sheets.
Muhamed Rashid, 50, who arrived here
with his wife and children, shows us his
tent. “Four families are only separated
down the middle with a piece of cloth.
There are 15 of us sleeping in this tent.”
Florian Kopp
Aktion Deutschland Hilft:
“Aktion Deutschland Hilft” (Action Campaign
Germany Helps) is a federation of German aid
organisations acting concert to provide quick and
effective help in response to major disasters and
ADH / Stefan Trappe
His wife complains that there is no toilet
and that she always has to wait until
night-time. “It’s unhealthy and all full of
mud” she says, “and it’s the children who
suffer most – especially at night when it
gets cold.”
Mulin Ameer holds his 10-yearold
nephew, Nazeer, in his arms. The
little boy whimpers in pain with every
movement. “He’s been in pain for nine
days”, his uncle says. “But before we can
look after him, we must rescue and bury
the dead.” Descending the mountains in
rainy weather along blocked paths took
more than two days. Now Nazeer can be
examined: his left femur is broken. “We’ll
take him to a Turkish field hospital near
the helicopter landing pad” decides Jon
Freeman from the Malteser International
emergency aid team, out here on an
assessment for further aid projects
together with Holger Sommer from ‘Die
Johanniter’. In the next few days, Jon
and his colleague Marie-Theres Benner,
emergency aid expert from Malteser
International, will climb up to the cut-off
villages around Muzaffarabad, battling
the white peaks.
Christoph Ernesti;
reproducedwith the kind permission
of ‘Aktion Deutschland Hilft’.
Emergency and winter aid even in the
inaccessible mountain villages of the
Himalayas.
Aktion
Deutschland Hilft
Das Bündnis der Hilfsorganisationen
emergencies, such as after the tsunami or the earthquake in Pakistan. In times of need, the initiators
of this federation for action, each an autonomous organisation in its own right, pool their knowledge
and capacities, complementing one another and consolidating resources to provide the most effective
help possible. During the acute phase of major disasters abroad, “Aktion Deutschland Hilft” makes
a public appeal for donations. As well as Malteser International, „Aktion Deutschland Hilft“ includes
the following relief organisations: action medeor, ADRA Germany, Workers’ Samaritan Federation
Germany (ASB), Workers’ Welfare Association (AWO), CARE International Germany, HELP – help to
selfhelp, Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe (JUH), Paritaetischer Wohlfahrtsverband and World Vision Germany.
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ON THE SPOT: THAIL AND
Lights amongst the flood
Rehabilitation after the tsunami in Thailand
Ed tat lore er am, quis augait dolor susto odiam, sum
ing ex er amconsenibh et aliq
light balloons, Martin B. and his wife
Marion stand arm in arm as tears run down
their faces onto the beach. The couple
survived, but 18 friends died, where
now the shining paper balloons with
coconut palm strands rise into the night
sky. Martin B. is convinced that his wife
survived thanks to Malteser International.
She was swept along in the flood for six
hours, her lungs already full of water,
when Malteser International organised
the life-saving helicopter.
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Mourning ceremony on 26 December 2005 in remembrance of the tsunami victims.
The sky is full of love and that love is
yellow. As they float in the dark night
sky, yellow lights flicker in the cylindershaped
balloons made from thin paper.
There are thousands of lights; soon a
sculpture like a dragon’s head appears in
the sky. Then the glimmering lights fade,
each bearing the memory of a loved one.
Fading into the distance of the black sky
above Khao Lak.
Heartbreaking scenes are being
played out all along the beach of Bang
Niang on the first anniversary of the
tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004.
A Swedish manager weeps alongside
Thai fishermen, a German teacher, a Thai
princess. Around 5,400 people died in
Thailand. Malteser International was one
of the first international aid organisations
on the spot. After immediate emergency
relief that lasted two months, the process
of rehabilitation began.
The paths along the bank are lined with
white, red and black flags. White means
purity, red power and black mourning.
Under palm trees, there was once Ban
Bangsak, a settlement of the ‘Morgan’,
sea nomad folk. The village is no longer
there after the tidal wave on 26 December.
When the water retreated around midday,
the streets were full of bodies.
Chuay lost her husband and two
children. Since the tsunami, the 70-yearold
no longer sleeps properly: “You know,
everything looks so lovely here, everything
has been rebuilt. But how will I be able
to live? I’m so afraid that something like
this could happen again. And my heart is
sad. My husband, my children!” Chuay
cuts another betel nut with a sharp knife
and covers it in red powder, then puts the
leaf-like nut into her mouth. As the old
woman is hard to understand anyway
due to her missing teeth, the rest of what
she is saying vanishes amongst vigorous
chewing motions.
Ban Bangsak has been half rebuilt by
Malteser International. New sanitary
facilities have been installed, electricity
and water supply connected, 31 houses
built and 150 survivors have moved back.
But Malteser International’s aim is not
just material reconstruction: with the help
of a psychologist and a social worker, it
is providing psycho-social care to help
traumatised people like Chuay.
The disaster has also left its mark on
those grieving in Khao Lak. Under the
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Grateful village resident in front of his new house in
Ban Bangsak.
Chuay: Since the tsunami, she has not been able any
more to sleep properly.
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ON THE SPOT: C AMBODIA
Bamboo stretchers instead of ambulances
On the painstaking development of health care in the north of Cambodia
A hammock, a bamboo stick, a radio
and first aid equipment – these are Rin
Bun Ruoy’s magic tools that are intended
to save lives in an emergency. The 29-
year-old’s wooden hut is what could be
termed the ‘control centre’ of Por Chas,
a village in the north of Cambodia with a
population of about 200. In this isolated
region, lack of communication and
transport options is responsible for many
deaths. But now Por Chas has a first aid
team.
This ‘village emergency referral system’
is the first division of a threelevel
health care system developed by
Malteser International in the province of
Oddar Meanchey in cooperation with the
government and the ‘Cambodia Health
and Human Rights Alliance’. A major
problem here are the mines left behind
from a decade of war, still buried in
fields and paths. The voluntary first aid
team looks after the injured and carries
them to the nearest ox-cart in Ruoy’s
hammock suspended from a bamboo
stick. Sometimes they have to carry the
patients on foot to the nearest health care
centre due to flooded streets.
The second level is the health care
centres, of which there are now 14 in Oddar
Meanchey. The aim is for every location
to be a maximum of 15 kilometres away
from the nearest centre. The whitewashed
centre in the nearby village of Kok Mon is
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Emergency exercise: training village residents to form a first aid team.
ruled by Orn Han. The learned orderly and
his nine colleagues look after 28 villages
with more than 15,000 residents. Between
30 and 100 people arrive every day for
treatment and advice. Prices are listed on
a large board outside the house: a malaria
test costs around 2,000 Riel, treatment
of a minor injury costs 3,000 Riel. 4,000
Riel equals roughly one dollar, the same
price as a can of Coke. The medical staff
receive just short of half the treatment
costs as their salary, while the other half
is spent on equipment. No wonder that
Orn Han also has to cultivate his fields in
order to survive.
The provincial hospital in Samrong is
responsible for the entire province. When
Malteser International came to Samrong
seven years ago, there weren’t even any
beds, let alone an ambulance. Patients
had to be collected and sent home by
taxi, explains Dr. Sokomar, the former
manager of the hospital. Since then,
there is now a surgeon who can perform
simple operations. And technical medical
assistants carry out the most vital tests in
a small laboratory.
But all this is useless if patients don’t
reach the hospital in time. And for that
reason, Rin Bun Ruoy’s hammock may
well be the gateway to a modern health
care system. At least for the 236 residents
of Por Chas.
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The ‘village emergency referral system’ ensures rapid treatment of injured people
in isolated areas.
Provincial hospital in Samrong: operations are now possible here.
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America
In 2005, the federal states of Louisiana and Mississippi were the setting for the worst natural disaster to
ever hit the USA. Countries in Central America were also affected by serious natural disasters, which
mainly hit those who were most vulnerable, due to low income and poor living conditions. Hurricane
Katrina and Hurricane Stan inflicted unimaginable damage in August and October, causing the
deaths of over 3,000 people. Together with the national associations of the Order of Malta, Malteser
International is supporting reconstruction after the disaster, focussing on those who are incapable
themselves of making a new start.
When the storm was over
Aid for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the United States
Volunteers clear away unusable
furniture and flooring from houses in
need of renovation.
United States of America
International staff: 1
Aid for over 400 families in New
Orleans
On 29 August 2006, Hurricane
Katrina hit land in the state of Louisiana
approximately 30 kilometres east of New
Orleans. The levee system protecting
residents against the water of Lake
Pontchatrain and the Mississippi river
collapsed in several places. Over 100,000
households were submerged in more than
a metre of water. More than a million
people were forced to leave their homes.
Around 1,200 people died in the storm.
It took over three months before the city
was finally free of water again.
The greatest challenge now is the
rebuilding of homes. “Many of the
evacuees have only one goal, despite all
the obstacles in their path,” says Joan
Diaz, born and brought up in New Orleans.
“They want to return to their houses, to
a familiar environment – and as soon as
possible.” Joan is the head of ‘Helping
Hands’, an initiative started by the
Archdiocese of New Orleans to provide
reconstruction aid. Supported by the
three American associations of the Order
of Malta and by Malteser International,
teams of between ten and 15 volunteers
The renovation of the houses in New Orleans
sometimes is quite exhausting for the volunteers.
have been working in the poorest quarters
of the city since November 2005 and are
helping residents clear and clean their
houses and prepare them for renovation.
By March 2006, over 150 houses had
been cleaned and protected against
mould, thanks to the help of more than
1,200 volunteers.
In the second phase of the ‘house
renovation programme’ Malteser International
is collaborating with another
highly competent partner organisation:
‘Rebuilding Together’ has been engaged
in the renovation of houses for particularly
needy citizens in various cities in the
United States for over 18 years. “In order
to be able to offer renovation support to
even a fraction of the people who ask us
for help, we are reliant on partners such as
the American associations of the Order of
Malta and Malteser International,” says
Bryon Cornelison, head of the ‘Rebuilding
Together’ programme in New Orleans.
Together with Malteser International
project coordinator Osvaldo Marcenaro,
Bryon is working on 32 complete
renovations. Volunteers with technical
training are working together with
volunteers from the Order’s associations
on two to three houses each month until
they are ready for occupancy again.
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ON THE SPOT: NEW ORLE ANS
Helping hands in the eye of the storm
A volunteer, also a member of the Federal Association of the Order of Malta
in the USA, reports on the reconstruction of New Orleans
Eight months after the hurricane, the
scope of the damage is still beyond
description. While the St. Louis flood of
1993 destroyed some homes as thoroughly
as those ravaged by Katrina, the damage
was generally confined to much smaller
areas. In New Orleans, we literally drove
for miles in almost any direction and
saw nothing but empty homes, vacated
businesses and abandoned vehicles all
around us.
We had heard of the work of Malteser
International around the world and had
supported it with contributions. Never
before, however, had we participated
in this work in a hands-on fashion. The
particular work in which we took part was
rebuilding the home of a widow in New
Orleans.
Lynette had been chosen by ‘Catholic
Charities’ as an especially deserving
beneficiary of our efforts. The more we
got to know her, the more we agreed.
Her effusive gratitude that strangers from
all over the country had not forgotten
about her or her neighbours was the
greatest reward any of us could ever have
wanted.
Members from all three associations of
the Order of Malta in the United States had
been sent as volunteers to New Orleans
for the ‘house renovation programme’.
The 26 members of our group came from
Florida, California, Massachusetts and
points in between. We varied in age and
One of the renovated houses: successful cooperation between ‘Helping Hands’, ‘Rebuilding Together’ and
the Order of Malta.
in levels of skill. We stripped wallpaper,
caulked, cleared debris, landscaped,
installed light fixtures, assembled and
installed cabinets, installed floors, painted
and painted and painted some more. The
transformation in Lynette‘s house in less
than 96 hours was truly remarkable.
The real miracle, however, was evident
on Lynette‘s face. She said on more than
one occasion that the Order of Malta had
answered her prayers. God had responded
through human hands.
Tom Albrecht, volunteer in the ‘house
renovation programme’ in New Orleans
Lynette has lived in her house in New Orleans
since 1993, recently with her youngest son
Shane, who suffers from a manic depressive
illness. She works for a large construction
company, working on the design of a tank
for NASA. She has five children and six
grandchildren. Before the hurricane, she was
also caring for her parents. Her father died in
2004 and her mother died on 22 August 2005,
only a week before the hurricane. Lynette is
happy that her mother did not have to cope
with the evacuation.
Lynette was evacuated on the Friday before
the hurricane. For several months, she lived
with one of her daughters. Since then she
has been living in one of the trailers provided
for so many hurricane victims. Unfortunately,
she had to wait several weeks for a power
connection. She would have loved to make her
famous enchiladas for the volunteers. Now she
is overjoyed with her new home.
Volunteers of all ages from the
Order of Malta participate in
renovation work.
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Aid for the victims of Hurricane Stan
Mexico
Aid for over 5,000 people
Mexico: Emergency aid for hurricane victims: provision of basic foodstuffs, medicine and water.
The Central American states did not
come through the particularly severe
2005 hurricane season unscathed either.
Between 4 and 8 October, Hurricane Stan
and the deluges that followed inflicted
incredible damage. In the Chiapas region
in south Mexico in particular, floods and
mudslides destroyed crops, swept houses
away and led to the weakening of the
entire infrastructure. Those that suffered
the most in the disaster were the people
living in rural mountainous regions,
who were robbed of what few sources of
income they had.
As part of emergency aid, the Mexican
Association started a project in the
community of Motozintla north of
Tapachulas with the support of Malteser
International, covering short-term need
for food relief and making a long-term
contribution to the reconstruction of the
surrounding villages. A small production
site for tortillas is to be supplied with
basic ingredients for a year and should
become a self-sufficient community
project as of the next harvest. Despite
the obstacles in hard-to-access regions
caused by the collapsed infrastructure,
this ‘tortilladora’ started operations in
May 2006. Since then, over 5,000 people
have regularly been receiving food from
this small production site.
Guatemala
Aid for over 3,500 people
The Association of the Order of Malta
in Guatemala also provided immediate
aid for those affected by Hurricane
Stan, distributing food and medicine. In
cooperation with Malteser International, a
project was started in Santiago Atitlán to
improve local primary health care. Special
emphasis was placed on families who
had been forced to move into corrugated
iron shelters after the hurricane. The
improvement of hygiene conditions and
food supply are crucial elements of the
project, as is psycho-social support and
care for those affected.
Mexico: The provision of drinking water takes top priority after the disaster.
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Europe
Balkans
National staff: 28
Aid for 2,000 people
Malteser International has worked in
the Balkans since 1995.
The reorganisation after the
collapse of the former Federal State
of Yugoslavia has still not yet reached
its final conclusion today. Separation
between Serbia and Montenegro has
been realised; the federal diversity
of Bosnia and Herzegovina remains
unproven in reality and the future
status of Kosovo remains open.
Irrespective of the political path taken
and yet to be taken by the successor
states, they all remain united in a deep
social and economic crisis today, with
the exception of Slovenia.
Malteser International has been
working in the Balkans for over ten years.
Initially, work concentrated on emergency
aid measures such as the distribution of
hygiene and food packages, but later the
focus became rehabilitation and structural
aid projects. The aim was and is to help
people develop a new peaceful centre
of life after years of bloody conflict and
displacement. Over the years, Malteser
International has developed two project
forms still running today in the focus
regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Kosovo.
Women’s initiatives in Bosnia
and Kosovo
As many men died in the wars or were
injured and returned home traumatised,
the central organisational role in life
after war fell to the women in many
families. Working with local women’s
groups, we developed programmes and
measures intended to reinforce women’s
skills, self-confidence and independence.
Kosovo: The support of small-scale businesses – such
as this coffee-roasting plant – improves the financial
situation of many households.
This includes careers training, the
promotion of small trades, preventative
health promotion, legal advice, the
development and strengthening of
local non-governmental organisations
and reconciliation work. This concept
developed in Bosnia was also adopted in
Kosovo after 1999 and later even in Asian
project areas.
The foundation created in 2002 under
the name ‘Bosnian-Herzegovina Women
Initiative’ (BHWI) has been running all
women’s projects for us since then as a
local agency. For example, it counsels
and supports unemployed women in the
setting up of a business. The next step in
independence was taken in 2005 when
the BHWI requested subsidies itself for
the first time and received them.
Income-generating measures
Our income-generating measures are
used to promote the integration of those
returning home by helping them to found
small businesses and service industries.
Kosovo: Production sites for toilet paper: work and
income for numerous families.
Aid recipients pledge to donate part of
the income they receive from their first
year of operation to social and charitable
projects, thus providing simultaneous
support for the development of civil
society and democratic structures. In
this way, we have promoted about 600
individual projects in Bosnia alone since
2000, reaching more than 3,000 people in
family and neighbourhood groups. Since
2002, 650 people have found work in
Kosovo in 230 businesses, thus creating
a new existence for themselves and their
families.
Refugees and returnees
On behalf of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
Malteser International has accompanied
135 refugee convoys over the past year,
mainly carrying refugees home from
Bosnia to Croatia, and also in the opposite
direction in some cases. We also provided
those most in need when repatriated
with an initial aid of up to EUR 100 per
person.
‘Rigid Shelter’ – a roof for the winter
Some people in Kosovo are still
without fixed accommodation that offers
sufficient protection against the hard
winter. On behalf of UNHCR, Malteser
International has installed winter-proof
ready-built houses for returning refugee
families. In this way, around 20 families
were provided with a new, secure home
in 2005.
Kosovo: Thanks to a small loan, this hairdresser has
been able to re-open his salon.
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ON THE SPOT: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Regaining strength with spinach
Income-generating measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Potatoes, onions and spinach – Borislav
Acimovic has always cultivated them at
home in his village Humi-Lisan near
Mostar. But he hasn’t been able to for
twelve years. The civil war forced the 64-
year-old Serb to flee his home. He only
returned in 2004 – and had to start again
from scratch. Together with his wife, he
now lives within 16 square metres, but it
is lack of money and machinery that really
affects the couple, not lack of space.
Acimovic found out from friends about
the projects run by Malteser International
to promote income-generating measures
– and a few meetings later, thanks to the
financial support of Malteser International
he bought a petrol-run manual tractor
together with three neighbours. Malteser
International checks each request carefully
to ensure that the project is viable on a
long-term basis and promotes mutual aid
groups amongst the returnees.
In autumn 2005, Acimovic supplied two
old people’s homes in Mostar with 300
kilograms of potatoes and 300 kilograms
of spinach – his repayment obligation
that Malteser International implements to
Borislav Acimovic with his manual tractor, which he
was able to buy thanks to a small loan.
support social organisations. And he’ll be
back next year in gratitude: “I had such
a great harvest that I was able to pay my
debts in two instalments instead of five.
Even though I’ve already covered the
repayment sum, I’d like to donate part of
my next harvest to an old people’s home
again.”
The village community also profits from incomegenerating
measures: Borislav Acimovic gives part of
his harvest to the local old people’s home.
Turkey
Aid for 240 mentally disabled
children and their families
Malteser International has worked in
Turkey since the earthquake in 1999.
Once emergency aid ended, Malteser
International worked out with its local
partners which earthquake victims were
in need of particular attention in the
rehabilitation phase. There were naturally
a lot of supply gaps and a great need
for reconstruction, but one group was
threatening to fall through the developing
supply net: disabled children whose
parents’ livelihood had suffered as a
result of the earthquake. So we decided
to establish a centre for these children
and their parents in which the children’s
physical capabilities could be developed
and encouraged in such a way that it
would later be possible to integrate at least
Care for disabled children and support for their
parents.
a few of them into the working world.
This project has since developed into a
pilot project in Turkey that is receiving a
lot of recognition. Further vital measures
included erecting a health care centre in
the earthquake region and constructing a
first aid training centre.
In 2005, Malteser International continued
cooperation with its Turkish
partner ‘International Blue Crescent’ in
Foundation of a health care centre in the earthquake
region – together with the local partner ‘International
Blue Crescent’.
Izmit and its surroundings, the epicentre
of the severe earthquake in 1999. As
before, the focus of this aid is the centre
for 240 mentally handicapped children
in Izmit. Here, we are continuing to
support training measures and movement
therapies that ease the life of the children
and their parents.
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Central and Eastern Europe
Within the framework of a programme actually extending beyond humanitarian aid, Malteser
International also supports the development of partner organisations and social services in Central
and Eastern Europe. This programme comprises both international and national aspects:
● Support for the 13 Malteser aid organisations currently in Central and Eastern Europe: over
the past year, we have focused particularly on advising and creating a network for our partner
organisations.
● Promotion of the German Malteser relief agency‘s work abroad, which is mainly volunteer-based
and since the foundation of Malteser International acts under the name ‘Malteser Auslandsdienst’
(Malteser Foreign Service): the central points here are consolidating existing partnerships and
training our representatives abroad.
Flood aid in Romania and its
neighbouring countries
Barely noticed by the Western media, a
dreadful flood disaster hit Romania and a
few of its neighbouring countries between
April and September. It resulted in the
deaths of 31 people, destroyed thousands
of houses, paralysed the infrastructure
in broad areas of the country and caused
material damage totalling over EUR 1.2
billion.
The Malteser relief agencies in
Romania, Serbia and Hungary introduced
extensive emergency aid and
reconstruction measures. Malteser
International supported its partner relief
agencies with financial aid totalling
EUR 200,000. In this way, food, blankets
and hygiene articles were distributed to
the flood victims. Since summer 2005,
the Romanian Malteser aid agency
SAMR (Serviciul de Ajutor Maltez în
România) has also carried out measures
to secure livelihoods and rebuild homes,
distributing agricultural equipment, seeds
and livestock to the affected population.
Numerous German Malteser groups also
supported their partner with flood aid.
When the Danube burst its banks again
in April 2006 and flooded further regions
in the south of Romania, SAMR was on
the spot immediately and able to provide
rapid and professional help on the basis of
its experiences of the previous year: the
Romanian Malteser partner organisation
provided emergency aid for the worst-hit
villages in the eastern Romanian district
of Tulcea and distributed 300 packages
with food, blankets and hygiene articles.
With the financial support of the German
Foreign Office and Malteser International,
it erected temporary tent accommodation
for evacuated residents. SAMR is also
planning to take part in the reconstruction
of the destroyed villages.
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Malteser management conference in
Central and Eastern Europe concludes
partnership codex
At the third annual conference in
Timişoara, Romania, the management
representatives of the Central and Eastern
European Malteser relief agencies reached
a milestone in their networking process:
On 5 October 2005, representatives from
Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Czech
Republic, St. Petersburg/Russia, the
Ukraine and from Malteser International,
plus Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager,
Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta,
signed a partnership codex regulating
the fundamentals and basic principles of
their international cooperation; the heads
of Malteser associations in Hungary,
Latvia and Albania, plus the President of
the German Malteser relief agency, Dr.
Constantin von Brandenstein-Zeppelin,
also signed the codex since then.
Conference participants also discussed
the spiritual basis of their work and their
understanding of voluntary work. In the
run-up to the conference, the hosts gave
participants an insight into some of their
projects.
First introductory seminar for
Malteser volunteers working in
foreign aid
For the first time, Malteser International
offered a seminar for voluntary Malteser
staff working in foreign aid, between 9 and
11 December 2005 at the Malteser training
centre in Ehreshoven. The introductory
seminar ‘Competence in Foreign Aid’
Participants in the first basic seminar for work abroad in Ehreshoven.
provided theoretical and practical basic
knowledge for volunteer usage abroad
for the 15 participants from Germany
and Austria. A task force of experienced
volunteer and employed foreign service
workers compiled the course concept,
which was tested in a pilot run in 2004
and then developed into a form ready for
the seminar.
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, signs the partnership codex.
“The introductory seminar on foreign aid
offered a very successful mixture of theory and
practice in a very appealing atmosphere for
me. The variety of subjects under discussion,
highlighting basic segments of Malteser
work abroad, was also a success in terms
of form, thanks to the expert, competent
and humorous presentations by the course
team. Joint discussions about the current
path of our work abroad benefited from
both the future-orientated presentation from
Malteser International and an appreciation of
decades of experience in aid and application
that makes it possible for foreign aid to be
experienced always ‘at its best’ as a Malteser
presence – particularly in its aid for the needy
which I feel personally to be so affecting.” – as
summarised by one of the participants.
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ON THE SPOT: ROMANIA
The end of the road: Banat Ocean
Zsuzsa Barla, Secretary General of the Romanian relief agency SAMR (Serviciul de Ajutor Maltez în
România), reports on aid during the 2005 flood
Necessity is the mother of invention: collecting relief goods on a homemade raft.
The bridge to Otelec ends in nothing:
no asphalt any more, no boundary stones,
nothing on the horizon but treetops. And a
worrying silence. Only the noise here and
there of walls bursting under the pressure
of the water. When we were on our way
to discover the extent of damage in west
Romania in April 2005, we had to turn
back before Otelec, which is normally
25 kilometres away from the River
Timiş. And we saw what it was the press
were renaming in terms of Romanian
geography: the Banat Ocean.
But after returning to the Malteser
centre in Klausenburg and to the other
affected areas, the initially paralysing
horror gave way quickly to research,
planning and preparation of aid projects:
damages were calculated, contact made
with other organisations participating
in flood aid. Soon after, the Romanian
relief agency SAMR, cooperating with
Malteser International, was able to come
to the rescue of flood victims from the
Banat with humanitarian aid totalling
over EUR 100,000. For example, in
Otelec we organised a field kitchen for
flood victims from the Timiş district.
Residents affected by the floods and now
most concerned about the reconstruction
of their houses were thus provided daily
with a warm meal.
Beginning in spring 2005, Romania
was afflicted by the worst flood the
country has seen in more than 100
years. A sequence of six tidal waves hit
almost every region within Romania:
first Transylvania, then the Banat and
in July Moldova and Walachia. August
brought two simultaneous tidal waves
across the country. In autumn, the rains
returned, this time in the south. More
than 30 people died, with hundreds of
locations submerged under water. Across
the country, the flood caused damage of
over EUR 1 billion.
It is mainly elderly people who have been affected by
the floods.
In addition to emergency aid, a longterm
aid programme was also started.
SAMR and Malteser International
helped rebuild and re-equip the houses
of pensioners and poor families with
many children. The Czech Malteser relief
agency, experienced in flood aid, also
came to help us and provided 71 hot-air
heaters so that we could dry the houses
out as quickly as possible and make them
habitable once more.
Given that the international media
barely reported the flood disaster in
Romania at all, and only quite some time
after it happened, it was remarkable how
interested the Romanian press, radio
and television were in the actions of the
Malteser agencies. Possibly because
SAMR was one of the few domestic aid
organisations who reacted quickly and
effectively to the flood disaster.
Even though no one could have wished
for an event such as the 2005 flood in
Romania, it did at least mean that we found
out once again that positive cooperation
between the Malteser agencies from
different countries is possible and can be
a blessing for those affected by disaster.
Malteser flood aid in 2005 brought us
closer together and we collected valuable
experiences that will enable us to react
responsibly to similar situations in the
future.
Zsuzsa Barla, Secretary General of SAMR, in
conversation with flood victims.
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Facts and Figures
Experts abroad
Local staff employment
per region
2005 2004
Africa 411 346
Angola 19 24
DR Congo 126 98
Ethiopia 2 12
Kenya 14 23
Sudan 237 170
Uganda 13 19
Asia 426 442
Afghanistan 197 279
Cambodia 18 20
India 1 -
Indonesia 31 -
Iran 1 2
Iraq 1 -
Myanmar 120 110
Pakistan 4 -
Sri Lanka 10 -
Thailand 40 27
Vietnam 3 4
Expatriate employment
per region
Africa Asia Balkans America
Expatriates by education and occupation
trainees / project assistants 16
consultants 6
engineers 6
33 88 0 1
others 2
physicians 21
nurses and orderlies 12
midwives 2
paramedics 7
Balkans 28 34
Bosnia and Herzegowina 16 19
Kosovo 12 11
Macedonia - 1
Serbia - 3
865 822
coordinators / managers 31
project managers 6
logistics specialists /
administrators 13
Hinrich Bernzen
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Annual accounts as of 31 December 2005
Balance sheet
Income statement
Auditor’s report
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F A C T S A N D F I G U R E S

Notes on the income statement
For consolidation reasons, the income
statement of Malteser International
is prepared according to the system
of accounts established by Malteser
Hilfsdienstes e.V. The structure of the
income statement (but not the audited
contents) therefore differs in some
respects from the presentation of data
elsewhere in this Annual Report and is
briefly explained in the following notes.
INCOME
Sales revenues include all income from
supplies and services provided. Other
operating income includes: allocations
and grants from the public sector (project
funds provided by the German Federal
Foreign Office and the German Federal
Department of Economic Cooperation
and Development [BMZ] amounting
to EUR 1,292,990 and by the European
Union amounting to EUR 5,752,337),
church contributions (project resources
of EUR 13,175) and contributions by
third parties (UNHCR amounting to
EUR 1,072,532, UNICEF, DAHW and
donations received and claimed via ADH
amounting to EUR 9,192,403).
Other operating income also includes
income from donations and internal
Malteser organisation contributions
amounting to a combined total of EUR
14,551,092, as well as a special collection
by the German Conference of Bishops for
the tsunami victims, amounting to EUR
3,127,675.
Grants from both public and private
donors which cannot be used in the
current financial year (e.g. for projects
that last for several years or are carried
over into the next year), as well as
donations which cannot be used fully in
the current financial year (since a large
proportion of donations is received at the
end of the year), are carried over to the
next year and then used. The use of these
funds is shown under Income from the
reversal of liabilities from investment
allocations / appropriated donations
and grants not yet used. (The carryover
of such funds to the following year
is shown under Expenses for transfer to
liabilities of payables from donations
and grants not yet used).
E XPENDITURE
The items Cost of materials and
Personnel expenses comprise the majority
of direct project costs (e.g. costs of
medicine and relief items of a combined
total of EUR 9,593,658, payments to
building contractors in reconstruction
projects, costs of international and local
project staff), as well as parts of the
indirect project costs and administrative
costs (non project-specific staff costs).
The item Other operating expenses
also includes direct project costs (e.g.
structural aid and direct project support
for local partners in Eastern Europe
amounting to EUR 681,500; freight and
transport charges), as well as indirect
project costs (pro-rata costs of media and
public relations, costs of staff recruitment
and support) and administrative costs
(rent, IT).
In 2005, administrative costs amounted
to less than eight percent of our total
expenditure.
Incoming donations
Development of incoming donations (rounded up)
Incoming donations
Source of funding
25,000,000
EUR 23,743,000
Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH; Action
Campaign Germany Helps)
EUR 9,192,000*
Private donations
EUR 11,423,000
20,000,000
39 %
48 %
15,000,000
thereof by ADH:
EUR 9,192,000*
10,000,000
13 %
5,000,000
EUR 3,235,000 EUR 3,045,000
2003 2004 2005
* Further donations (tsunami) of ADH amounting to EUR 8,560,064 are already budgeted,
even though they have not yet been claimed.
Special collection by the German
Bishops’ Conference for the victims of
the seaquake EUR 3,128,000
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Project expenditure
Project expenditure (rounded up) by source of funding
ECHO
EUR 3,889,000
KfW
EUR 1,301,000
Europe Aid
EUR 1,308,000
WFP and other UN organisations
EUR 361,500
Caritas, PMK et al. EUR 602,200
Others (DAHW, foundations et al.)
EUR 549,000
Donations and own resources
EUR 10,090,000
Federal Foreign Office
of Germany
EUR 1,185,000
BMZ
EUR 897,000
UNHCR
EUR 1,148,000
ADH
EUR 5,690,000
ADH Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Action
Campaign Germany Helps)
BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development, Germany
DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief
Association
ECHO European Union’s Humanitarian Aid
Department
KfW Development Bank – KfW Banking Group
PMK Papal Mission Organisation for Children
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
WFP World Food Programme
Direct project expenditure (rounded up) by continents
Europe 2,068,000 EUR
America* EUR 69,000
Africa
EUR 5,824,000
Asia
EUR 15,116,000
thereof tsunami
EUR 8,714,000
* The programmes in America started at the end
of the year 2005; therefore, most of the project
expenditure will be included in the accountancy
of 2006 only.
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Acknowledgement
Malteser International would like to thank all private
donors and sponsors, as well as all companies,
cooperation partners, foundations, societies,
schools, parishes and organisations, for their generous
support in 2005. Unfortunately, we do not
have space here to list all those members of the international
aid community who have supported us,
but a few are named below as representatives:
Afghanistan Hilfe Paderborn
Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V. (ADH, Action
Campaign Germany Helps)
Archbishopric of Cologne
Augustinus-Kliniken gGmbH, Neuss
BILD hilft e.V., Hamburg
Bishopric of Mainz
Centre for International Migration and
Development (CIM), Frankfurt/Main
City of Winnenden
Community for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Eschborn
Community Henstedt-Ulzburg
Department for International
Development (DFID), London
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt/Main
Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft (KPMG), Berlin
Development Bank - KfW Banking Group, Frankfurt/Main
Die kleinen Patienten e.V., Bonn
District Office Berlin-Reinickendorf
Dr. Hans-Liebherr-Stiftung, Biberach/Riss
European Union’s Humanitarian Aid
Department (ECHO), Brussels
EuropeAid/EuropeAid Coordination
Office (AIDCO), Brussels
Faber-Castell AG, Stein
FC Bayern Hilfe e.V., Munich
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development Germany, Bonn
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO), Rome
Foreign Office, Berlin
Foreign Office, Canberra
Foreign Office, Ottawa
Foreign Office, Tokyo
Roberto Girault
German Bishops’ Conference, Bonn
German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Wuerzburg
Gitec Technologie- und Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH, Berlin/ Hannover
Happy Digits, Cologne
Helft uns Leben e.V., Koblenz
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (HeLaBa)
Langenscheidt KG, Munich
Malankara Social Service Society, Trivandrum
Nachbar in Not (NiN), Vienna
National associations and relief agencies of the Sovereign Order of Malta
Noweda – Die Apothekergenossenschaft, Essen
O.S.T. e.V., Neuwied
Osthessen hilft Südasien, Fulda
Papal Mission Organisation for Children (PMK), Aachen
Partner Aid International (PAI), Berlin
Rheinzeitung, Koblenz
Richter + Frenzel GmbH, Augsburg
Serendib Stiftung, Hamburg
Social and Economic Development Centre (SEDEC), Columbo
Spanish Caritas Confederation, Madrid
Swiss Tropical Institut (STI), Basel
Überlandwerke Fulda AG (ÜWAG)
United for Africa
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New York
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),
Geneva/ New York
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC), Vienna
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Vienna
University of Regensburg
Volksbank-Raiffeisenbank e.G. Husum
World Child Foundation
World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva
ZF-Hilft e.V., Friedrichshafen
… plus countless other local, national and international partner organisations.
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Member associations
(Status: August 2006)
Australia
www.smom.org.au
Austria
www.malteserorden.at
Belgium
www.ordredemaltebelgium.org
Czech Republic
www.orderofmalta.org
France
www.ordredemaltefrance.org
Germany
www.malteser.de
Great Britain
www.orderofmalta.org.uk
Ireland
www.orderofmalta.ie
Italy
www.orderofmalta.org
Malta
www.orderofmalta-malta.org
Mexico
www.ordendemaltamexico.org
Netherlands
www.orderofmalta.org
Poland
www.zakonmaltanski.pl
Portugal
www.orderofmalta.org
Switzerland
www.orderofmalta.org
United States of America
www.maltausa.org
www.orderofmaltausawestern.org
www.smom.org
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Structures and committees
Malteser International is the international relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta for humanitarian
aid. The legal entity of Malteser International is Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V.. This is represented by the
Executive Board, currently composed of Johannes Freiherr Heereman (Executive President), Reinhard
Eckert and Dr. Elmar Pankau. The President of Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. is Dr. Constantin von
Brandenstein-Zeppelin.
Currently, 18 national associations of the Order of Malta are members of Malteser International. At
their General Meeting they appoint a honorary Executive Committee for a term of four years. This
Committee consists of five members: the President, three Vice-Presidents and the Financial Supervisor.
The President and at least two other members of the Executive Committee must be members of the
Order of Malta.
The leadership structure of Malteser International is currently as follows:
President
Nicolas de Cock
de Rameyen
(Belgium)
Vice-President
Comte Thierry
de Beaumont-Beynac
(France)
Vice-President
Richard
Freiherr von Steeb
(Austria)
Vice-President
Ambassador (ret.)
Theodor Wallau
(Germany)
Financial Supervisor
Charles-Louis
de Laguiche
(Switzerland)
The Executive Board of Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. finalises the budget proposed by the Executive
Committee of Malteser International and confirms the annual accounts.
The Executive Committee of Malteser International sets the strategy and makes decisions on work
guidelines within the framework of written agreements made with Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V..
The Secretary General leads the operating activities of Malteser International within the framework
of the adopted budget and strategy of Malteser International. He arranges meetings of the Executive
Committee and participates in these meetings in an advisory capacity.
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Headquarters
Kalker Hauptstr. 22-24
D- 51103 Köln/Germany
Phone +49 (0)221 9822-151
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