Annual report 2005 Malteser International - Ordine di Malta

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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. 12 A F R I C A
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. A F R I C A 13
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Page 3 and 4: Editorial Dear Friends and Supporte
Page 5 and 6: help right on the spot - worldwide.
Page 7 and 8: 24 June 2005 Foundation of Malteser
Page 9 and 10: Africa Building up and strengthenin
Page 11: Ethiopia National staff: 2 Aid for
Page 15 and 16: ON THE SPOT: DEMOCR ATIC REPUBLIC O
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Page 21 and 22: Iraq National staff: 1 Aid for 120,
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Page 25 and 26: Thailand International staff: 6 Nat
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