Annual report 2005 Malteser International - Ordine di Malta

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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. 36 E U R O P E
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 F A C T S A N D F I G U R E S 37
Page 1 and 2: Malteser International Annual repor
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 and 12: Ethiopia National staff: 2 Aid for
Page 13 and 14: Birgit Betzelt Sudan: Primary healt
Page 15 and 16: ON THE SPOT: DEMOCR ATIC REPUBLIC O
Page 17 and 18: T H A I L A N D Nagapattinam Distri
Page 19 and 20: Cambodia International staff: 2 Loc
Page 21 and 22: Iraq National staff: 1 Aid for 120,
Page 23 and 24: Tangalle, Galle, Trincomalee, Ampar
Page 25 and 26: Thailand International staff: 6 Nat
Page 27 and 28: ON THE SPOT: THAIL AND Lights among
Page 29 and 30: America In 2005, the federal states
Page 31 and 32: Aid for the victims of Hurricane St
Page 33 and 34: ON THE SPOT: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Page 35: Malteser management conference in C
Page 39 and 40: Notes on the income statement For c
Page 41 and 42: Acknowledgement Malteser Internatio
Page 43 and 44: Structures and committees Malteser

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