On June 22/23, 2024, the Order of Malta Switzerland celebrated the annual patron saint's day in honor of Saint John the Baptist. This...

On 14 July 2022, the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia was the victim of a Russian missile attack that left over 200 seriously injured and 28 dead, including four-year-old Liza Dmytrieva, who was born with Down syndrome. At the Vinnytsia Regional Hospital, 20 seriously injured patients were admitted to the burns department every minute. Today, the hospital is one of the most important care centres for the wounded in Ukraine and specialises in burns. The hospital asked us fo

Dear friends of the Johanniter-Malteser Stiftung Aide & Assistance Last Sunday was World Health Day, this year's motto being "My health, my right". Why we are using this day as an appeal for our 7th national collection day for Ukraine becomes very clear when Pauliina Nykänen-Rettaroli, Head of the Human Rights Department at the WHO, states in her statement for this year's World Health Day: "Conflict disrupts access to basic health care and causes untold trauma, the effects o

Dear friends of the Johanniter-Malteser Stiftung Aide & Assistance In mid-February, our 100th aid transport since the beginning of 2022...

Media release from 02/09/2024 The Swiss Johanniter and the Order of Malta Switzerland are expanding their cooperation within the...

On 28 November 2023, over 100 guests gathered for this year's charity evening. In the Heiliggeistkirche in Berne, the audience was first...

War has been raging in Ukraine for almost two years and there is still no end in sight. Important infrastructures have been destroyed and have plunged the entire country into great debt – poverty is immense. The most basic necessities are lacking everywhere. Especially the heat and energy supply is endangered and there are daily power outages. In view of the cold winter, we therefore call again for a collection day for the suffering population in Ukraine: Saturday, October 21

Last year, we were able to send 42 articulated lorries and containers to Ukraine and its neighbouring countries in cooperation with the Swiss Johanniter. Many of the relief items came during the four collection days of 2022. A big thank you to all the volunteers and donors! But even one year after the war began, the local Ukrainian population continues to suffer from constant bombardment. They have lost everything: their homes, clothes, Food, Medicine, Blankets and so much mo

Fribourg/Köln/Lviv. In the second year of war, the Ukrainian population must continue to be supported with diverse humanitarian aid,...