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"Portraits of our help"

Stories from Malteser International projects

Stories from Africa
DR Congo
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya

Stories from Asia
Cambodia
India
Indonesia
Myanmar
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam

Stories from America
Chile
Haiti

Stories from Europe
Italy

Stories from Africa 

DR Congo
"Obuntu" - in service to the people of South Sudan
Portrait of Charles Birungi, project manager in Yei/South Sudan

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DR Congo

Travel Diary South Sudan - DR Congo
In May and June 2009, Dominic McCann, communications assistant with Malteser International, visited the project regions of South Sudan and northern Ituri. Accounts of four days of travelling

 

"Centre Sosame" - the Mental Health Hospital in Bukavu,
Text and photos: Daniel Dickinson, European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO), March 2009
"We need peace!"
Relief for rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Report from project coordinator Ursula Mesmer
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Sudan

Travel Diary South Sudan - DR Congo
In May and June 2009, Dominic McCann, communications assistant with Malteser International, visited the project regions of South Sudan and northern Ituri. Accounts of four days of travelling

 

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Sudan

"God bless me and you!"
How Yuan's odyssey has come to an end. The story of a TB-patient

 

"I got ill because I ate with a murderer"
Fighting leprosy means fighting legends - a leprosy programme in South Sudan

 

"I quietly hold her hand"
Report about a project visit by journalist Anne Will.

 

First impressions of Hatty Loyd in Yei
Report of a Malteser International project assistant
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Uganda

Fresh Vegetables for healthy children

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Uganda

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Kenya

Eunice: Light at the end of the tunnel

 

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Kenya

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Stories from Asia 

Cambodia  

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Cambodia

Mai Eun- joining the association of health

 

Good bye, dengue!
Srey Touch - on the road to safe motherhood

Douy Low - new life in Pongro

Portrait Maia Mc Fadden, Primary Health Care Manager, Cambodia

Chhoeun Samuth - self help capacity to safe lives

Bamboo stretchers instead of ambulances

 

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India  

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India

AIDS by tears - HIV in India

 

Vahini: Listening can heal the tsunami trauma

 

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Indonesia  

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Indonesia

Sumatra: Relief and reconstruction under difficult circumstances
Interview with Nicole Derbinski, partner project coordinator and liaison officer for Malteser International in Indonesia

Improving living conditions for people with disability,
Interview with Nicole Derbinski, project coordinator and liaison officer in Indonesia

 

"I wanted to learn how to write an sms!"
Fareso lives his life with disability on the island of Nias in Indonesia

Even the smallest ones can wash their hands! 
Malteser International installs toilets and washing facilities for a school and a kindergarten and ensures access to drinking water for the population in the hinterland of Lhokseumawe on Northern Sumatra in Indonesia.

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Myanmar  

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Myanmar

On the move against TB

Report about the acitivities to celebrate world tuberculosis day in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar

Two years after cyclone Nargis

Interview with Sandra Harlass, Senior Desk Officer Myanmar and Pubic Health Adviser Asia, Malteser International

Saving lives thanks to training and early warning

First experiences of village disaster risk reduction volunteers on cyclone preparedness

How food helps to fight TB

A way to ensure sustainability in humanitarian aid

 

The devastating force of water

 

4 Clean Campaign - new beginning after the cyclone

 

Health promotion on Middle Island - prevention of diseases and capacity
building

 

"The people here still need our assistance" - a nurse reports from the Irrawaddy Delta

 

The good taste of clean water

 

Uncertain future for a mother in grief
New hope for the future - a TB patient tells his story

 

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Pakistan

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Pakistan

Pakistan: “The people’s capacity to cope is exhausted”, Displaced people need assistance    
Interview with Malteser International country health coordinator Dr. Branko Dubajic, 8 June 2009

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Philippines
A network of relief in the typhoon-battered Philippines
Interview with Malteser International partner Odelia G. Arroyo in Manila
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Sri Lanka  

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Sri Lanka

Mallika's dream of developing her own village

Volunteering as chairwoman of a Rural Development Society

Sri Lanka: Emergency aid for displaced civilians
Interview with Gerhard Serafin, country coordinator for Sri Lanka, 28 April 2009

 

Struggle for a healthy environment

"My water is clean now!" Introduction of bio sand filters to a coastal community

 

Child friendly schools

Safe water for the people

 

Rain water harvesting

 

Interview with Kelvin Shingles, Project Coordinator Health and Hygiene

Health fairs - a method of knowledge transfair
Fighting poverty with nuts and noodles

New houses for the families of Tangalle

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Thailand

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Thailand

Sarayuth: Education - the key to a better future

"Life is a daily battle"

 

Vietnam  

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Vietnam

Against wind, water and diseases - Emergency relief and capacity building in a typhoon-prone region
Communications assistant Lena Egenberger reports about her visit to the disaster preparedness and health projects in Vietnam in January 2010.


Project on community-based disaster risk management:
First aid and more for typhoon hit communities
Malteser International trains communities in coastal provinces of Central Vietnam

Portrait of our help: Together for communities in Vietnam
The staff behind the project for community-based disaster risk management 

Phuong plans for her own little shop
Capacity training for small scale women entrepreneurs in Central Vietnam
After the typhoons in Southeast Asia: Heavy rains and damages in Vietnam
Interview with Project Coordinator Dr. Hai Ho Pham 
                                       

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Stories from America  

Chile                                                                                         

 

Earthquake in Chile: "Together we will rebuild our beloved Chile", 

March 2010

The story of 94-year-old Señora Aurora from Chépica

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Haiti

 

In God´s Grace - Mission to Haiti

May 2010

Report about the experiences of the voluntary team from the Italian Malteser relief service CISOM in Haiti

 

Patience and “realistic” hope - Help for the people in Haiti

March 2010

Interview with Dr. Branko Dubajic who has been in Haiti from 8 February till 12 March as primary health coordinator

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