The Order of Malta Relief Organisation in Romania  Founded in May > 25 years of experience  Currently 17 active branches & 3 working locations  100 social care activities  over direct beneficiaries annually  volunteers  Aproximatively 100 employees

Our Programs:  New: Programs for Roma people  Support for Elderly People  Support for People with Disabilities  Relief for Children and Adolescents  Youth Work  Spiritual Programs  First Aid Program  Disaster Response Program

New: Programs for Roma people  Preventing Early School Leaving Among the Roma: 2 educational projects ; a)Satu Mare, 40 children b)Bucharest, 20 children  Better Future Perspectives for Roma Children and Teenagers in Valea Crisului (35 beneficiaries): voltage & education, weaving and embroidery, wood handicraft  Dignity for Roma Women (Sf. Gheorghe Roma women)

Support for Elderly People  “St. John” Home for Elderly, Timişoara (20 residents)  “Meals on wheels” and social canteen for the elderly (185 beneficiaries)  Home medical care (50 persons)  Clubs for the elderly (65 beneficiaries)  Other aid-programs for the elderly

 Special Maltese Kindergarten – (22 children with disabilities)  Home for Physically Disabled Adults (35 residents)  Clubs for disabled people (18 persons)  Annual Camps for Physically Disabled Youth (Vâlcele: 120 participants, IMS: 11 participants, Vințu de jos: 80 beneficiaries)  Complementary social activities Support for People with Disabilities

Programs for Children  Social center for 120 children in Satu Mare  "Caring families”- new project in Cuj: for 100 children at risk (institutionalized & Roma children)  Camps for poor children (166 children)  Other programs for children (educational programs, material support for them & families)

The Romanian Malteser Youth International:  Developing the Malteser Youth Work within the OMROs in CE Europe -> Malteser Youth Network  International projects under Erasmus+ EU program for youth  Vision 2050  The Federal Malteser Youth Camp in Germany National:  Implementing the National Plan of Actions  Training for the Malteser youth group leaders  The Malteser National Youth Camps

Spiritual programs Retreats  Local & National retreats Pilgrimages  National SAMR pilgrimage  hundreds of Malteser volunteers attend annually to the most important catholic pilgrimages in Romania (in Şumuleu Ciuc and Radna)

 First aid trainings for the Malteser volunteers & externals  First aid educational project in schools  “First Aid in School” – permanent program, first aid teams  Specific first aid activities (around 100 interventions annually)  Other activities First Aid Program

 Flood-Aid: Preparation of Aid Worker Teams to be Deployed in the Hungarian-Romanian Floodplain  Networking for efficient disaster response - part of the Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance within the Romanian NGDO Platform – FOND  Rapid response when disaster occurs Relief Programs in Case of Natural Disasters

 Night Shelter for Homeless People (up to 60 pers.)  Promoting Social Inclusion by Social Economy Development (64 pers.)  Material aid for the most needy – thousands of food & non-food items packages annually  Food for the poor - meals are prepared by volunteers and distributed to hundreds of beneficiaries in Satu Mare and Sfântu Gheorghe; bread is provided on a daily basis for the needy in Aiud, Baia Mare, Tg. Mures  Material aid for institutions (public schools, hospitals, residential institutions) Relief For Persons at Socioec. Risk

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