The Johanniter are increasing aid for earthquake victims in Haiti

Due to an acute lack of medical personnel, Johanniter Emergency Assistance is sending more aid workers to Haiti on Wednesday. Among the 12 team members are doctors, paramedics, logistics experts and counselors.

The aid workers are taking an Emergency Health Kits with them, which contains urgently needed medication, wound dressings and basic surgical instruments. The kits carry sufficient materials to provide 20,000 people with medical care for three months. In addition,

By rehabilitating and building wells, the Johanniter aim to improve the drinking water supply in the province of Manicaland, and reduce the risk of cholera outbreaks.

In the 1990s, Zimbabwe was considered to be a country with stable economic growth and a flourishing agricultural sector. In 2008, however, the country placed 151st out of 177 states ranked on the UNDP's Human Development Index. Since 2000, living conditions have worsened dramatically due to widespread economic mismanagement and political instability. The network of roads and paths fell into ruin, and in 2008,

On November 1, 2009, a project to expand training in first aid and disaster relief began in the city of Jayapura.

Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, is regularly shaken by earthquakes. The regions around the cities of Jayapura, Biak, Manokwari and Nabire are the worst affected.

The provision of medical care in Papua is difficult. Immediately following a disaster, the population often has to rely on itself, as medical assistance can't always quickly push through to all parts of the region. Large distances separate the villages, which

In June 2009, NGOs working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produced a situation update on the European Union's response to urgent protection and assistance needs in the Eastern provinces of the country. The paper noted the dramatic humanitarian impact of military operations being conducted by the Congolese army (the FARDC) with support of the UN peacekeeping force (MONUC) to forcibly disarm the FDLR (Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda) militia, and called for, among other things, the EU to press the Congolese government to take

Enhanced Protection Urgently Needed Due to Disastrous Toll on Civilian Populations

(Goma, October 13, 2009) - The Congolese government's military operation in eastern Congo, Kimia II, backed by United Nations peacekeepers and aimed at neutralizing the threat from a Rwandan Hutu militia group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), has resulted in an unacceptable cost for the civilian population, said 84 humanitarian and human rights groups in the Congo Advocacy Coalition today.

The coalition urged diplomats and UN

The Johanniter expands activities to encompass Salamat, Logone Orientale and Moyen Chari in southern and southeastern Chad.

With the launch of its new project, the Johanniter provide access to basic health care for Central African refugees from six camps as well as for the most vulnerable local population in southern Chad. In total 6000 people are provided for monthly in six Health Posts.

The Johanniter will provide medical institutions with assistance in the form of medication in addition to medical consumables, equipment and instrumentation. Food supplements will be distributed to

Together with local and international partners, Johanniter deliver medicine and food to affected people in Goma and surrounding areas.

Ongoing armed conflicts between rebel groups and the Congolese Army cause suffering among the civilian population in the province of Northern Kivu. As a result of continuous violence, over one million people have left their villages in the past few years. In September 2008 alone, approximately 252,000 fled from violent altercations. "The Democratic Republic of the Congo is heading towards a major humanitarian

The German Embassy in Chad has supported Johanniter with a donation.

The German Embassy in Chad has supported Johanniter with a donation to set up a transfusion station at the hospital in Pala, in the Mayo Kebbi region, located in the south-western part of the country. This will allow staff to mix transfusion solutions, such as glucose, saline, and ringer, which are expensive to purchase, and have to be imported from Europe. The project costs amount to 9,200 Euros. The German Embassy donated 7,400 Euros.

Berlin - In 2008, Johanniter mainly focused on providing medical care throughout 22 countries, and invested donations and subsidies in the amount of nine million Euros - half a million more than the previous year. Although, the share of donations has slightly decreased from 2007, subsidies from third-party donors, such as Germany's Foreign Office, have increased. More than half of the funds were used to provide aid in Asia, and over forty percent were spent on relief efforts in Africa.