Cologne. Continuous heavy rains since 26 December and torrential rains since 9 January have led to land slides and severe flooding in Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Center...
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Sri Lanka: Malteser International pleads for early return of internally displaced people
Cologne. Since June, Malteser International with the financial support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany has been providing mobile water tank vehicles in order to improve the constant...
Sri Lanka: Malteser International joins appeal to government
Cologne. Malteser International urges the Sri Lankan government to lift restrictions in the displaced persons camps in Vavunyia. Jointly with other aid agencies the organisation has today addressed...
New wave of displaced persons in Sri Lanka/ Malteser International calls for donations
Cologne. "The humanitarian catastrophe in camps of displaced persons in Sri Lanka reaches a new sad peak." said J=FCrgen Clemens, Malteser International desk officer for Sri Lanka. Camps overloaded...
Sri Lanka: Disastrous sanitary conditions in camps for internally displaced persons
Cologne - "As a matter of priority, we have to improve hygiene conditions in the overcrowded camps for internally displaced persons. And we urgently need financial support to do so - as the emergency...
Sri Lanka: Malteser International - Emergency aid for displaced civilians
Cologne. "The situation in the war zone has worsened in the past few days. Tens of thousands of civilians have been transferred to camps that were erected by the military and the government. The...
Sri Lanka: Malteser International starts assistance for victims of civil war
Cologne: "The situation in the war zone in the Vanni region in the North of Sri Lanka is ex-tremely worrying. Thousands of people are trying to flee from the front, most cannot salvage more than the...
Malteser International Lent Campaign 2008: Sri Lanka - Commitment for a life in dignity
Cologne/Sri Lanka. In her final report for the Malteser International Lent Campaign „40 Euros for Sri Lanka', the British water engineer Suzanna Lipscombe calls for expanding the efforts for clean...
Malteser International lent campaign 2008: 40 euros for Sri Lanka - Safe and sound thanks to "child friendly schools"
Cologne - In her current report fort he Malteser International Lent Campaign "40 Euros for Sri Lanka', the British water engineer Suzanna Lipscombe calls for a clean and hygienic learning environment...
Malteser International lent campaign 2008: 40 euros for Sri Lanka
Cologne. On Ash Wednesday, 6 February, Malteser International starts its Lent Campaign 2008: „40 Euros for Sri Lanka'. Until Easter, the water and sanitation engineer Suzanna Lipscombe will report on...
Sri Lanka: Malteser International rain water harvesting - because every drop counts!
Cologne/Galle."Today, we use rain water for bathing, washing, cleaning, cooking and even drinking. My mother and I do not have to walk for hours to the next well and carry home the heavy buckets...
Sri Lanka conflict: Malteser International and FC Bayern Munich - Football program temporarily stopped due to violence
Cologne/Colombo - Malteser International and FC Bayern Munich temporarily stop their program "Reconciliation thanks to football" in the district of Trincomalee due to the escalating violence in the...
World Water Day on 22 March - Sri Lanka: Drop by drop, roof by roof - Rain water harvesting for 3,000 families
Cologne - Malteser International starts a new kind of water project in southern Sri Lanka: In the districts of Hambantota, Matare and Galle rainwater is collected in tanks from the roofs of 3,000...
Malteser International: Unpredictable security situation in Sri Lanka
Cologne/Colombo. Maren Paech, Project Coordinator of Malteser International in Sri Lanka, describes the security situation in the country as unpredictable: „In former times attacks were directed...
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One year after the tidal wave: Emergency relief and rehabilitation in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand
Emergency relief During the acute emergency phase, Malteser International immediately provided 1 million Euro for emergency relief programms. According to international standards for humanitarian...
FC Bayern München supports tsunami project of Malteser International in Sri Lanka
Cologne/Munich - Today, high-ranking representatives of FC Bayern M=FCnchen and FC Bayern Hilfe e.V. have signed an agreement with Malteser International on cooperation and project collaboration. Aim...
Tsunami: Malteser Germany and GTZ - Help for Fishermen in Sri Lanka
Cologne/Frankfurt. Today, Malteser Germany and GTZ ("Deutsche Gesellschaft f=FCr Technische Zusammenarbeit") have agreed by contract to realise two relief projects in Sri Lanka in close cooperation:...
Three Million Euros for Sri Lanka in 2005
14 February 2005, Cologne - For the year 2005, Malteser Germany will realize emergency relief and rehabilitation programmes in Sri Lanka with a total volume of 3 million Euro. "The programmes are run...
Malteser Germany in Sri Lanka: Completion of medical emergency relief
Cologne/Galle. Malteser Germany has completed medical emergency relief measures north of Galle in Sri Lanka's south: Roland Hansen, head of the Asian department at Malteser Germany head office states...
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Seaquake Southeast Asia - Malteser: Surgeons and paramedics for Phuket - Rescued German tourists arrived in Cologne
Cologne. On behalf of the German Foreign Office two Malteser surgeons and two paramedics are flying out today, December 31, 5 pm, from Duesseldorf to Thailand. These experts will support the medical...