St. John's Day 2019
Supporting Vulnerable Children Around the World
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Children in Haiti’s slums have enough to eat with the help of Malteser International
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News from the Fund
St. John's Day Grant Awards 2019
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In the Fund's largest grant cycle to date, 42 grants
have been awarded supporting the reach and impact of the Order's work across five continents, providing education, shelter, medical care, specialised transport and even goats to some of the world's most vulnerable
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Grant Spotlight
Care for Vulnerable Children
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The Order’s charisms of Tuitio Fidei and Obsequium Pauperum are interdependent, our faith expressed through our care for the forgotten, our care giving meaning to our faith. Rooted in these charisms, the Order’s work caring for forgotten children is an inspiration to the world.”
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The Prelate of the Order of Malta, H.E. Reverend Monsignor Jean Laffitte
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Each day around the world children are born into poverty, lacking access to food, medical care and education. As the most vulnerable members of society, children’s needs are too often forgotten when education and nutrition are vital to their future development.
The St. John’s Day 2019 grant awards from the Fund, made possible by our generous donors, will provide thousands of children with a safer birth, high-quality medical care, access to education and enough food to eat. The Fund supports the Order’s essential work providing forgotten children with what they need for a healthy, more prosperous future. Some of these grants are highlighted below.
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The Fund is supporting four Order of Malta hospitals in Cameroon, Togo, Madagascar and the Ivory Coast, run by Order of Malta France. They provide medical care for mothers and babies in their fight to lower the infant mortality rate.
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With a grant from the Fund, the Polish Association provides specialised home visits for families with premature or disabled children, providing medical care and supporting families in their first few days at home.
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Enabled by the Brazilian Association and with support from the Fund,
50 children living in the slums of Sao Paolo attend kindergarten and play and learn in a safe, nurturing environment while parents are at work.
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In Haiti, the Fund supports Malteser International in its provision of goats, chickens and household gardens for poor families: a source of sustainable food in an area where two thirds of families do not know where their next meal will come from
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Apply for a Grant
Forgotten Children in Disadvantaged Countries
The Fund is seeking applications from projects working with forgotten children in disadvantaged countries. For more information on how the Fund can support projects helping forgotten children, please visit our
website
or contact our Grants Manager,
Ruth
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Faces of the Fund
H.E. Michele Bowe, Ambassador of the Order to Palestine
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Responsible for the Fund’s governance as well as grant allocation, our Trustees and Directors are all actively involved in the Order’s work, bringing depth of knowledge and a global perspective.
Click here
to read our interview with H.E. Michele Bowe, the Fund’s US Chair of Directors and Head of the Order’s Representative Office in Palestine, where she discusses the Order's international work and its role in the Middle East.
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Get Involved
Gifts in Kind
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As well as generous donations from our supporters, the Fund relies on people sharing their time, enthusiasm and talents.
We are particularly grateful to
Fabrizio
for his translation skills,
Tilly
for her hard work as a volunteer and
Anton’
for hosting a Fund conference. The generosity of our volunteers and supporters saves valuable resources and enables the Fund to provide more help for the forgotten.
To support the Fund with a gift in kind
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Join the Fund:
Volunteer Opportunity
The Fund is looking for an enthusiastic volunteer intern to join our London office this summer. If you would like to volunteer this summer and gain charity and communications experience, contact
the team for more information.
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Support the Fund
Can You Help the Forgotten?
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The Fund's work supporting vulnerable children and other forgotten people relies entirely on generous donations to fund works of the Order around the world. Gifts of all levels are encouraged and welcomed. Donations may be directed to a particular entity of the Order, project, region or issue.
Contact
Emily
for more information on how you can support the Fund.
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Coming Next...
The Order's Summer Camps
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Our next newsletter will feature the Order's summer camps for young disabled people, supported by the Fund,
across Europe, in Lebanon and in the Asia Pacific region.
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with 501(c)(3) status in the US (EIN:45-5295754)
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