In humanitarian crises and after disasters, we enable affected people to survive with dignity. We help them to cope better with the effects of crises, violent conflicts, natural disasters or climate change by strengthening their resilience.
GROWTH - Grassroots Organizational Development – Working Towards Humanity
18.01.2021
The cross-border GROWTH project supports ten grassroots civil society organisations from Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines in their organisational development.
Uganda: “The force used by a man to control his wife is considered legitimate”
07.12.2020
Atwiine Muhindi Catherine, Programme Coordinator of our partner organisation ACORD tells us about the especially hard situation for refugees, as well as about the impacts of the Corona Pandemic on women in Uganda.
Cambodia: "Violence against women is not a women's issue alone"
01.12.2020
In Cambodia, we work together with Women Peace Makers (WPM) organisation, whose director Suyheang Kry describes in an interview why gender-specific violence is so widespread in this Asian country and what her organisation does to combat it.
South Sudan: Step-by-step improvement of birth attendance
03.11.2020
In 2017, Johanniter started the construction of a maternity ward in the village of Kangi in South Sudan, to provide women with better medical care. The reason: The risk of a pregnant woman dying is as high as one in seven.
The armed conflicts in the province of Cabo Delgado have been intensifying for months. Nearly 330,000 people had to flee, and according to our staff member, help is only being given in a fragmentary manner.
Number of people suffering from acute hunger might double
15.10.2020
World Food Day on 16 October draws attention to the 690 million people currently suffering from hunger worldwide. In a new regional programme, Johanniter is supporting in particular women and children to improve their nutritional situation.
Disaster preparedness: preventing suffering before it happens
13.10.2020
Almost 95 million people were affected by increasing natural disasters and extreme weather events worldwide in 2019. In Indonesia and the Philippines, our local partners are implementing disaster preparedness.
Interview: On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, the head of our partner TPO, Dr. Sotheara Chhim, explains why assistance is so important for mental health in Cambodia.
During the regime of IS, the Iraqi city of Alquosh has taken in many traumatised refugees. Our partner organisation Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights offered psychological support for those affected and was striving to reduce tensions dur
Uganda is home for displaced persons from 13 African countries. Together with the local partner CEFORD, we supported refugee families in a refugee settlement to grow vegetables. A new project expands the activities.
Johanniter volunteers support measures against COVID-19 in Kosovo
21.09.2020
A team of 15 medical experts led by the Robert Koch Institute is travelling to Kosovo today to assist in the fight against COVID-19. Three Johanniter volunteers will be part of the team.
Turkey: Johanniter expert supports WHO EMT initiative
21.09.2020
Manfred Emmerling, our Logistics Coordinator, will join a team of the World Health Organization (WHO) as a technical expert on 22 and 23 September 2020 to certify the new Turkish Emergency Medical Team (EMT).
We support basic medical care with a special focus on mother-child health and on particularly vulnerable groups. Preventive measures reduce diseases and mortality rates in the medium and long term.
Everyone should have access at all times to safe and adequate food that meets their needs and enables them to live a healthy life. This is the basis for earning an income of their own.
We integrate preventive hygiene measures into our health projects. We also support the construction, maintenance and access to adequate drinking water and sanitation facilities.
Johanniter International Assistance aims to involve local actors more closely in the humanitarian system and give them a more prominent role in it. This is why the partner approach plays an important role in our projects.
