History
Malteser International evolved from Malteser Germany (founded in 1953) and its Foreign Aid Service (“Auslandsarbeit”). In 1992, the German foreign aid department combined forces with other relief services of the Order of Malta around the world to form the Emergency Corps of the Order of Malta (ECOM), which provided relief after natural and man-made disasters, such as the 1999 Kosovo crisis and the 2003 Bam earthquake. As a response to the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Malteser International replaced ECOM as the worldwide relief agency of the Order of Malta, broadening its mission to include long-term rehabilitation and development programmes.
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