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Federatia Samaritenilor Romani (FSR) from Romania was officially accepted into our network at the meeting of the presidium last Friday in Stuttgart.
On September 17-21 2014, representatives from 8 SAM.I. members met in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, for project meetings of the two civil protection projects Cross-Border Samaritan Flood Preparedness and SAMETS.
On September 24, Samaritan organisations in 10 countries conducted a series of flash mobs to raise awareness for first aid training among young people. The flash mobs are part of our Year of Youth Engaged in First Aid and therefore followed the motto “Heroes without Superpowers”.
The ASB regional association of Bad Windsheim is currently implementing the 2014 round of Junior First Responder, their international project on youth in first aid.
Young European first-aiders from 10 Samaritan organisations in 9 countries competed in the 5th Samaritan Contest in Adria and Venice from August 7 to August 10. This year’s Contest was hosted by Italian SAM.I. member ANPAS.
From July 4 to 6, representatives of 7 SAM.I. members and a number of experts met in Wiesbaden, Germany for working meetings of the projects Cross Border Samaritan Flood Preparedness and SAMETS.
SAM.I., ASB Germany and ANPAS are participating in the MOB-LAB project, through which a total of 6 interns from ANPAS will get to know the work of SAM.I. and ASB Germany for one month each.
As local water supply is restored, ASB Germany’s first assistance teams have returned home after weeks of providing drinking water to the people in the city of Šamac, Bosnia. Aid and rebuilding efforts of the Samaritan organisations continue.
SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL mourns the loss of its former president and co-founder Fritz Tepperwien. who passed away on June 3, 2014 at the age of 77 years.
Austrian SAM.I. member ASBÖ has so far distributed about 600 tons of aid materials in the regions that were affected by flood, more will follow. They are working together with local partner organisations.