Author: Paul Wardenga

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.

Today, Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland (ASB) sent an emergency aid team to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team will bring water treatment facilities, to produce drinking water, to the town of Šamac in the northern part of the country.

After heavy rainfall and large scale floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in Serbia, ASB Germany provides 30,000 Euros of emergency aid.

Today, we kicked off the Year of Youth in First Aid. The Year’s motto: “Youth Engaged in First Aid – Heroes without Superpowers”. We aim to promote first aid training, particularly among young people.

On April 1 and 2, two round tables on the social dimensions of Enlargement and Europe 2020 took place in the European Parliament in Brussels.

In a Europe-wide fundraising effort, eight European Samaritan organisations provide 30.000 EUR for continuing medical attention for injured Maidan activists.

SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL expresses its solidarity with their Ukranian colleagues and all democratic political forces in Ukraine. The Ukranian Samaritans (SSU) had to temporarily halt their activities in Kiev, due to the precarious security situation.

Recently, the European Parliament adopted a new directive on public procurement, which is meant to simplify the legislative rules for the provision of services, including in the social and health care sectors. Cooperation with SOLIDAR SOLIDAR issued a statement that they welcome the newly established inclusion of qualitative aspects, such as social, innovative and environmental […]

Our news round-up SAMARITAN direct N° 52 has been published! The newsletter contains articles about the last half year of SAM.I. activities, including AVEC and the SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. awards.