Author: Simone Michalowski

SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL would like to thank you for the good cooperation in the past. We very much look forward continuing our good work together in the future.

Barbara Siri was elected as member of the national board of the White Cross partner ANPAS, the biggest umbrella organization of the rescue organizations in Italy. Barbara Siri will be responsible for youth work and equality of opportunity.

The ASBÖ St. Nicolas train, an initiative of the Austrian Samaritan association, was on its way for the 14th time. The two-day trip led the children with the special train to Villach.

Information on all options of EU funding in the field of volunteering offers the Training course of the European Volunteer Centre (CEV) from 27th to 28th March, 2014 in Brussels.

Within the framework of an EU cross-border cooperation programme a delegation from Bosnia and Croatia visited GULLIVER, a centre for the homeless in Cologne.

After the flooding on the Italian island of Sardinia and heavy rain volunteers of SAM.I. member organisation ANPAS are involved in relief measures on site.

CEV (European Volunteer Centre) is launching the Vote Volunteer Vision campaign in preparation of the 2014 European Parliament Elections to encourage citizens to vote and to support advocacy work of volunteer organizations.

Typhoon Haiyan has caused massive destruction in the Philippines. Some of the SAM.I. member organizations have already deployed emergency teams to the disaster area and coordinate their activities on site.

In the Western Georgian border region a large scale disaster prevention programme is led by ASB Germany with financial support of the German Foreign Office. Particular attention is paid to internally displaced persons (IDPs) …

A one-week nursing care training course for IDC care professionals of the home care service in Mladenovac was carried out from 9th to 13th September, 2013 by Steffi Reiche, nursing manager of ASB Bernburg and Patrick Nieswand from the ASB head office.