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TOGETHER WE CAN ERADICATE LEPROSY
GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS
TO GET BACK
TO NORMAL LIFE
DONATE NOW
TOGETHER WE CAN
ERADICATE LEPROSY
ABOUT THE CIOMAL FOUNDATION
The Order of Malta’s CIOMAL Foundation is a Swiss non-profit organisation established in 1958 to combat leprosy and the social exclusion associated with the disease, throughout the world.
It draws on the centuries-old tradition of the Order of Malta, which for over 900 years has been helping the poor and the sick, without discrimination, in a spirit of selfless Christian service.
THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION
PREVENT: by financing care and social rehabilitation facilities, in agreement with the governments of the countries concerned.
TO CURE: by implementing the national leprosy control programs today with an emphasis on early detection and rehabilitation.
TREAT DISABILITIES:
by providing patients with appropriate physiotherapy, including suitable prosthetics.
COMBATING DISCRIMINATION:
Supporting former patients and their families towards rehabilitation through education.
PREVENT: by financing care and social rehabilitation facilities, in agreement with the governments of the countries concerned.
TO CURE: by implementing the national leprosy control programs today with an emphasis on early detection
SOIGNER LES SEQUELLES :
en apportant aux malades la physiothérapie appropriée, notamment les prothèses adaptées
COMBATING DISCRIMINATION:
Supporting former patients and their families in their social reintegration, particularly through education.
In more than 60 years, the CIOMAL Foundation has intervened in four continents, in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Tunisia, Mauritania, Senegal, Benin, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil and Micronesia. Today, the CIOMAL Foundation helps leprosy victims in Cambodia, Brazil, Mauritania and Vietnam. Particular emphasis is placed on supporting former patients in their social and economic rehabilitation. Particular emphasis is placed on supporting former patients in their social and economic rehabilitation.
STRUCTURE
The CIOMAL Foundation is a non-profit foundation under Swiss law, based in Geneva and supervised by the Swiss Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations.. Recognized as a public utility, it is tax-exempt. Since 2018, it has had special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
It is organized around a voluntary Board of Directors that meets to establish and monitor projects.
The Board of Directors (volunteer as well) is responsible for overseeing operations. In the countries where it is operational, CIOMAL hires local staff.