TO HELP SOMEONE
GETTING THEIR
LIFE BACK
I DONATE NOW
TOGETHER WE CAN ERADICATE LEPROSY
TO HELP SOMEONE
GETTING THEIR
LIFE BACK
I DONATE NOW
TOGETHER WE CAN
ERADICATE LEPROSY
ABOUT THE CIOMAL FOUNDATION
The CIOMAL Foundation of the Order of Malta is a Swiss non-profit foundation created in 1958 to fight leprosy and leprosy-related exclusion throughout the world.
It is based on the centuries-old tradition of the Order of Malta which, for more than 900 years, has been helping the poor and the sick, without any discrimination, in a disinterested and Christian spirit.
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 THE SEQUELLS :
by providing patients with appropriate physiotherapy, including adapted prostheses
FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION :
Supporting former patients and their families towards social reintegration, particularly 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
TREAT THE SEQUELLS :
by providing patients with appropriate physiotherapy, including adapted prostheses
FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION:
Supporting former patients and their families towards 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, 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.
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