The Millennium Goals
Blessed Gérard's Care Centre
contributes to their achievement:
GOAL 1
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Blessed Gérard's Relief Fund:
We provide poverty relief
by helping people in our local community
in genuine cases of immediate need
(like hunger, lack of clothing, destruction of their home).
Blessed Gérard's Poor-Sick-Fund:
We help sick people from our local community,
who cannot afford urgently needed medical treatment.
Blessed Gérard's
Malnutrition Clinic:
We run a clinic, where we examine,
treat and feed malnourished infants
and teach their parent/carer in proper baby care.
GOAL 2
Achieve universal primary education
Blessed Gérard's Pre-Primary School & Crèche:
We run a Pre-Primary-School & Crèche
for underprivileged children.
Blessed Gérard's
HIV/AIDS-Education Programme:
We teach the
public how to avoid HIV infection
and how to live positively with AIDS.
Blessed Gérard's
Hospice:
We train the public in home based care.
Blessed Gérard's
Bursary Fund:
We give bursaries to poor pupils
and students of our local community.
GOAL 3
Promote gender equality and empower women
i.e. gender is not a criteria when a vacancy is to be filled.
80% of our staff and
84% of our volunteers are female
and 20% of our staff and
16% of our volunteers are male.
(on 17th October 2009)
GOAL 4
Reduce Child mortality
Blessed Gérard's Malnutrition Clinic:
We run a clinic, where we examine,
treat and feed malnourished infants
and teach their parent/carer in proper baby care.
Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART Programme
also treats paediatric AIDS patients
and takes special care for pregnant patients
to optimise the health of mother and child
GOAL 5
Improve maternal health
Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART Programme
takes special care for pregnant patients
to optimise the health of mother and child
GOAL 6
Combat HIV & AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Blessed Gérard's HIV/AIDS-Education Programme:
We teach the public how to avoid HIV infection
and how to live positively with AIDS.
Blessed Gérard's
Hospice and HAART Programme:
We run a Hospice to provide home based care,
day care and inpatient care for needy sick
people,
suffering from HIV/AIDS, and train the public in home based care.
We provide Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART)
for poor AIDS patients free of charge.
GOAL 7
Ensure environmental sustainability
optimal protection of the environment
GOAL 8
Develop a global partnership for development
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta
at the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September 2002:
Rev. Father Gerard T. Lagleder, OSB - Head of Delegation -
[Text: English] [Video: English]
