{"id":623,"date":"2019-12-18T18:58:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orderofmalta-malta.org.mt\/omgv\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2019-12-18T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:58:07","slug":"2018-19-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orderofmalta.mt\/omgv\/2018-19-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2018-19 Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo\u00a0\u00a0 Report 2018-2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo continued to provide its services in Gozo under the umbrella of MASMOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committee\nand Fundraising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr John B Pace and Chris Galea\ncontinued to serve as President and Director respectively. Mr Aaron Formosa is\nSecretary while Ms Manolita Farrugia is Treasurer. Fr Geoffrey G Attard carried\non with his work nurturing the spirituality of the volunteers who were also\nrequested to attend the regular retreats organised by MASMOM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately in August 2018, the\nOMVG was asked to hand back the premises lent to it by St George\u2019s Basilica as\nthe Parish needed to use it for one of their projects. All furniture and other\nitems used by the Volunteers in Gozo are being stored in an office used by the\nFriends of the Sick & Elderly in Gozo. The volunteers led by Chris Galea\ndid their utmost to acquire a small office, requests were also made to the\nDiocese in Gozo; however no adequate place has been found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ta\u2019 Pinu\nShrine Pilgrims Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OMVG continued with the Pilgrims\nService at Ta\u2019 Pinu Shrine. Our assistance to sick and disabled who visited the\nshrine was greatly appreciated as several pilgrims would otherwise not have\nbeen able to make the long walk to visit the miraculous chapel inside the\nShrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ta\u2019 Pinu Shrine also allocated a\nroom where the elderly pilgrims could rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wheelchair\nTransport Service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gozo Volunteers also pressed on\nwith the main project of providing a special ambulance service for wheelchair\ncases on the island. The Order of Malta vehicle which was donated in August\n2010 is used regularly for the benefit of the community. Various elderly\npersons attending hospital sessions, elderly in Victoria and residents at\nChurch homes were regular users of this service. Other persons were also\nprovided with the service which permitted them to go to medical facilities to\nreceive treatment. Furthermore elderly persons at Church homes were taken out\nfor excursions on a regular basis. Many persons could be taken out on special\nfeasts and pilgrimages, which they would otherwise have been excluded from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be mentioned that the\nOrder of Malta in Gozo badly needs another small wheelchair-transport car which\nwould be able to convey sick persons more efficiently. The wheelchair minibus\nwe currently also use, is too big to be driven by the other Gozo volunteers and\nit should be mentioned that sometimes the Order of Malta is not able to cope\nwith requests. It is also high time to have the current vehicle completely\nsprayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Good Friday, apart from the\ntransports of elderly persons to visit churches, the Order of Malta corps also\nprovided a First Aid post during the Procession organised in Victoria. The\nfirst aiders with the Maltese Cross armbends assisted various chain-bearers and\npilgrims who participated in this religious activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting the\nElderly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the main aims of the Order of\nMalta Volunteers in Gozo is to visit the sick and elderly. A visit was\norganised every month to a different hospital or home on a rotating basis.\nSeveral gifts were also purchased by the volunteers themselves to be distributed\nto Our Lords the Sick. Special thanks goes to \nthose who provided scarves, small statues and oranges to be given as\ngifts to the elderly residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relief aid\nabroad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Order of Malta Volunteers in\nGozo helped collect tons of material including good-quality clothes and shoes\nfor missions in Ghana. The Gozo-based initiative of Ghanaians residing in Gozo\nwas assisted logistically by the OMVG. Since last year five containers have\nalready been sent to the African country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2019 three large boxes\nof scarves and woollen hats were sent to the mission run by Dr Oleg Siliyanov\nin Tula, Russia. The items were distributed by the Order of Sisters of St.\nElizabeth in the same city. These nuns assist orphans and needy families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assisting needy\nfamilies and refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every week the OMVG also distributed\nfood supplies to other families in need including sick persons who live by\nthemselves. The OMVG also thanks the Anglican Community in Gozo for donating\nfood supplies on a regular basis. With the collaboration of MASMOM, the Gozo\nVolunteers also provided food hampers to another 25 deprived families. The Gozo\nCrafty Ladies an organisation of volunteers also donated a large amount of food\nsupplies and woollen blankets <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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