Johanniter International (JOIN) is a non-profit organisation formed as an international partnership between national charities of The Alliance of the Orders of St. John of Jerusalem

The Alliance of the Orders of St. John of Jerusalem

The Alliance of the Orders of St. John of Jerusalem is a federation of Protestant religious orders in Europe that claim shared inheritance of the tradition of the mediaeval military Knights Hospitaller ....

. Its member organisations are based in Europe

Europe

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, Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 and the Middle East

Middle East

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, and have access to a volunteer base of over 100,000 personnel, as well as cooperation links with charitable organisations in around 40 other countries.

Founded in 2000 and based in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Belgium

Belgium

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, it coordinates activities between the national charities in order to co-ordinate their work in the fields of humanitarian assistance and social aid. On an international level, JOIN leads and organizes, in close cooperation with the national societies, relief assistance missions responding to large-scale emergencies. JOIN's activities include emergency medical services

Emergency medical services

Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...

, first aid

First aid

First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...

, training

Training

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, international humanitarian

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...

 and development aid

Development aid

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, and youth work

Youth work

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. Projects in which JOIN member organisations have been involved include women's groups, educational projects and co-operatives in Djibouti, humanitarian aid and healthcare provision in Pakistan, and distribution of medical and food supplies in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake

2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

. The organisation was a founding member of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Alliance.

Member organisations

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Country	Name
	Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. , commonly referred to as Die Johanniter, is a voluntary humanitarian organisation affiliated with the Brandenburg Bailiwick of the Order of St John, the German Protestant descendant of the Knights Hospitaller...
	St John Ambulance in England
	Johanniitat
	Association des oeuvres de Saint-Jean
	Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. , commonly referred to as Die Johanniter, is a voluntary humanitarian organisation affiliated with the Brandenburg Bailiwick of the Order of St John, the German Protestant descendant of the Knights Hospitaller...
	Johannita Segitö Szolgála
	Soccorso dell'Ordine di San Giovanni Italia
Jerusalem	St John Eye Hospital Group St John Eye Hospital Group The St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group is a Foundation of The Order of St John, the oldest order of chivalry in the world. The Hospital Group is based in Jerusalem and is the main provider of eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem...
	Johanniter Hilfswerk in Namibia
	Sveta Jana Palidziba
	Johanniter Hulpverlening
	St John Cymru-Wales St John Ambulance in Wales St John Ambulance in Wales is a charity dedicated to the teaching and practice of first aid. It is a subsidiary charity of the Priory of Wales of the wider international Order of St...

External links

• Johanniter International - official website