The Hospitaller Order's COVID-19 Crisis Committee for Africa has been created.

The second meeting of the COVID-19 Africa Crisis Committee of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God was held on Tuesday, March 31st. The committee was established on March 24th to coordinate the institution's response to the needs of its centers in countries with very limited resources.

The members of this Committee are five: Curia of the African Province of St. Augustine (Brother Bartholomew Kamara-Provincial, Brother Paulinus Toh-secretary, Valentine Bruku-finance manager and Asensu Mensah-project manager), Juan Ciudad ONGD of Spain (Gonzalo Sales-director and Ana Meyer-project coordinator), the mission office of the General Curia of Rome UMICOI (Brother Ángel López-director), the Saint John of God Foundation of Ireland (John Flemming-director) and the Hospitaal Broeders office of Holland (David Heyer).

This Africa Crisis Committee will meet periodically and is coordinated by Juan Ciudad NGO. According to Brother Ángel López, who informed all the mission and cooperation organizations that make up the Saint John of God Fundrising Alliance by email, this Committee will be responsible for establishing the guidelines and actions to be followed in response to the epidemic to assist the Hospitaller Order's centers in Africa.

Text and photos: Juan Ciudad NGO Communications.