Inter-faith Collaboration

Throughout the years, the Order of Malta’s action has been strengthened by its solid collaborations with all religious denominations in Lebanon, thus creating a sense of social cohesion and forging a path to peace. The Orders collaboration with the Imam Al Sadr Foundation started 30 years ago in Siddikine (Tyre, South Lebanon), where we co-manage a Community Health Center and a Mobile Medical Unit that targets very remote villages at the Southern borders.The relationship built with the Shia community led the Order to sign an official agreement with the Supreme Shiite Islamic Council of Lebanon in 2010.In the same spectrum, the Order also cooperates with the Druze community with the launch of a new project providing an annual medical support to the Sheikh Abu Hassan Aref Halawi Charity Foundation in the Chouf area of the Barouk.And of course, the Order has a very special relationship with the highest Sunni authority in Lebanon, Dar Al Fatwa, as it provides medical assistance at their headquarters clinic in Beirut.