Activities
(Based on the Rivista Internazionale)
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Paris : During the National Disabled Week, from 16
to 22 March, patients from the French Hospitaller Works' rehabilitation
institutes participated in a delegation which was received at
the Elysée Palace by the President of the Republic, Jacques
Chirac.
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Dakar, Senagal : In the Presence of H.M.E.H. the Prince
and Grand Master, the 25th anniversary of the Applied Leprology
of Dakar was celebrated on 5 march. Many authorities from Senegal,
France and the Order took part in the ceremony, incl. Gen. Diallo,
Chairman of the Institute's Board of Directors, H.E. Conte Edouard
Decazes, the Order's Ambassador to Senegal, and H.E. Baron Jaques
de Dumast, President of the French Hospitaller Works, who founded
the Institute.
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Paris : The French Hospitaller Works have set up the
"Saint Jean de Malte" National Protection Association
(ANAT), with the aim of ensuring the protection of the old and
disabled by assisting them in the management of their affairs
and their daily living.
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Rome, Magistral Palace : Some disabled in the Saint-Jean
de Malte Institute with their helpers were received in audience
by H.M.E.H. the Prince and Grand Master during their visit to
Rome from 1 to 7 June. Before this they had taken part in the
Holy Father's audience in St. Peter's Square.
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