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Valencia: Order of Malta assists victims of the recent floods

Order of Malta volunteers in Valencia have been carrying out interventions in the most affected areas following the recent disastrous floods. In coordination with the emergency services, the Order has concentrated its efforts on distributing food and clothing to the most damaged areas and has launched a fund-raising campaign.

Don Miguel Navarro, the Order’s Magistral Chaplain, has joined the volunteers in a service of prayer for those lost in the tragedy.  Pedro Ribelles, member of the Order of Malta’s delegation in Valencia: “We have prayed especially for what will remain after all this.”

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