Learning from the Order of St.

1. Pro Fide Pro Utilitate Hominum Learning from the Order of St. John as old players in the 11th Century Foundations of the Hospital Movement. Michael Jackson Serving Brother of The Most Venerable Order of The Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

2. LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND Invites you to an Archaeology of Knowledge past down from the 11th Century! Welcome to the Oldest Chivalry in the WORLD!

3. HOSPITALLERS THE BEGINNINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH NETWORK • In 1113 The Pope recognised the Order of St. John as an independent religious Order consisting of monks and nuns whose special tasks were to care for the sick during the Crusades. • ‘Brothers’ built early hospitals. This one in Jerusalem to accommodate 2000 patients regardless of religion, nationality or sex.

4. Old Governance in Action 11th Century Brothers developed: • Superb hygiene standards. Hand Washing, Use of Gold & Silver for effective sterilisation. • Drugs/ Herbal medicines. • Recognised the need for tranquillity for healing and isolation for infectious disease.

5. HEALTH for ALL Reducing Health Inequality - & THE HEALTH DIVIDE! EARLY HOSPITALLERS BELIEVED EVERY POOR MAN AND WOMAN WAS CHRIST AND THEREFORE THE MOST LUXURIOUS TREATMENT AVAILABLE WAS PROVIDED FOR THEM.

6. Hospitallers Setting the Standards • Criteria for early Carers was carefully understood by means of each arm and point of the cross representing a quality one must possess in order to carry out the ‘hospital work’. 5 = Righteousness 6 = Meekness 7 = Mercy 8 = Purity 1 = Comforting 2 = Humility 3 = Peacemaking 4 = Endurance

7. The Cross that Sparked a Global Network! • Early Hospitallers wore a white, eight pointed cross symbolic to the order. • It was adopted from the Republic of Amalfi. • This cross is still globally recognised today.

8. 11th Century Hospitallers have left a legacy of care. Little did the Hospitallers realise that their insights and strategies would constitute the ‘core’ of health promotion as we know it in the 21st Century. THINK GLOBALLY ACT LOCALLY The Order of St. John has over 200,000 volunteers and staff in 45 national St. John organisations around the globe each unit delivering health care according to the needs of the local community.

9. 11th Century Brothers…. Contemporary ‘Serving Brother’ Michael Jackson…. SUSTAINABILITY 10 Centuries of Development genealogy

10. St. John Ophthalmic Hospital In 1882, the Order of St. John, returning to its ancient origins, opened a hospital in Jerusalem for the treatment of eye disease, the first in the Middle East. • The hospital helps 60,000 patients each year. • Carries out 6,000 major operations. • The hospital sends out an Outreach team to remote villages. • Many Health Professionals are sent here for specialist training and experience. Healing & Health Education

11. Partnerships & Collaborations Nigeria AIDS Awareness Programme World Health Organisation (WHO) United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Community Health Services in Malawi UNITED NATIONS (UN) Papua New Guinea Services for the Blind United Kingdom First Aid, Care, Training Links for a Healthier Future Hong Kong Dental Health Programme Gibraltar Emergency Ambulance Services Pakistan Hospitals, Clinics, Ambulance service, Family Planning Zimbabwe Health Auxiliary Antigua & Barbuda Health Education In Schools programme Fiji Ambulance Subscription Scheme Bermuda Initiative for Automatic Emergency Defibrillators Malaysia Haemodialysis Service Ghana National Immunisation Days Malta Rescue Service