Violence Aid Project

Members of the International Knightly Order of Saint George are committed historically and by affirmation to vanquish the dragons of Want, Poverty and Injustice. Contributions to fundraising events supplement the annual oblations and other donations offered to benefit the causes espoused by the Order. In addition, large quantities of second-hand clothing, bedding, and medical equipment have been sent on a regular basis in recent decades to aid the needy in Eastern Europe. The principal project of the twenty-first century has been the reconstruction and furnishing of a derelict building as a home for the elderly in Nyïgelse in the north-east of Hungary. A special appeal was organised under the patronage of Lord Taylor of Blackburn (Knight Grand Cross of Saint George) and the money needed to complete the project was raised within two years. As a result, the Saint George Home was completed on schedule and opened by the Grand Master and his wife, Dame Iris, on 20 August 2002. It now provides accommodation to a modern standard for sixteen elderly people in need, as well as housing a day centre which serves the wider community of older people in this deprived area. Besides this project, the Order has provided financial assistance to the Hungarian Foundation which has care of many who have suffered persecution over the years. The European Flood Victims Relief Fund and the American Fund for Victims of September 11^th were other recent recipients of donations. Members of the Grand Priory of the United Kingdom are currently raising money for an orphanage, a children hospice, the Royal British Legion and several British churches. Following the Gulf War donations were made to the benevolent funds of British forces who suffered casualties in the conflict. Most recently, the Order has been razing funds for the Army Benevolent Fund.

Considering the historical roots of the Federation of Autonomous Priories of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, it is only natural that its members individually, and the Order as a whole, had developed a constant concern for the peoples affected by emergencies and the consequent desire of assisting them.

No wonder the legacy of the forefathers of the Order was that of constantly patrolling the roads to the Holy Places during the centuries past, in search of the infirm, the destitute and the pilgrims victim of violence and persecution, for the purpose of bringing them to the ‘Sacra Domus Hospitalis’ of Saint John and Saint Madeleine in Jerusalem, where they were comforted, healed and some times even buried.

We may say indeed that they built up and constituted in their time a very sophisticated Emergency Task Force and provided with a full follow-up operational system. With the intent of regrouping, coordinating and organizing in a more efficient and effective fashion the dispersed and separate efforts, interventions, services and experiences of the Federation and its Knights in this humanitarian endeavour throughout the world, the Order invited two of its Knights, both also recognized worldwide among the most eminent doctors in the field of Medical Emergency, to design a comprehensive 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, International Emergency Care Services of the Federation, following and within the spirit of the actual Constitution of the Order in force since June 24, 1994.

LEGAL:

·        General-Major Sir / The Chevalier Prof. Dr. Eric Robert van de Wall MKN / Knight Grand Officer of Malta GOKM - Knight of Cyprus KoC - Knight of Saint George KStG & Bailiff of the Bailiwick of The Netherlands and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs of the Federation of Autonomous Priories of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta and Lady / Dame Gisela van de Wall - Kooman - Dame of Malta DM & Dame of Saint George DStG   

·        Brigadier-General  The Chevalier / Sir Dr. Frank Philipoom MKN / Knight Commander of Saint George KCStG – Knight Commander of Malta & Grand Prior Kingdom of The Netherlands and Deputy Grand Master of The International Knightly Order Valiant of Saint George and Dame José Philipoom - Snellens - Dame of Saint George DCStG and Grand Hospitaller of the Grand Priory Kingdom of The Netherlands The Knightly Order Valiant of Saint George

have registered in the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce as a non profit organization the Foundation FEMERAID INTERNATIONAL – THE NETHERLANDS Branch on 06-06-2006.

OPERATIONAL:

Also registered in the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce as a non profit organization the FOUNDATION FOR VIOLENCE AID CARE SERVICES in the Netherlands also known as (in Dutch language: Stichting SOCIALE WEERBAARHEID NEDERLAND) and FEDERATION FOR VIOLENCE AID CARE SERVICES in the Netherlands also known as (in Dutch language: Vereniging SOCIALE WEERBAARHEID NEDERLAND).

LIGHTHOUSE:

1.     FEMERAID International – The Netherlands Branch (Founded:17-05-2006)

2.     FOUDATION FOR VIOLENCE AID CARE SERVICES
Stichting Sociale Weerbaarheid Nederland

3.     FEDERATION FOR VIOLENCE AID CARE SERVICES
Vereniging Sociale Weerbaarheid Nederland

The address of the LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch from where the activities and coordination in the Netherlands is organized and the establishment of a physical place of reference is:

Kingsford Smithstraat 108, 1945 PW Beverwijk, The Netherlands
Office Telephone: + 31 (0) 251 247 210 E-mail address: sportcentrum.fphilipoom@planet.nl

The LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter of FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch is working from and with the FEMERAID philosophy, goals, objective, rational  and implementation.

The main goal of the LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter of FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch is to reduce unnecessary violence and persecution, and to bring back victims to the closest possible levels of normality in the quickest possible time, by providing them with the highest efficiency and quality service at the lowest possible costs.

The need for a constant review and improvement of the system is essential.

The practice of continuous evaluation and review of the efficiency and quality on rendered services, integrated into each and every intervention as well as in the routine actions of every day, will provide with constant findings for substantial improvement.

Even if this practice were not to produce any detection of windows for improvement, due to the impossible and presumptuous assertion that the systems may had reached the maximum of perfection, the continuous exercise of Quality Review and Efficiency Improvement Systems will prevent the corruption of such levels of perfection after being applied time and again in a monotonous routine.

Competence will be to review each intervention and evaluate its results, to ascertain if it was properly handled, professionally conducted and developed with a flawless efficiency and quality; to develop and encourage in each member of the staff of Femeraid international, at all levels, an awareness and an attitude of a constant observation to detect possible improvements in efficiency and quality during the interventions and in any daily routine action; and to evaluate this findings and incorporate them practically, if they are of value, for the benefit of the efficiency and quality betterment of the whole system.

NATIONAL CRITIC CARE ACADEMY:

The success of the LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter of FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch will reside on the specific high standards, qualifications and experiences of its staff, and on its capacity of maintaining, increasing and/or replace the same as time pass by.

It is a symbiotic phenomena by which the LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter of FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch will become a service with its own specific characteristics and modules of conduct given to itself by its own staff, while its staff will be fully influenced and must adhere to the philosophy, characteristics and modules of conduct of FEMERAID International.

For the purpose of maintaining the stability and perpetuation of the Service, as well as to secure a competent and dedicated staff, fully integrated with its philosophy, characteristics and modules of conduct, the LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter of FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch needs to develop its own NATIONAL CRITICAL CARE ACADEMY under the cover of

PRO DEO UNIVERSITY.

Competence National and International of this Academy will be to offer, in the quality and quantity considered adequate and sufficient, educational programs to secure the basic technical and professional preparation, and courses of actualization and specialization.

This Academy, once implemented shall establish a plan for maintaining extensions internationally, mainly functioning parallel to all Femeraid Operational Units as may be considered appropriate and needed, either for specialization reasons or for reasons of strategy and cultural diversity and National and International Law.

INFORMATIC NATIONAL DATA BANK:

The competence of this LIGHTHOUSE and headquarter of FEMERAID International - The Netherlands Branch National Data Bank will be to maintain a full library of reference related to ECS available constantly for the use of all FEMERAID International staff; to maintain an updated national bank of information of organizations, resources and experts in all related fields of ECS equally available in permanent basis to all FEMERAID International staff, or, if needed, to any organization or individual engaged in an ECS intervention.

This National Data Bank, rather than prevent the formation of Local Data Banks, will encourage and assist them in their development, in the standardization of archiving programs, etc.

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION ON THE PATHOLOGY OF STATES OF EMERGENCY:

A comprehensive research and investigation of the States of Emergency, will provide a clear national distribution map and a precise pattern of isolated, recurrent and periodical episodes. Competence of this Centre will be to study attentively, worldwide, the kind, rates and pathology of States of Emergency, to educate communities, and even governments of developing nations, to recognize the earlier signs of possible States of Emergency, and to help them to design, adopt and implement systems and measures to prevent or to handle such occurrences with a considerable result of reduction of rates of emergency incidences, or considerable reduction of the number of affected victims.

EMERGENCY FORUM CENTER:

A centre which shall be able to use any and all of the present and future means of social information and/or communication for publishing specialized, international and multilingual pamphlets, books, and any other literature upon States of Emergency topics and related informative news, and whose main purpose shall be to encourage research on this topic, and to serve as a forum for research discussions, to hold lectures and meetings upon subjects related to States of Emergency, and to awake the attention and concern towards them of the common citizen.

COMMUNICATION CENTER:

This Centre shall be responsible for maintaining interconnected with reliable technology the Central Headquarters and all Femeraid Operational Units in real time and in permanent operation basis, in a way that any FEMERAID OPERATIONAL UNIT engaged on a STATE OF EMERGENCY INTERVENTION may have available at any time any and all necessary professional or technical opinion, counselling or backup, and my be able to request additional aid in personnel, machinery, or supplies from the closest existing geographical point.

THE NEXT STEP:

The LIGHTHOUSE for VIOLENCE AID Centre and VIOLENCE AID Instructors (and volunteers) started in Beverwijk (province: Noord Holland). The next step is to cover the Netherlands.

1.     Victims of violence and persecution are welcome in the VIOLENCE AID CENTER. Victims are given the opportunity to talk.  Intake. Advice to doctor, police etc. Then we work together to bring the victims back to the closest possible levels of normality in the quickest possible time. The first Aid is for free with time and help from volunteers and specialists of violence.

2.     VIOLENCE AID CENTER is not only for Victims of violence and persecution. The work is also to prevent people (all ages) to become a victim, to increase their self confidence or to teach right from wrong and self awareness. Visits to schools, companies, special training or classes for stalking, bullying, mobbing etc.

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

·         Support in a special project with local authorities to visit schools to discuss violence and especially living in respect and harmony.

·         Support in a special project with local companies to discuss violence and especially to work in respect and harmony.

FEMERAID INTERNATIONAL SERVICES PROJECT OUTLINE VIOLENCE AID:

FEMERAID Chief Commander for The Netherlands: Prof. Dr. ERIC ROBERT VAN DE WALL
Member of the Faculty for Sciences of Mental and Physical Education ProDeo University, New York, USA and Dean of the Faculty Alt. Medicine IBA University, Israel.

VIOLENCE AID Chief Commander: Dr. FRANK PHILIPOOM
Chairman of IBA University Chamber of The Netherlands.

FEMERAID INTERNATIONAL SERVICES was instituted on May 2001; to be the executive and administrative structure were to regroup, consolidate, promote, develop, coordinate, and separate humanitarian services and interventions of the SOVEREIGN ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, FEDERATION OF AUTONOMOUS PRIORIES, KNIGHTS OF MALTA.

The PROJECT OUTLINE: ‘VIOLENCE AID’ provides information on the development of the FEMERAID PROJECT, and its foundational documentation, as well as news about the ‘VIOLENCE AID’ interventions of our FEMERAID UNITS in situations of emergency.