Since June 1999 over 8,500 homeless have been cared for on the Order’s Fleuron Saint Jean barge on the Seine in Paris, operated all year round by members and volunteers of Ordre de Malte France.
The ten year celebrations for this special care activity, created in cooperation with the ‘Thirty Million Friends’ Foundation, were attended by the president of Ordre de Malte France, Thierry de Beaumont-Beynac, who noted that after their maximum three-week stay, 10% of the homeless were able to leave the barge having found employment.
