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Over 1 million newborn babies and around 179,000 women die every year in Sub- Saharan Africa as a result of complications in pregnancy, labour, during delivery and in the first month of a child’s life.

Over the past three weeks, Hong Kong has experienced serious protests at some major sites in Hong Kong where thousands of protesters have blocked the roads and paralyse traffic in these areas.

On 25 August – 4 September, more than 30 cadets and St John leaders from Malaysia attended the Youth Exchange Programme held in Nelson, New Zealand.

Across Africa, there is a massive disparity in the level of healthcare where those who live in rural parts of a country have limited access to health clinics as there are very few.

Last year in a unique effort to raise funds for first aid training, St John Ambulance Sri Lanka partnered with St Clair’s Tea, creating a special St John line of tea. A year on and we are pleased to announce that these packs are taking the world by storm.

Teh Seng Huat is 64 years old and has been suffering kidney failure for the last 6 years.

The attack which started on Saturday 21 September 2013 at around 1300 hours, saw around 15 armed men from Somali terrorist group Al Shaabab storm the upmarket Westgate mall, popular with wealthy Kenyans, expats and tourists alike, by opening fire and throwing grenades at innocent shoppers.

The Award which was presented by HRH the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, awarded the families of 33 organ donors the St John Award to celebrate the bravery of their loved ones and to recognise the contribution that, posthumously, they have made to many other lives.