Seven bodies recovered and 354 rescued during yet another dramatic day in the Mediterranean
Seven people, 5 women and 2 men, have lost their lives today in one of the most challengin...
05 September, 2016
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Welcome
to MOAS
MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) is a Malta-based registered foundation (VO/0939) dedicated to preventing loss of life by providing professional search-and-rescue assistance to refugees and migrants in distress at sea.
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Our Mission
Everyone has the right to life. That’s why MOAS continues to save lives at the world’s most dangerous border crossing – the sea.
27 731 lives saved and counting
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News & Updates
On its Two Year Anniversary, MOAS calls for #SafeAndLegalRoutes to end Deaths at Sea
Exactly two years ago, on 30 August 2014, MOAS conducted its first rescue operation in the...
30 August, 2016
Death in the Mediterranean: Two Syrian children among 5 bodies recovered and hundreds more rescued through joint MOAS – Red Cross mission
Two Syrian girls, aged 8 month and 5 years, are among the five bodies recovered yesterday ...
19 August, 2016
Wars & violence will continue to displace more & more people. Creating #SafeAndLegalRoutes is the only sustainable… https://t.co/GFWmIsQJrQ
RT @MamenPg_:#RescueHumanity
"@moas_eu:No centrémonos en nuestras diferencias sino más bien en encontrar fuerza en la diversidad" https://t.co/sa1W8Ox18q
DONATIONS
Where does your money go?
After media outlets published heartbreaking photographs in September 2015 of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi washed ashore on a Turkish beach, MOAS has been among many nongovernmental organizations flooded by a tidal wave of support.
Donations have poured in every few seconds from all over the world, including the US, UK, Turkey, Germany and Brazil.
MOAS strives to draw the shortest line possible between funds received and lives saved. In fact, we spend more than 90% of the funds we receive directly on saving lives. To this end, we keep administration costs to a bare minimum, ensuring that donations are pumped into the effort to rescue refugees from certain death.
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