St John Ambulance Worldwide
With nearly 300,000 members in 42 countries, St John
Ambulance has diversified to meet local community needs around the
world. In addition to first aid activities, it has developed
ophthalmic and dental care, primary health care, youth programmes,
relief work and disaster planning.
Outside of the Priory of England and the Islands, there are
Priories of the Order in:
Scotland and the United States do not carry out first aid
activities at all, but the other five carry out the full range of
activities, similar to those in England.
In most of New Zealand, and in the west and the north of
Australia, St John Ambulance provides the statutory ambulance
service.
In South Africa, the Priory is very involved in an eye
clinic.
Further information about the work of the Order of St John
worldwide can be found on the Order of St John
website.
St John Ambulance has a presence in:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Bermunda
- Cyprus
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greneda
- Hong Kong
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Montserrat
- Nambia
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Republic of Ireland
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Trinidad
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe.
Further information about the work carried out by the national
councils and contact details for them can also be found on the
Order of St John
website.
Other Orders of St John
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John
of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, generally known as
the Order of Malta and the four Orders of St John of Jerusalem
which cooperate in the Alliance of the Orders of
St John are united by a common historical tradition
and a unique vocation: the care of the sick and the poor.
These orders have established a joint committee to investigate
and deal with the ever increasing number of organisations which
misuse the symbols and emblems of the Orders of St John,
causing confusion in the minds of the public and impeding the
welfare and hospitaller activities of the national and
international bodies of the Order of Malta and of the Alliance
Orders.