Side by Side

03/03/2020

We need your support! Please help us by spreading the news about Violet Support Online, an anonymous, confidential and free online service for victims of gender-based violence.

- Are you a company and would like us to give a talk to your employees about Violet?
- Do you want to put up a poster or display some fliers with information about Violet at your office or place of work?
- Are you organising a public or private event soon and would like to allow us to promote Violet?

We are open to any of the above or other ideas of collaboration!

Send us an email to [email protected] and we will get in touch with you shortly.

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Violet Support Online is part of the GBV-SO project, funded by the European Union (EU) DG Justice Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme, and partly co-financed by the Ministry for Education and Employment. The partnership includes SOS Malta, Victim Support Malta, CORE Platform, Commission on Gender-Based Violence & Domestic Violence and Advenio eAcademy.

04/03/2015

A 12-month EU-funded project by SOS Malta, Side by Side allowed foreigners living in Malta to speak directly about their experience – precisely the kind of perspective that the mainstream media model in Malta lacks, according to Sammut.

16/12/2014

African journalists in Malta are setting up a new non-governmental organisation - Media Association Malta (AMAM) - to use their professional skills to help migrants learn about living in Malta and effective integration. The NGO, being launched on Tuesday, will also act as a professional...

27/11/2014

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03/09/2014

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08/08/2014

Wish to learn more about Valletta's History- go watch the Valletta Living History show at the embassy...http://www.maltaattraction.com/theshow.aspx?id=190692

If you choose to see one really great attraction in Malta, see Valletta Living History! Re-live the arrival of Valletta’s earliest settlers; the Great Siege that erupted between the Knights of St John and the fierce Ottoman Empire; French and British rule; as well as the city’s heroic role in World…

04/07/2014

Happy Independence Day to US expats and their families!

Here are two interesting facts linking the Maltese to the US.

1) Grand Master de Rohan sent Maltese sailors to fight with the Americans and the French against the British during the American Revolutionary War

2) A Maltese migrant, John Pass (Giovanni Pace) helped to recast the Liberty Bell which hangs in Philadelphia, Pennsyvania, USA

Many have heard of the Liberty Bell, an iconic symbol of American Independence, but few know that one of its casters, whose name appears on it, was a founder from Cospicua. Giovanni Pace migrated to the US in the 18th century, where he settled down in Philadelphia and became known as John...

01/07/2014

We would like to know whether you received the special edition of Side by Side at home! Kindly click like if yes! Thanks!

30/06/2014

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23/06/2014

A festa celebrating the Maltese identity will be held at San Anton Palace and Gardens next month to raise funds for the Community Chest Fund. Festa f’Sant Anton will help the Malta Community Chest Fund keep up with its commitments, with some €200,000 needed every month, President Marie-Louise...

18/06/2014

Thanks for trying, Aditus.

16/06/2014

World Cup Fever, anyone? Read about the multi-coloured strip of the Swiss Football Team!

http://www.newsweek.com/swiss-soccers-multi-colored-strip-254825

Switzerland may appear bland, but its World Cup team is anything but