Ronald McDonald House Malta stands beside children and families when health needs or developmental challenges affect daily life. We believe that care is strongest when families can stay close and involved throughout their child’s journey.
Our Learning Centre provides a welcoming space, with specialised and accessible support services, where children can continue building skills for the future and parents can find reassurance and guidance.
The Learning Centre also reflects the strength of community around families. By opening the space to around 26 voluntary organisations, we have created a shared hub where therapeutic support can be offered in one caring and accessible environment. Through this collaboration, families can find practical help and a sense that they are not facing their challenges alone.
We stand beside children and their families when health or developmental needs make life more challenging. Through practical programmes and community partnerships, we help remove barriers, strengthen family support, and promote children’s wellbeing so they can continue to grow with confidence.
A community where every child who needs additional care can achieve a better quality of life, and where families have the strength and reassurance to move forward with hope.
Our work in Malta is part of a global movement that began in 1974, when the first Ronald McDonald House opened in Philadelphia.
The idea was simple: when a child needs hospital care, families should be able to stay close. Since then, Ronald McDonald House programmes have grown worldwide with the support of the wider McDonald’s community, including local owners, employees, suppliers, and customers who help make family-centred initiatives possible.
Locally, Ronald McDonald House Malta has carried this mission forward as an independent foundation since 2012, launching the Learning Centre in Qawra in 2019 – The charity’s first major project. Supported by partners such as Premier Restaurants Malta Limited, the operator of McDonald’s in Malta, we continue to shape services around the real experiences of children in need of developmental support or medical care, and the families who stand beside them.
Ronald McDonald House Malta is guided by a Board of Directors that oversees our direction and key decisions. We are committed to working responsibly and openly. Our finances and operations are reviewed independently, and clear policies help ensure our programmes are run ethically and accountably. This helps us maintain the trust of the children, families, partners, and donors we work with.
Behind every initiative is a group of people working to keep families close. Our Board members offer their time and experience to help Ronald McDonald House Malta grow its support for children and families facing health challenges.
Martin helps guide the organisation’s direction so more children and families across Malta and Gozo can feel supported during difficult health journeys. He brings experience from public service and humanitarian work, including leading teams responding to people in crisis. His leadership helps strengthen partnerships and continue growing practical family-focused initiatives.
Pier Luca helps the organisation plan and manage its finances to ensure that programmes can continue to reach families who need them most. With extensive experience in leading businesses and operations, he contributes to responsible planning and long-term stability. This helps Ronald McDonald House Malta keep providing comfort and solutions to children and families.
Kristina supports the organisation’s coordination and communication so more people understand its mission to keep families close. With experience in communications and community engagement, she helps build awareness and strengthen relationships with partners and supporters. This helps the charity reach more families across the Maltese Islands.
Petre brings experience from the hospitality sector that helps shape welcoming and family-friendly environments. His operational insight supports the charity’s work in creating spaces where families can feel cared for and at ease. This helps strengthen everyday help for parents and children during challenging times.
Dr Mangion provides medical guidance that helps ensure programmes respond to the real needs of children and families in healthcare settings. As a community paediatrician with experience in safeguarding and child wellbeing, she helps keep the organisation’s work strongly family-centred. Her input supports safer, more appropriate care for families facing health challenges.
