Malteser Ukraine (Malteser Relief Service) is the part of international humanitarian relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Malteser Ukraine began working in Lviv in Dec. of 1990. Almost at the same time, similar charitable centers were established in Ivano-Frankivsk,Beregovo,Mukachevo and Kyiv. In 2013, the centers merged into the Maltese Relief Service in Ukraine with the office in Lviv.