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First meeting in Geneva of the UN OCHA Donor Support Group during the 🇪🇺@eu_echo chairship. We discussed OCHA’s work on the new Strategic Plan, its critical coordination mandate and the Humanitarian Reset. Safeguarding principled humanitarian action is a key EU priority.
Leaving home under fire means taking only what you can carry and not knowing what comes next.
At transit centres, EU-funded @WFPUkraine food kits offer immediate support to evacuees from frontline areas.
In September alone, 13,700 people received ready-to-eat food.
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Access to medicines and healthcare is essential to protect lives. 🩺
Via the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism, another patient and 5 companions arrived in Belgium 🇧🇪, with the support of Slovakia 🇸🇰, @MSF and @WHO, joining 1833 persons evacuated previously from Gaza.
In Tapachula, Mexico, thousands of displaced people are stuck in administrative limbo.
The EU and @SaveChildrenMx are on the ground providing shelter, legal aid and psychosocial support for the most vulnerable.
Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/3VOrBKe
Severe flooding is hitting eastern Spain, particularly in Valencia and Alicante, following exceptional rainfall from Storm Adam. 🇪🇸
@CopernicusEMS mapping has been activated to support the response. The EU is monitoring the situation closely and stands ready to assist. 🇪🇺
Effective rehabilitation starts with understanding each person’s needs.
With EU support, Momentum Wheels for Humanity trained 14 specialists from 8 communities to assess needs, set goals with patients and plan appropriate care, strengthening local rehabilitation services. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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🌊 #EMSR935 #Floods in #ComunidadValenciana, #Spain🇪🇸
Our #MappingTeam has been activated after heavy rain from #danaADAM led to up to 500 rescues in 12 hours
Delineation and Grading products for 2 Areas of Interest are expected in the next hours
🔗 mapping.emergency.copernicus…
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🌎 On 9 October, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck inland Panama.
The EU’s @CopernicusEMS has mapped areas of interest to support damage assessment of built-up areas and transport infrastructure.
🛰️ Explore the maps: shorturl.at/bMUSZ
Behind every #EUCivilProtection Mechanism operation, there is a person. 🇪🇺
On 23 October, the UCPM turns 25. Behind this milestone are the many people who made it possible - responders, experts, volunteers, coordinators working through the night.
Thank you. 👏
36.3 million people in Nigeria, almost 1 in 7, face crisis-level food insecurity or worse.
See how EU humanitarian aid is helping families through the lean season, from safe water to treatment to new ways of earning a living. 🇪🇺🇳🇬
Full story: bit.ly/4z3VXas
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🚨 9,600 people affected by floods and landslides in #Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region will receive emergency aid, including cash support, shelter and clean water.
🇪🇺 The EU is providing €225,000 via @IFRC_DREF to support the response and reach affected families.
🚒 Emergency responder Arwin Van De Zande knows that crises do not stop at borders.
💬 "We do not focus on national borders, but on helping affected citizens as quickly as possible."
👉 ec.europa.eu/stories/we-act-…
#EUCivilProtection #ProtectWhatMatters
As conflict continues to escalate in Yemen, newly displaced families urgently need safety and support.
Thanks to the EU, @WFPYemen distributes assistance in newly established Al Fardoos settlement in Aden, providing essential relief to displaced families in need. 📦
In Yemen, millions of children are missing out on education.
EU-supported social workers are helping children like Ritaj and Abdullah get back to school - identifying those at risk and supporting their families.
Read their story ➡️ link.europa.eu/vbkBPW
Cash assistance empowers refugees to meet their essential needs, make their choices, and rebuild a sense of stability in challenging circumstances.
Thanks to EU funding, @GOAL_Global and @sgdd_asam provide urgent cash assistance to more than 2,700 people in Türkiye 🇹🇷.
‘When communities have the knowledge to protect themselves, health improves and hope grows.’
Dr. Gol explains why the EU’s support to @premiereurgence's water, sanitation and hygiene work in Afghanistan is a gamechanger.
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EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 retweeted
Aid has no legs. No wings. No wheels.
If bread reaches a starving family, a person carried it there. Humanitarian diplomacy rarely makes headlines. But it can open a prison door.
Among our concrete results: the Netherlands joins our Protect Aid Workers programme 🇳🇱
Today is #WorldFoodDay.
For millions affected by conflict and crisis, food is not a given. The EU works with partners around the world to make sure the most vulnerable don’t go hungry. 🇪🇺
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A vest marked “humanitarian” used to work like a shield. Today it can work like a target.
Day 2 of our conference on protecting aid workers: we move from diagnosis to treatment. To tangible solutions. Duty of care, data, psychological protection, accountability.