Do you know what EUCPM stands for?
🇪uropean
🇺nion
🇨ivil
🇵rotection
🇲echanism
When a disaster overwhelms a country, the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism can step in.
Since its launch in 2001, the Mechanism has responded to +6️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ worldwide requests for emergency assistance.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647832257938493441
How it started 👉 how it's going in the eyes of Reema from Iraq.
She used a polaroid 📸 to capture some of the things that have improved in the displacement site where she lives.
These improvements were made possible with EU humanitarian funding and @ACTED.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647638483316424705
Did you know that Türkiye 🇹🇷, Croatia 🇭🇷, Poland 🇵🇱, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Spain 🇪🇸 and Sweden 🇸🇪 will be able to procure and host new #rescEU shelter reserves?
These new reserves will be able to host thousands of people in an emergency.
Learn more 👉 http://europa.eu/!twv7t9
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647568520476082176
Education truly helps save lives. 📚💙
Humberto has dedicated his life to teaching indigenous people in Guaviare, Colombia 🇨🇴, a region where education is often the only way for youth to build a brighter future.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647511142418501632
Hurricanes, droughts and epidemics regularly hit the Caribbean.
Having the means to respond is key to saving lives.
With @IFRC_es and @WFP_es, we set up a humanitarian corridor that allows pre-positioning stocks of essential supplies to be quickly deployed in an emergency. 📦🚨
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647266027242242051
How do you ensure education amid conflict, insecurity and mass displacement?
In Central Sahel, we are doing our best to help children access learning opportunities against all odds.
@save_children #EducationNoMatterWhat
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647209152991617026
Every week, food, hygiene, medical, and shelter supplies provide relief to Ukrainians near the front-line. 🚛📦
Thanks to the @WFP logistics cluster, co-funded by the EU, this much-needed support reaches those most in need. #StandWithUkraine
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647133151662161922
1 in 3 school-age children in Sudan are currently out of school. Girls are the most affected.
Together with our partners @lminternationa1 and @pelastakaalapse, we work to promote inclusive and quality education in conflict-affected parts of Darfur.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1646932076497711105
How it started How it's going
Feeling safe and being social are crucial for children in times of war. That's why we have helped rehabilitate a kindergarten in Ukraine to provide a safe haven for children. 🧒💙
See how it looks 👉 http://europa.eu/!9cPRJV
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1646839442676523009
Did you know that when storms and other natural hazards occur, 🇫🇷 and 🇪🇺 work together to respond?
In 2022, five tropical storms hit Madagascar.
See how our coordinated emergency response supported local communities 👉 http://europa.eu/!qVDQyQ
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1646812911380119552
RT @JanezLenarcic: Shocked to learn about the loss of two aid workers from @CatholicRelief, killed during clashes in Ethiopia’s #Amhara region.
All humanitarian aid workers must always be protected – they are #NotATarget!
#IHL
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1646798865339764736
How does it feel to be a teenager in a war zone?
"During war, youth can fade. Time appears to accelerate, and teenagers grow up fast."
Filmmakers @OlivierJobardand @ClaireBillet from @AgenceMYOP documented the lives of three young Ukrainians.
🧵⬇️
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1646796554001436675
Russia’s war on Ukraine: overview of EU-coordinated medical evacuation operations (MEDEVAC). 🗺️👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645797321219907586
RT @WFP_Europe: In #Türkiye, families are still struggling to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the #earthquake that hit the region in February.
Support from @EU_ECHO🇪🇺 is helping @WFP_TR reach those most in need with food assistance.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645785382943064065
RT @echo_Europe: This is our health expert Marie! 🩺💉⚕️
Following the devastating earthquakes in February, she travelled across the affected areas in #Türkiye to help coordinate the EU’s humanitarian health response.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645785324008910853
RT @Francesco_eu: Another donation coordinated via #rescEU 🇪🇺to the benefit of UA 🇺🇦. Thanks to the AU 🇦🇺 donor for these 169 generators and thanks to Monica for representing the Commission at the handover! #EUCivPro
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645754378316312578
We all need water and sanitation to live in safety and dignity.
That's why we're funding the work of @IOMUkraine, who've restored sewage equipment in Komyshuvakha 🇺🇦 following Russia's attacks on infrastructure.
This will make the life of 4500 people a little bit easier. 💧
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645722712306860032
RT @echo_Europe: The earthquakes in February impacted a very large area and millions of people in Türkiye.
Thanks to the support from the EU, our partner @Welthungerhilfe was able to distribute hundreds of hygiene kits, ready to eat food items and blankets to the families in need. 🥫🧼📦
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645720001641340928
RT @WarChildLebanon: Meet Taim, a 12-year-old student in our #SHIELD5 project in Lebanon. He's prioritizing his studies with us & making great progress thanks to the support of @ECHO_MiddleEast & our partners.
@EU_ECHO @WarChildHolland @lostlb
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645719962063912960
RT @UNICEF_EU: 🏫Over 2.4 mln children are out of school in #Yemen.
📢Each of them is a life full of potential & dreams, which must come true if we mobilize our resources
#EducationIsLife
@UNICEF_Yemen @EU_ECHO @ECHO_MiddleEast
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1645717238802939906
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