EU Civil Protection & Humanita @EU_ECHO@respublicae.eu

RT @echo_Europe: Today Ukraine joins the #EUCivilProtectionMechanism!

36 countries, 1 goal – to help those in need all around the globe.

And one more milestone for 🇺🇦 and 🇪🇺 cooperation.

See more details 👉https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/ukraine-joins-eu-civil-protection-mechanism-2023-04-20_en https://t.co/OJm0PY1HvC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1649080304525619200

“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor.”

13-year-old Mariana lives in an urban area in Colombia, where indigenous people are often bullied. But thanks to EU-funded training and support, she has become more resiliant 🧘 and keeps attending classes 📚.

This is her story.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1649072429929574403

No child should ever see their country, daily life and education devastated by war.

Watch the short film by @ClaireBillet and @OlivierJobard inspired by the courage of three young Ukrainians.

"When I grow up" 👉 https://youtu.be/drtRDtQk6qE

#EducationNoMatterWhat #StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1649068772249022464

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648987594816995328

RT @WFP_Europe: In Ethiopia, donors like the #EU help @WFP_UNHAS provide the humanitarian community with reliable passenger and cargo transport to different locations across the country.

@WFP is grateful to @EU_ECHO for supporting its humanitarian interventions!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648983334616281090

RT @UNFPASouthSudan: Today @UNFPA launches State of World Population Report, emphasizing that #familyplanning is a tool for empowering individuals, not for achieving fertility targets.

Women must be able to choose if, when and how many children to have, free from coercion
https://www.unfpa.org/swp2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648982979648139265

The 2nd phase of the EU’s humanitarian air bridge ✈️ to Goma, eastern #DRCongo, launches today with a flight from Dubai, organised with the support of @UNHRD.

40 tons of life-saving supplies 📦 will reach our humanitarian partners, who will distribute them to those in need.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648963422141177856

RT @HorizonMagEU: This week Horizon Magazine spoke with @maarjakr, member of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to @EU_Commission, about the role of scientific advice in EU #CrisisManagement.

Read the interview here ➡️ https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/polycrisis-world-europe-gains-sharing-emergency-supplies-and-tapping-expertise?pk_source=twitter&pk_medium=social_organic&pk_campaign=science-in-society_policy

#HorizonEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648704105576120320

Humanitarian assistance continues to arrive in Beirut and make its way to Syria.

Through the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism, disinfectants, gloves, masks, blankets and other essentials have been delivered by Poland 🇵🇱 to help those affected by the devastating earthquake.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648353597980127233

How far would you go to get to school❔

15-year-old Harold from Colombia walks across a narrow and dangerous bridge.

"No matter how long the distance is, I just want to be here."

See how we're supporting his efforts towards #EducationNoMatterWhat.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648352933355098112

Did you know that when floods and other natural hazards occur, 🇩🇰 and 🇪🇺 work together to respond? 🌧️🌍

Find out how we stay #TogetherOneStepAhead 👉 http://europa.eu/!NyHTC6

#EUCivilProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648254161992163330

RT @echo_Europe: We continue to #StandWithUkraine and support its people during the war.

Thanks to EU funding and work of @UNmigration’s teams, Ukrainians in the Kharkiv region receive direct cash assistance.

This helps to cover their most essential day-to-day needs. https://t.co/WAQfutW00K

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648249418758463488

RT @ACFBangladesh: Community members of the #STEP project are using accumulated water management and mulching methods to protect their fruit trees from extreme weather conditions #HeatWaves
@EU_ECHO @ECHO_Asia https://t.co/BFxM0564Et

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648227085238902785

Wildfires: France, Spain. 🔥👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648225686560157697

Rivers are the highways of rural Colombia.

Their waters supply food and irrigate fields, but, as rainfall increases 🌧️, they can turn into a threat.

Watch 🎥 how, together with @AxSolidaridad, we are helping people in 🇨🇴 to be ready to evacuate in case of flooding.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1648198924057071617

Baby girl Solomiia was born in a bomb shelter in Lviv.

Thanks to the generators provided by @UNICEF_UA and 🇪🇺, the shelter has a reliable supply of electricity, ensuring a comfortable and safe environment for mothers and their newborns. 🤱💙

#StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647995332721254400

At least 5.2 million Haitians are in need of humanitarian aid.

Hunger, cholera, extreme poverty, natural hazards, violence and political instability are pushing them to the brink.

We fund @WFP to transport essential personnel and life-saving aid throughout the country. 📦🚁

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647967329035190272

RT @ECHO_MiddleEast: Taim, a bright and determined 12-year-old student is taking charge of his education through @WarChildLebanon.

With thanks to the EU, vulnerable children in Lebanon are making remarkable progress through non formal education and psychosocial support.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647886886185074689

RT @CopernicusEMS: Unseasonal #wildfires have affected several areas of #France🇫🇷 in February and March

As of 16 April, the cumulative burnt area🔥 for 2023 is well over 3⃣ times above the 2006-2022 average‼️

More at👇
https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/apps/effis.statistics/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647882618128547841

🔹 How fast did EU Humanitarian Aid respond to help #Ukraine when the war started?
🔹 What are the basic needs the people in 🇺🇦 currently have?
🔹 What does helping Ukraine mean to you?

We asked. Our colleague Lisa responded. 👇

#EUSolidarity #StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1647881079833894912