Ukraine 🇺🇦 is one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the 🌍 with 30% of the land contaminated by deadly explosives.
We support partners like @DRC_ngo to help civilians avoid mines and unexploded ordnance, and stay safe.
#MineActionCannotWait #IMAD2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1643208228828766211
RT @WFP_Tanzania: Access to food is a basic human right, no one should go to bed hungry!
Thank you @EU_ECHO 🇪🇺 for your generous contribution. It enables @WFP 🇹🇿 to provide food 🥘 assistance to more than 200,000 refugees living in #Nduta and #Nyarugusu camps in 📍Kigoma #Tanzania
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1643200573523791872
It is estimated that 30% of Ukraine’s territory is contaminated with mines.
That is why we are donating 50 explosive and mine detection dogs to Ukraine. Nine of them are already on the ground.
They will help rebuild 🇺🇦 in the safest possible way.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1643138833033097216
New #rescEU shelter reserves will be able to host thousands of people in an emergency.
The EU has awarded €116.6 million to Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Türkiye to procure and host these new rescEU reserves.
Learn more. 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1643198127657082880
On #MineAwarenessDay, we remember the story of Mohammed Ibrahim, an Afghan farmer, who was injured by a mine while irrigating his land.
Together with our partner @TheHALOTrust in Afghanistan, we work to make farming safer for him and for others.
#MineActionCannotWait #IMAD2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1643195337916444672
RT @UNMAS: #MineActionCannotWait.
Tomorrow, we invite you to join us in commemorating International Day for Mine Awareness and assistance in Mine Action
Watch LIVE here: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1leron8sq
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1643191810368454656
Since 2020, Burundian refugees – who fled the violence in #Burundi in 2015 – have started to return home, but over 300,000 of them still remain in neighbouring 🇹🇿, 🇨🇩, 🇷🇼, and 🇺🇬.
To support them, we have allocated €9 million in humanitarian funding.
Read more 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642894573402816513
RT @EDCTP3: 📢We are live
The Global Health EDCTP3 Twitter is up and running!
Follow us & stay updated on our work to combat #infectiousdiseases 🥼
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642865864331481088
Working together with our humanitarian partners to ensure #COVID19 vaccination in fragile settings in Africa: how the @WHO, with EU funding, supported vaccination campaigns across the continent.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642549951640244227
"I opened the front door and I heard screaming, and everything in my apartment started to fall from the shelves."
Hear the voices from the EU emergency workers who coordinated our response to the earthquakes in #Türkiye. 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642474454625181697
RT @lermani13: Excited to have been at @ZagrebDox 🇭🇷 today, where I had the opportunity to present @EU_ECHO documentary, 'When I grow up'. The film is part of our #EducationNoMatterWhat campaign, which includes screenings at festivals around Europe. More here 📽️: https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/resources-campaigns/campaigns/education-no-matter-what_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642461344329768960
Wildfires are one of the biggest threats to Europe's biodiversity. 🔥🌍
Discover how 🇬🇷 and the 🇪🇺 work together to prepare for and respond to wildfires and other natural hazards 👉 http://europa.eu/!kFmwG7
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642406254579707904
As of March 23rd, more than 2️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Ukrainian patients have been transferred to receive specialised care in hospitals across Europe via the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism.
🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇰🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇭🇺🇮🇪🇮🇹🇱🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪 - thank you for your solidarity!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642187563715657729
''It is a great feeling of humanity. Helping people and observing the positive impact on them,'' says Dunia, a health promoter from #Syria.
She is part of @RESCUEorg's mobile medical units which educate displaced Syrians about health emergencies they are facing, such as cholera.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642104523715153920
🗺️ Mapped: tropical cyclone #Freddy and floods in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1642036569845407744
Imagine having to leave everything you've ever known behind in order to escape war and persecution...
This is the reality for millions of Syrians who have found themselves seeking refuge in #Lebanon.
Thanks to EU humanitarian aid, @Refugees is there to support them.
See how 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1641812306672615429
Everyone deserves to live in dignity, regardless of their race, ethnic group, gender and sexual identity, religion, age, nationality or political affiliation.
Feeling safe to live life as your true authentic self is non-negotiable! 🫂🏳️⚧️
#TransDayOfVisibility
RT @Refugees: Transgender people fearing persecution have the right to seek asylum.
No one should have to choose between being who they are and being able to live in safety.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1641773782409814017
Ensuring the protection of civilians is at the heart of the EU's humanitarian action.
In #Mali, we support vulnerable communities by providing:
🍲 food
🥫 basic essential items
⛺️ emergency shelter
🩺 health services
🫂 psychosocial support
🎒 education
Find out more 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1641719591779942400
I am visiting #Lebanon🇱🇧 which is facing multiple crises, putting more and more people at risk.
Lebanon also hosts some 1.5 million Syrian refugees, the highest number of refugees per capita in the world.
Around 4 million people need humanitarian aid to meet their basic needs.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JanezLenarcic/status/1641377322388406272
RT @MPopowskiEU: Great to catch up with @StefanishynaO in Kyiv. Support to 🇺🇦 will continue as long as necessary. We discussed humanitarian and civil protection measures helping people affected by the war.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_echo/status/1641683816602390528
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