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RSS![At a center for malnourished children run by EU’s partner World Foof Programme (WFP), children and their mothers learn how to prepare a fortified porridge.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/Nutrition%20hdl%20_c_2019%20European%20Union%20photographer%20Peter%20Biro.jpg?itok=lklBMsCl)
As the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Tokyo draws to a close today, Team Europe has made a bold commitment to fighting the global malnutrition crisis.
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On today's Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network Day, Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is inaugurating the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network.
![At feeding centres, run by ACF with the support of the European Union, children receive free nutritious hot meals,](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/Action%20Against%20Hunger-2020%20photographer%20Mahmud%20Rahman.jpg?itok=sQjdKbg8)
At today's Nutrition for Growth Summit in Tokyo, the Commission announced a new pledge of €2.5 billion for 2021-2024 to reduce all forms of malnutrition.
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The Commission continues to provide further financial support to Member States through the Mobility Package of the Emergency Support Instrument.
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The EU has allocated additional humanitarian aid to support vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Today, the EU has allocated an additional €325 million to extend the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme until early 2023.
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While attending the 2021 European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, emphasised the centrality of investment in prevention and preparedness for better confronting a future risk landscape of more frequent and extreme disasters.
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Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is today joining former Commissioner and current Minister for the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of Greece, Christos Stylianides, for the opening session of the ‘European Civil Protection Mechanism Lessons Learned' workshop on forest fires.
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Responding immediately to an appeal, the European Commission has allocated €200,000 in humanitarian funding to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
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The European Commission has allocated emergency humanitarian funding of €2 million for those affected by recent unprecedented floods in South Sudan.