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At a time of extraordinary need, with fragile infrastructure still reeling from the 2023 earthquakes and displaced people considering returning home after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the NGO GOAL provides essential humanitarian support.

A small bakery in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine continues to bake fresh bread amid shelling and power cuts to keep its community strong – thanks to the EU’s support

In 2024, heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan caused widespread flooding that devastated large parts of the country. Mirpur Khas, an already impoverished district in the southern Sindh province, was amongst the hardest hit.

Over 16 months of war devastated the Gaza Strip. What was once a place with resourceful people struggling with many challenges and under Israeli blockade, is now a grim landscape of rubble, tents, and overcrowded, bullet-riddled makeshift shelters.

2 years into Sudan’s brutal war, 15 million people - 1 in 3 Sudanese - are displaced, including nearly 4 million who fled to neighbouring countries.

The sun had just risen above the palm trees when armed men emerged from the bush and entered Quiterajo, a small coastal town in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province.

On World Health Day, the European Union reaffirms its steadfast commitment to health in humanitarian settings and fragile regions such as Cameroon's North-West.

Since the Sudan conflict began in April 2023, millions have faced immense hardship. Through EU-funded IRC programmes, Dr. Mogahed Ilkeet, delivers life-saving care at the Tunaydbah camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border.

The Darien Gap, the only overland link between South and Central America, spans more than 60 miles of swamps, dense rainforest, rushing rivers, and rugged mountains. This extraordinary yet treacherous jungle is among the most dangerous migration routes in the world.

Civilians in northern Mali are caught in the crossfire of an escalating conflict. Often wrongly associated with non-state armed groups, they bear the brunt of retaliatory attacks, with violations perpetrated by all parties to the conflict, and suffer from the absence of basic services.

20 years on, Darfur is once again on fire and a theatre of mass atrocities. Traumatised, shocked, and suffering the most horrific repercussions from the war, Sudanese refugees who manage to flee embark on risky journeys, often walking for days before reaching the Chadian border.

As the harsh Ukrainian winter approaches, their owners face a stark challenge: how to protect themselves and their damaged homes from the bitter cold and the dangers it brings.

Life in Lebanon has always been marked by resilience, but the challenges faced by its people today are unprecedented.

In pictures, see how the World Food Programme (WFP), with funding from the European Union, help most affected families go through this hard time with cash transfers.

Khadija is one of the tens of thousands Sahrawi refugees living in the refugee camps in southwestern Algeria. Here, life is a constant struggle, with temperatures regularly exceeding 50℃ during Summer.

Wildfires are becoming a permanent occurrence in many parts of Europe and the world.

Our colleague Norik Soubrier visited the site recently, during the distribution of essential supplies to 7,900 IDP families.

Assisting the most vulnerable population in the eastern DRC

In any emergency, rescue workers and firefighters are the first to arrive, ready to help, protect and save lives, despite any challenges. They are heroes in every country. When their nation is at war, their daily work takes a whole new level.