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RSS![View of a street with several Rohingya carrying supplies.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Food%20ration%20cuts%20in%20Bangladesh%2005.jpg?h=b6b2a568&itok=3sXFsyxP)
Last year, a substantial funding shortfall forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce by 30% the food rations in camps in Bangladesh, where almost 1 million Rohingya refugees live, after they fled violence and persecution in Myanmar live.
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![Anna Zakaria Abdallah, seen from the back, and her son looking towards the camera standin amid a group of refugees.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Influx%20of%20refugees%20into%20Chad%2002.jpg?h=6645cb5b&itok=Kk2cqmoP)
More than 579,000* Sudanese refugees have escaped to Chad since April, pushing the country’s refugee population over the 1 million mark which is more than Chad ever hosted in the past 20 years.
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![A man standing close to a wood burner. Several items are hanging at the surrounding walls.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Syria%2013%20years%20of%20war%20main.jpg?h=b6b2a568&itok=ENbS2RPQ)
After 13 years of devastating conflict and a powerful earthquake that struck in 2023, 14 million Syrians were forced to abandon their homes and continue struggling to keep afloat amid frequent military operations, the increasing costs of living and a lack of access to basic services.
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![A woman walks across a derelict railway bridge in the background a river surrounded by green trees.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Madagascar%20forgotten%20crisis%2001.jpg?h=1b60c973&itok=S6Z6dQ1S)
Each year, Madagascar faces recurring droughts, floods and cyclones, which devastate the crops of subsistence farmers, who make up a significant portion of the population,
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![Gloves washing of oil from a bird.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/earth%20day%202024%2003.jpg?h=5062c92f&itok=_7IkxAR6)
On Earth Day 2024, we look at how the EUROWA-2 (EURopean Oiled Wildlife Assistance) project has helped improve preparedness for oiled wildlife emergencies.
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![Aid workers taling to an older man.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Supporting_Palestinian_communities_affected_by_settler_violence_in_the_West_Bank_3.jpg?h=ca87da5f&itok=tR6AjV9D)
In recent years, violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has been on the rise. On average, 3 settler-related incidents occurred per day in the first 8 months of 2023, compared to an average of 2 per day in 2022 and 1 per day the previous year.
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![Safe childbirth in times of conflict and displacement 04](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/safe_childbirth_in_times_of_conflict_and_displacement_4.png?h=bd50ca23&itok=EH0-v0Wc)
In Sudan, conflict has resulted in the internal displacement of over 10 million people, the highest displacement in the world. The recent outbreak in April 2023 forced more than 9 million people from their homes, some for the second or third time.
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![Photo of a hand giving paper money to another hand. In the background some people standing around.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Cash%20transfers%20and%20flour%20Niger%2002.jpg?h=b6b2a568&itok=7po37RJ8)
Niger continues to suffer significant humanitarian needs due to conflict, displacement, food insecurity, child malnutrition, and epidemics. The multi-faceted shocks in conflict-affected areas of Niger have had a severe impact on local, already destitute populations.
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![Cherishing new life EU-trained home nurses help families in remote areas of Ukraine 01](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Cherishing-new-life-EU-trained-home-nurses-help-families-in-remote-areas-of-Ukraine-01.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=5efxdzYW)
Ruslana is a 19-year-old nurse who works at a clinic in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr oblast. She regularly visits families with young children in remote villages near the border with Belarus.
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![Breaking barriers: from banker to deminer 01](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/breaking%20barriers_from_banker_to_deminer_01.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=GYbOLKTp)
Formerly employed in a bank for five years, 27-year-old Diana changed her life and focused on her passion of making a difference in her hometown, Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Since October 2023, Diana has been working as a deminer for Danish Church Aid (DCA), specialising in non-technical surveys (NTS).
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![A woman holding her child on her arms standing on a gallery, in the background clothes drying on a washingline.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Women%20and%20girls%20in%20Gaza%2001.jpg?h=40a97398&itok=EJqiyLug)
In times of complex crises, when normality is shattered by the brutal consequences of an all-out war that leaves no one safe and forces scores of people to displace, women and girls become extremely exposed to all kinds of risks.
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![Cover of the graphic novel partly on top of 2 opened pages.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/till%20the%20last%20bird%20sings%20main%20image.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=ZBdy5Fgy)
How are Afghans doing more than 2 years after the withdrawal of international troops? And more specifically, how is access to healthcare in the country? To answer those questions, a graphic novel, takes readers through a working day in its health centres in the country.
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4 years, 1 year, 3 months… the time people have spent in displacement sites around Mopti varies. But the reason they fled their homes is almost always the same: a brutal attack on their village. Aichata recounts how she, her husband, and children escaped on foot, leaving everything behind.
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![A woman pushing a girl in a wheel chair in a street seen from the side.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Gaza%20-%20helping%20displaced%20children%20and%20families%20meet%20their%20hygiene%20needs%2003.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=F5KhC7BY)
Eman and her children live in a tent at the Zahra school shelter in Rafah. They are among the thousands of families facing the daily struggle of accessing basic necessities, especially clean water and sanitation facilities.
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![A person walking on a sand road surrounded with lots of green.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Uganda-s%20unique%20refugee%20policy%2001.jpg?h=6645cb5b&itok=J9Kfyslr)
Uganda’s refugee policy presents a unique example to the world: refugees are welcomed to the country, they are given land and are provided with basic services. They enjoy freedom of movement – although they do not receive Ugandan citizenship.
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![Ingeborg Hasli, talking to co-workers outside a shelter camp](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-03/Female%20and%20on%20the%20front%20line%2001.jpg?itok=PmgWcDQB)
For last year’s International Women’s Day, we spoke with Ingeborg Hasli, a woman at the forefront of European Civil Protection operations. She exemplifies the ideas of perseverance, confidence determination in the face of real dangers and hardships.
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![Claire in the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre in Brussels, large screens displaying maps and news channels in the background.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Meet%20Claire%2001.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=27skk0fd)
Studying tropical cyclones turned out to be too boring, she turned to firefighting instead. 30 years later, Claire Kowalewski is helping to make the EU’s wildfire response as fast and efficient as possible. On International Women’s Day, we asked her about the beginning of her professional journey.
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![Laxmi and Roshan standing in front of a shelter tent.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Nepal%20-%20delivering%20winter%20tents%2009.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=JuCi1GAj)
In early November 2023, a powerful earthquake shook western Nepal, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Tens of thousands of homes were damaged as the country was bracing for bitterly cold winter months.
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The Borena zone in southern Ethiopia is an area where communities live mostly off pastoralism and, therefore, livestock, is crucial for people’s livelihood and food.
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![Vira standing outside her house holding a cat in her arms.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-02/2023_IRC_Kherson_5.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=iHCJ92EM)
Today, 2 years after the start of the full-scale war and 15 months since the liberation of Kherson, the city’s new reality is much more grim.
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