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Shahed’s mother has always tried to get the best possible care for her disabled daughter, even after they fled Syria.

The conflict currently raging in Sudan has caused a large displacement of people seeking safety into neighbouring Chad. According to the latest figures, around 150,000 people have crossed the Chadian border so far, and numbers continue to increase.

The conflict that broke out in Sudan in April 2023 has resulted in loss of life and pushed over 1 million people to seek for safety.

Since 2015, more than 6 million Venezuelans have left their homes to survive the country’s deep socio-economic crisis.

EU humanitarian funding has helped provide temporary emergency shelters, food and clean water, cash transfers, and primary healthcare services to those affected.

Pakistan remains one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Regional instability, climate change, and widespread poverty have only contributed to a rising number of humanitarian emergencies in Pakistan.

Like in many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to shortages of medicines and medical supplies in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

When the first whistles sound, the residents of the indigenous community of Coayare hurry out of their wooden homes. Everyone knows what the whistle means: a fire has broken out.

The simulation exercise includes the preparation to respond to wildfires as well as simultaneous emergencies such as car accidents, missing people and chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats.

With EU humanitarian support, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) provides civil and legal documentation assistance to the internally displaced, refugees, and the most vulnerable host communities in 5 regions of Niger, including Tillabéri.

Every day, hundreds of people in Latin America and the Caribbean flee their countries, searching for safety and better opportunities.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Macedonia was facing a serious lack of personal protective equipment. The EU’s emergency response coordination centre organised assistance from across Europe. In turn, the Czech Republic responded by sending supplies from its own stock.

As disasters potentially affect every person in the EU, we would like to gather views about the EU’s role in civil protection, from both the public at large and the organisations and people involved in the work of the mechanism in a more specialised capacity.

Children in Lebanon continue to bear the psychological burden of conflict. Within the SHIELD programme, the EU and War Child offer a safe space for them to express themselves through puppet theatre.

Ahed is a Syrian refugee in Jordan. She has been living in the Zaatari refugee camp for 9 years.

The COVID-19 pandemic placed an unprecedent burden on the whole world – but this was especially true of people in hard-to-reach areas, the displaced, those living in a fragile context.

Imagine your life is turned upside down twice in the last 10 years and you lose everything you have. This is what summarizes the situation of most refugees living in Türkiye.

For Ryman, without speaking Turkish, it was hard to make a living. But one day she received a phone call that changed her life completely.

Now in its 9th year, and despite conditions resembling a truce, the conflict in Yemen remains unabated. However, this has not deterred migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, from taking their chances crossing Yemen on their way to Saudi Arabia, even if most of them never make it there.