Filter by
Stories (321)
RSS![people inside a store](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/Syria%20-%20life%20in%20the%20time%20of%20food%20insecurity%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=c9PKHXd_)
Syria, a country that used to be self-sufficient in food production, now ranks among the 6 countries with the highest food insecurity in the world.
- Type
- Field blog
When the car stopped in front of their home and pulled out his brother’s dead body Imad was distraught beyond words.
- Type
- Field blog
![View of a street with damaged buildings due to bombardments](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-07/Syria%20-%20why%20humanitarian%20aid%20needs%20to%20get%20through%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=A1dyV2g2)
Towering high above the city, the citadel of Aleppo – one of the oldest and largest fortresses in the world - stands in stark contrast to the wasteland below.
- Type
- Field blog
![Syrian refugees in Lebanon, between hammer and anvil main](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-11/Syrian%20refugees%20in%20Lebanon%2C%20between%20hammer%20and%20anvil%20main.jpg?itok=nOXZ4cD8)
The simplest of things – registering a birth or obtaining legal residency – represents an administrative imbroglio for most Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
- Type
- Field blog
![Group photo with lots of children and some adults in an open space.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/The%20children%20of%20Gaza%2008.jpg?itok=Dos1mc8k)
Every war is different; but the terrible impact on children's lives is always the same. In Gaza, the relentless cycle of violence, displacement and insecurity has shattered people’s sense of normality and plunged them into suffering.
- Type
- Photo story
![The community health workers of Yemen 02](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-04/UNICEF_Mansoor%20%283%29.jpg?itok=oASLKe5j)
“The things we learn in this programme may seem pretty basic for health workers, but I know that this knowledge and skills will make a huge difference for the people of my village!” says Maria Mohamed.
- Type
- Field blog
![Aid worker walking on a road in the refugee settlement](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-07/The%20cost%20of%20living%20in%20safety%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=YFDmy0jP)
EU-funded cash assistance helps refugees in Turkey like Nacah and Ahmed cope with harsh living conditions.
- Type
- Field blog
![A woman with a child on her back in the camp.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/The%20EU%20scales%20up%20assistance%20to%20victims%20of%20forgotten%20conflict%20in%20Eastern%20Congo%2002.jpg?itok=hshnB_Pj)
Wracked by decades of conflict, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the most complex and protracted humanitarian crisis in Africa and the largest hunger crisis worldwide. Nena Lafuente, who helps oversee EU humanitarian programs in Goma, spoke to us about the ongoing crisis.
- Type
- Field blog
![Woman in a children's ward holding a child on her lap](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-09/The%20humans%20of%20the%20hunger%20crisis%20featured%20media.jpg?itok=qg6kadzS)
Countries in the Horn of Africa have been facing a devastating drought – often described as “the worst in a generation”.
- Type
- Photo story
![Bangladesh - The joy of learning with friends 01](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-06/Bangladesh-The-joy-of-learning-with-friends-01.jpg?itok=6bgqvZDq)
It’s the first day of school for Haresa and Shokatara! The two girls live in Cox’s Bazar, the largest refugee camp in the world hosting close to 1 million Rohingya refugees. Here, where over 50% of refugees are under 18 years old, the EU is supporting access to education through UNICEF.
- Type
- Field blog
![Person sitting in a wheelchair 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/2023-01/The%20Last%20Lifeline%2001.jpg?itok=j-6Hn7yY)
Food, medicine, and other vital supplies are funnelled through Bab al-Hawa – Syria’s last humanitarian aid corridor and the only lifeline for civilians in this part of the country.
- Type
- Field blog
![The Nigerien student featured image](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/The%20Nigerien%20student%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=T-Ezb7IP)
There’s one thing that Abari cannot stand: being underestimated. “I want to do everything that the people that can see are doing,”
- Type
- Field blog
![Na’aem and Aisha sitting in front of the shelter in the camp](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-02/20201911_Ba%20Hayan_Yemen_Sahdah%20Camp_Al-Dhalee_A%20Day-in-the-life%20of%20Muhamasheen%20Teenage%20Girl%20%2870%29.jpg?itok=ZBpiZnEr)
Aisha and Na’aem have been through a lot together. Growing up in the city of Al Hodeidah in western Yemen, they were forced to flee 3 years ago when conflict flared.
- Type
- Photo story
![3 youngsters walking towards a settlement in a sandy area. In the background some mountains.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/The%20Yazidis%20in%20Iraq%2004.jpg?itok=Mto9W4ex)
About 400,000 Yazidis fled to the Kurdish region of Iraq after the assault of ISIS in 2014. Today, more than half remain displaced.
- Type
- Photo story
![Aya capturing a photo while holding the camera in front of her face.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/Through%20their%20own%20lens%2001.jpg?itok=2gWVy2nb)
Aya, Jameel, Fteim, Yasmin and Mohamad were given a camera to document their lives. They are among the 1.2 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon and recipients of EU-funded cash assistance in a country where life is getting harder by the day.
- Type
- Photo story
![Baby being weighed](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/Treating%20and%20preventing%20malnutrition%20in%20Niger%2001%20Baby%20being%20weighed.jpg?itok=YI8WOOth)
Like other countries in the Sahel, Niger faces various humanitarian crises...
- Type
- Photo story
![Erwin laying on a mattress, in the background the rest of the family](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-04/Trinidad%20and%20Tobago%20-%20providing%20aid%20to%20vulnerable%20Venezuelan%20refugees%20and%20migrants%2001.jpg?itok=ZU5F4zjn)
Erwin Barreto Vazquez was 21 years old when a car crash left him paralysed from the waist down in 2005, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
- Type
- Photo story
![Fatima describes herself as a freedom-loving, independent, but also traditional woman](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/Turkey%20-%20a%20call%20that%20opened%20doors%2001.jpg?itok=79bUig3y)
Fatima’s story is one of loss, courage, and willpower. She had to flee the war in Syria and came to Turkey in search of safety.
- Type
- Field blog
On 6 February, a powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitude – one of the strongest earthquakes in the region in more than 100 years – struck the south-eastern Anatolia region of Türkiye, affecting 11 provinces in Türkiye and 6 governorates in Syria.
- Type
- Photo story
![View of the workshop where 3 people are creating prostheses](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-12/Turkey%20-%20providing%20support%20for%20refugees%20with%20disabilities%2005.jpg?itok=9SbX5Eu1)
Najim lost one of his legs 5 years ago when an air attack hit his village in Syria.
- Type
- Photo story