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The Award recognises actions by the EU public administration that have a visible and direct positive impact on the lives of citizens.
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![Eltaj and Eljad are looking at the items delivered by UNHCR](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-02/2021%2012_Azerbaijan_European%20Union_Tofiq%20Babayev_UNHCR%20distribution_photo%20story%203.jpg?itok=c88qusAs)
The 6-week long Karabakh conflict in 2020 has resulted in several thousands of casualties, including civilian deaths and injuries.
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![Back home: helping DRC refugees rebuild their lives](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/thumbnail_drc.jpg?itok=lJZJrrw9)
Going back to the homes they fled is only the first step in the journey back to normality
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![Adolescent girls sewing sanitary pads.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-08/Bangladesh%20-%20homemade%20sanitary%20pads%2001.jpg?itok=_jTIjyiY)
Menstrual hygiene is integral to women's health and wellbeing. Poor menstrual hygiene can pose serious health risks.
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![Family attending a nutrition workshop](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-07/Beating%20malnutrition%20in%20the%20DRC%2001.jpg?itok=gvDrvGuS)
For more than 25 years, conflict has threatened the population of one of the world's poorest countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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![Belgian medical staff help Slovak hospital face COVID-19 emergency](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-04/ICF2100013_DG-ECHO_Homepage_Story%201_420x280pxpx_BE.jpg?itok=lEas0eFd)
When the COVID-19 burden became overwhelming for Slovak doctors and nurses, their Belgian colleagues rushed to their rescue. After Slovakia asked for help to the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre, Belgium responded by sending 2 medical teams to the country.
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![A premature born child in an incubator.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/Born%20under%20fire%2001.jpg?itok=xhVzu98o)
A year ago, this maternity hospital in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, was surrounded by Russian forces. But despite the shelling, the maternity ward did not stop its operations for a single day.
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![View of people in front of a distribution centre](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-09/Humanitarian%20Air%20Bridge%20flights%20in%20Somalia%2005.jpg?itok=qdG8F8dJ)
Due to the increasing humanitarian needs resulting from the unprecedented drought in the Horn of Africa, coupled with entrenched insecurity in Somalia, the EU launched a series of Humanitarian Air Bridge flights to the country.
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![COVID-19: EU-Coordinated Repatriation of EU Citizens](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/coronovirusoutbreak_euresponse_repatriation_image_0.png?itok=2ZrZ_gq9)
The EU supports Member States in organising the repatriation of EU citizens from across the world, wherever they may be.
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![Souleymane* is supported by Save the Children, with an EU-funded project providing education and mental health care for children affected by the conflicts in the Sahel.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/burkina-faso-building-a-brighter-future-c_save_the_children_08.jpg?itok=aoGHf0qd)
In Africa’s Sahel region, Burkina Faso is among the 10 poorest countries in the world.
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![Helicopter in Sebba being unloaded. Some boxes on the foreground.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-12/Burkina%20Faso%20-%20Humanitarian%20Air%20Bridge%2006.jpg?itok=qfAWv8KK)
The EU is stepping up emergency support to deliver aid to vulnerable populations in areas where access is severely limited.
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![Socheat studying science](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-11/Cambodia%20helping%20Socheat%20go%20back%20to%20school%20after%20heavy%20floods%20featured%20media%20d8.jpg?itok=8BiGZFBX)
Socheat lives in Cambodia with her grandparents and younger sister. A few years ago, her parents left to work in neighbouring Thailand.
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![Dr Angara checking a small child, kept in the arms of the mother.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-12/Cameroon%20-%20dedicated%20humanitarian%20health%20staff%2008.jpg?itok=6A7TTQ5Q)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least half of the people in the world do not have access to essential health care. Moreover, 344 million people are going deeper into extreme poverty each year because they cannot afford the health fees.
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![Photo of 3 children standing in front of a refugee tent](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-03/Cash%20assistance%20in%20Yemen%2001.jpg?itok=9YtF4IsB)
Like millions of Yemenis, Aisha was driven from her home by a missile attack. She will never forget the chaos and panic of that day when she had to take her grandchildren to safety.
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![2 people talking to an aid worker while seated on the ground.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-02/Children%20under%20attack%2006.jpg?itok=2n_pvbSy)
With EU humanitarian support, children exiting armed forces and groups, as well as survivors of sexual violence, receive holistic care.
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![4 people of a demining team on site](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/Clearing%20Afghanistan-s%20deadly%20legacy%20of%20war%2001.jpg?itok=rnFMvecD)
In Afghanistan, deadly, rusting legacies of war are embedded in the walls of homes, lodged in roadside ditches, and half-buried in remote hillsides.
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![Woman with children walking in a field](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-04/Climate%20change%20puts%20almost%20every%20child%20at%20risk%20-%20%20featured%20media%202.jpg?itok=OvYDvO1L)
2020 was the hottest year on record. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are the highest they have been in at least 3.5 million years.
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![With EU humanitarian aid funding, DRC is also providing protection services such as legal counselling and cash assistance, so that people can purchase what they most need.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-11/Colombia%20between%20pervasive%20violence%20and%20oblivion08.jpg?itok=jT3Qdhcd)
Violence has intensified, especially in remote and isolated areas, and displacement persists.
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![2 young people in front of a shop](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-12/Colombia%20-%20migrants%20access%20their%20rights%2001.jpg?itok=Lu1cWaj7)
Being a migrant, working on the streets of a foreign country, is incredibly hard and leaves you vulnerable to many dangers.
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![Colombia: EU supports basic health care for conflict-affected areas 06](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-04/picture_6.jpg?itok=UUZCMhOK)
Colombia continues to be hostage to a nearly 6-decade internal conflict. In 2016, the government signed a peace agreement with the largest guerrilla group, the FARC.
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