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RSS![Medical staff with a resident sitting in the street](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-06/colombia%20health%20video%20full.jpg?itok=B8I4p3nH)
Health workers are being systematically targeted, leaving conflict-affected and isolated areas even more vulnerable.
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![Colombia supporting older people overcome the challenges of conflict featured media](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-05/Colombia%20supporting%20older%20people%20overcome%20the%20challenges%20of%20conflict%20featured%20media.jpg?itok=FIav-3Eq)
For almost 60 years, civilians in Colombia have been suffering the consequences of a conflict affecting large portions of the country.
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![1-year-old Mona is screened for malnutrition](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/Conflict%20in%20Sudan%20deepens%20malnutrition%20crisis%2003.jpg?itok=Z_4-1PB_)
Even before conflict erupted in Sudan in April, malnutrition rates among children under 5 years were on the rise. The EU responds as poor access to nutrition, health, water, hygiene, and food threaten the health of the country’s children.
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![A woman seen from the back, up front a sign hanging of the office.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/Costa%20Rica%20-%20cash%20assistance%2001.jpg?itok=J_WfzgKk)
35-year-old Elena was recovering from COVID-19, which adversely affected her for over a month, when she received a call she was eagerly expecting: she would receive cash assistance to meet her family’s basic needs for 3 months.
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![Ashwaq and a friend sitting at a low table with books in front, attending a class.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/Creating%20new%20prospects%20for%20Iraqi%20children%2007.jpg?itok=Mn4gQLVX)
In Iraq, a country scarred by conflict and civil unrest, the EU and UNICEF are working together to identify out-of-school children and adolescents, finding ways to make them learn again.
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![3 pairs of legs in a row, one person holding shoes in his hands.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-02/Crossing%20the%20Darien%20Gap%2001.jpg?itok=cIiXxDHN)
The name ‘Lajas Blancas’ might not ring a bell when thinking about famous locations to visit in Panama, but for people crossing the Darién Gap, reaching this place means being finally safe.
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![boy washing hands](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-12/cuba_covid19_video_thumb.jpg?itok=KJrBScZJ)
Despite the challenges posed by a 6-decade economic embargo imposed by the United States, Cuba has built a strong healthcare system.
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![View of a colorful boat on the river. Goods are being unpacked by 2 persons.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/Delivering%20aid%20along%20the%20Niger%20river%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=YGtTD1jp)
Logistics are key in humanitarian aid. But how do you deliver life-saving supplies when armed groups cut roads off, deploy landmines, and target convoys?
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![Group of people sitting in a circle outside, 1 women standing.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/DREF%20-%20EU%20supports%20IFRC%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=WraVsEJe)
Since 1979, the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has offered immediate financial support to respond to all kinds of emergencies around the globe.
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![View of the school building with a car in the foreground](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/DRC%20-%20helping%20children%20stay%20in%20school%2001.jpg?itok=p3fTxUV-)
Humanitarian needs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are among the highest in the world. People in the DRC have been facing persistent conflict and violence for decades.
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![Rescue workers in group carrying a stretcher over a wall.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-02/Hungarian%20firefighters%20rescued%20Selma%20featured.jpg?itok=md9bMRxy)
In a first-hand account, the Hungarian rescue team explains how they managed to save Selma’s life.
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In eastern Ukraine, the ongoing conflict continues to cause damage to housing, schools, health facilities and water and electricity supply.
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Europe faces overwhelming losses and destruction from climate-related disasters as the continent is warming faster than any other region in the world:
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![2 faces in backlight](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-03/Ecuador%20-%20supporting%20Colombians%20leaving%20war%20and%20abuse%2001.jpg?itok=vfeFdqmN)
After years of abuse and living in the reality of one of the world's longest conflicts, Sandra* had the courage to take the first step and leave Colombia to save herself and her children's future.
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![Warder in front of prisoners standing behind bars](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-08/El%20Salvador%20-%20how%20the%20EU%20assists%20people%20surviving%20the%20horrors%20of%20gang%20violence%2001.jpg?itok=bW_3YZE6)
The EU works with several humanitarian partners throughout the north of Central America, where gang violence is so blind and widespread that it resembles a conflict.
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![Zau Mun sits next to his shelter at a camp](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-04/Displaced%20communities%20in%20Myanmar%2007.jpg?itok=OrMYpKQm)
With EU humanitarian support, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) provides aid to those affected by conflict in the country’s northeast, ranging from life-saving assistance to resilience-building projects.
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![Empowering the vulnerable: EU supports senior Ukrainians affected by war 02](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/Empowering%20the%20vulnerable%20EU%20supports%20senior%20Ukrainians%20affected%20by%20war%2002.jpg?itok=5sp9s1BV)
“We’ve lost everything. But one day, we will return home.” These words are most often heard in conversations with senior Ukrainians who have been suffering from the Russian invasion since February 2022.
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![Empowering women and girls in Bangladesh-s largest refugee camp_featured media](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-12/Empowering%20women%20and%20girls%20in%20Bangladesh-s%20largest%20refugee%20camp_00.jpg?itok=2Yw8mfyL)
Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar hosts hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
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![Sumaiya at a sewing machine](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-04/Empowering%20women%20to%20fight%20gender-based%20violence%2001.jpg?itok=WgEnpl9b)
Born into a low-income family in a village in Bangladesh’s southern Cox’s Bazar district, Sumaiya got married when she was only 15 years old.
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![Water tank being filled](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-03/Ensuring%20access%20to%20safe%20water%20in%20the%20aftermath%20of%20a%20natural%20disaster.jpg?itok=4g_PTGM1)
When dealing with a large-scale natural disaster, access to safe water is critical in order to avoid the spread of waterborne diseases and fulfil basic hygiene needs.
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