Témoignages

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,

In the village of Thambani, in the southwestern town of Mwanza in Malawi, Chief Chimlango has taken action to help promote COVID-19 vaccinations.

The EU remains strongly committed to step up protection of children in situations of armed conflict. We have prioritised providing a rapid response to new population displacements, ensuring that affected children can continue their education.

In Niger, ongoing conflict has left 3.8 million people in need. Since 2019, attacks in Diffa region have escalated, leaving children struggling to attend school.

With EU humanitarian funding, UNICEF is supporting health education professionals working with young people in the M’Berra camp.

These schoolgirls in Afghanistan are determined to get an education, no matter the obstacles.

Amin grew up and studied in Aleppo, a city that has suffered a lot throughout the 11 years of conflict in Syria.

Amra is as old as the conflict in her country Syria. At age 11, she already experienced a lifetime’s worth of hardship, anxiety, and loss.

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.

Finding shelter in a camp for displaced persons in Geneina, West Darfur, Mariam received medical aid for her injured leg. However, the little girl had also suffered deep psychological trauma due to the horrors she had witnessed and refused to speak.

Rabouaa arrived in Lebanon from Aleppo when she was 6. COVID-19 confined her in a tent, but that did not stop her. This is her story.

“We are climate activists!” “We are ready to fight disasters! We are ready to save lives!”

In Guatemala, where more than 50% the population live below the poverty line, these committees, mostly led by rural women, play a big role in sharing reliable health information with their local communities.

With the start of Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine, Andriy and his fellow firefighters found themselves on their own battlefield. Every day, they fight for the people whose homes have been destroyed by Russian troops.

1 year since foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban came to power, life is still unbearably hard, particularly for women and girls.

Have you heard about mindfulness? It is a type of meditation involving breathing methods and other practices to help reduce stress.

In Mali, 450,000 people are currently being forced to flee their homes due to the conflict in the country since 2012.

The war in Ukraine has spiralled into a fully-fledged humanitarian catastrophe.

Nepal was devastated by unprecedented monsoon floods in October 2021. They affected a great number of Nepalese across the country, especially those who were already vulnerable.