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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.

As the old trawler pulled out from a tucked-away stretch of beach in southern Bangladesh, Shukura and nearly 200 other desperate Rohingya refugees from Myanmar braced themselves for the arduous journey ahead.

6 years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, nearly 1 million Rohingya remain stranded in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh, their plight far from over.

The international humanitarian law, or ‘rules of war’, is a set of rules that seek to limit the effects of armed conflict.

Forced to flee her home in Mykolaiv, Lyudmilla and her 7-year-old daughter Irina found refuge in Moldova. Despite the warm welcome they received, she longs to one day return to Ukraine.

Children who had to flee conflict often suffer from mental health issues due to the distressing experiences they had gone through. Caring for their mental health is as important as for their physical wellbeing.

Children in the Sahel have the right to education, protection and well-being for harmonious development. The EU and Save the Children provide mental health and psychosocial support for children affected by violence.

In West Africa, hunger has reached a sad new record. For the 3rd consecutive year, the Sahel and Lake Chad regions are facing food and nutrition crises of exceptional proportions, affecting up to 38.3 million people.