Together with
@eu_echo
,
@UPResilience
&
@AITAsia
, we're tackling the urgent challenges of climate change in Asia-Pacific. Discover the aims of our initiative with insights from
@eu_echo
's Davide Zappa.
Learn more:
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As our humanitarian partners are providing first response to the
#floods
in
#Afghanistan
, a new flight of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge has landed in Kabul, bringing 97 tonnes of lifesaving supplies.
Since 2021, 35 flights have brought over 1600 tonnes of aid.
#EUSolidarity
As our partners are responding to the recent floods in Afghanistan, the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge to the country has resumed.
Today, a new flight landed in Kabul, bringing more than 97 tonnes of medical and other vital supplies for 13 humanitarian organisations. ✈️🇪🇺
Civilians and aid workers must be protected.
At all times.
In all places.
No exceptions.
Together with
@ICRC
, we continue standing up for international humanitarian law anywhere in the world.
🇪🇺Thanks to invaluable support of the
@eu_echo
, FAO's initiatives help vulnerable farmers in 🇧🇩! Providing 👇
🐐 lifesaving livestock feed
📦grain storage silos
💶 cash to vulnerable farmers in Haor regions.
Happy
#EuropeDay2024
🇪🇺
In the Philippines’s Mindanao region, frequent floods & long-standing armed conflict, coupled with lack of facilities & materials, make it hard for kids to maintain their education.
With the EU,
@SaveChildrenPH
provides vital school supplies to children to keep them motivated.
Today, we share the personal accounts of Rohingya refugees, who have found themselves in a precarious situation after the recent food ration cuts in Bangladesh.
Since 2017, the EU has contributed €50+ million in funding towards
@WFP
emergency operations in 🇧🇩.
📷↓
What do you need a refrigerated vehicle for?
To ensure that vaccines are delivered at the right temperature and maintain their potency.
@UNICEF_IRAN
reinforces vaccine cold chain system and child immunisation, with EU support.
To improve nutrition and address wasting and stunting in children under the age of five,
@WFP
provides nutrition packages to children and pregnant and nursing mothers in Myanmar.
Made possible with EU financial support. 🤝
How to rebuild a person's livelihood?
Providing wheat seeds is one of the ways.
This is how the EU and
@FAO
have helped Abdullah and other vulnerable farmers in Afghanistan get back on their feet after a moment of crisis.
Eight-year-old Yasamin lost control of her legs while her family fled bombardments in Afghanistan’s Herat province.
With support from the EU,
@HI_federation
, provides her with physiotherapy and psychosocial sessions.
She is now back at school.
The prolonged internal conflict and frequent flooding in the southernmost region of Thailand have taken a heavy toll on the people.
The EU joins forces with
@SCIThailand
to empower those living in disaster-prone areas to better prepare and protect themselves from future events.
Nepal is frequently hit by disasters.
Thanks to EU funding,
@WFP
is setting up a ‘staging area’ in the Gandaki Province, where relief supplies are stored & delivered quickly to remote locations.
This will strengthen Nepal’s emergency preparedness and response capacities.
From fires and cyclones to ration cuts, Rohingya refugee families have endured hardships beyond measure. Below, we share their stories. 🙌🏿
Despite funding cuts, our critical operations have persevered, thanks to committed partners like
@eu_echo
.
👇🏿
🔴 FAO Press Release
El Niño exit leaves a lasting impact on Southeast Asia's agricultural systems, stressing the need for preventive measures⬇️
🗞️
🔖Read
@FAO
brief Scaling Anticipatory Action across Southeast Asia👉
Since September 2023, over 540,000 Afghans have been forced to return from Pakistan.
60% of these returnees are children and adolescents, putting further strain on Afghanistan’s already stretched education system.
Every child deserves access to education.
#EducationForAll
President Biden’s budget proposal calls for an increase in capital gains tax up to 44.6%! This would be the highest capital gains tax the US has ever seen.
There’s more: it also calls for a 25% tax on unrealized capital gains.
It’s only for households worth at least $100…
🚨 Recent ration cuts have pushed many Rohingya living in refugee camps in Bangladesh into a precarious situation.
Read their personal accounts, collected by
@WFP_Bangladesh
⬇️
Today, we share the personal accounts of Rohingya refugees, who have found themselves in a precarious situation after the recent food ration cuts in Bangladesh.
Since 2017, the EU has contributed €50+ million in funding towards
@WFP
emergency operations in 🇧🇩.
📷↓
The southern region of the Philippines is marred by prolonged conflict, causing many to be internally displaced.
Together with the EU,
@EndHungerPH
supports people like Baipuri, a community leader who takes care of displaced families, to ensure they have access to crucial aid.