For your courage.
For your selfless service.
For keeping our communities safe.
Today and any other day, we thank you. 🙏
#FirefightersDay
#EUCivilProtection
In many humanitarian crises, goods are available on the market, but the affected people have lost the means to buy them.
The EU provides Syrians in need with cash assistance to buy what they need the most, including food.
#SeeSyria
#SyriaConf2024
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. 🤝
When wildfires get out of control, the
#EUCivilProtection
Mechanism is there to mobilise international assistance.
But without firefighters, none of this would ever be possible.
On
#FirefightersDay
, let's acknowledge their dedication and thank them for their invaluable service.
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We are awaiting you at
#EUOpenDay
!
👋Come visit our headquarters at Berlaymont in Brussels!
Explore our villages and learn how Europe is striving to become more resilient, fairer and stronger.
Not in Brussels? There are events taking place across the EU. Join one close to you!
After 13 years of conflict, we still
#SeeSyria
.
From food and cash assistance to shelter and protection, EU humanitarian aid programmes help rebuild lives and empower communities.
#SyriaConf2024
@UNmigration
Coming up tomorrow!
The EU institutions are opening their doors, just a few days before
#EuropeDay
.
Join online and on-site activities across our Union, including in the home of the EU institutions in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.
Info →
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.
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#ImageOfTheDay
In
#Kenya
🇰🇪, recent heavy rain has resulted in severe flash floods, causing 170 casualties
Authorities have issued evacuation orders for thousands of residents in areas vulnerable to further floods and landslides
⬇️
#Sentinel2
image from 30 April
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What do you see in this photo?🔍
What appears as a desert are the haunting remains of Poopo Lake in
#Bolivia
– a once-thriving lake forever changed by
#climatechange
.🌍
On
#WorldPressFreedomDay
let's thank journalists who tell the story behind the photo & fight
#misinformation
.
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🔊 Explore the “Tales of Art from Syria” 🎭 programme from 6-28 May in
#Brussels
.
Organised by the 🇪🇺
#EU
, a diverse range of Syrian artists will share their stories & visions 💡 as part of
#SyriaConf2024
on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”.
Info ⤵️
Tomorrow is the day!
If you are in Brussels or nearby, come and visit us at our Berlaymont building.
It will be open from 10:00 to 18:00 with free entry.
Get involved and participate in the
#EUOpenDay
!
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Internally displaced individuals' survival frequently hinges on crucial aid.
In conflict-affected areas of Cameroon,
@eu_echo
and
@WFP_Cameroon
have provided food aid to around 300,000 IDPs in the Far North over the past year.
Read more⬇️
A sea shipment from Italy to Egypt is carrying over 85 tonnes of supplies for Palestinians in need.
The humanitarian cargo, incl. shelter and hygiene items, comes from the EU's own stockpiles.
The operation has been coordinated with our partners on the ground,
@UNHRD
@NRC
@IOM
.
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The EU firmly condemns any act of violence against journalists.
There must be no impunity for such crimes.
Journalists and media workers reporting from armed conflicts must be protected according to IHL
This week, 2 air bridge flights for Gaza are bringing to Egypt 100+ tonnes of vital supplies provided by EU humanitarian partners.
Since October 2023, 50 EU humanitarian air bridge flights have helped ensure a continued support for Palestinians in need.
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Another dark day for the humanitarian community in
#Sudan
.
The killing of aid workers is unconscionable. Those who risk everything to help others must be protected.
Humanitarian workers are
#NotATarget
.
Over 579,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad since April, raising Chad's refugee count to over one million.
New refugee sites have been set up by
@UnhcrTchad
, with support from EU humanitarian aid.
Read more. ↓