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Chile earthquake
Kristalina Georgieva met up with the European Civil Protection team working in Chile. She was briefed about the EU's civil protection work in the aftermath of the earthquake.
She also met with the Mayor of Penco, Guillermo Cáceres, the technical assistance team and the Chilean Red Cross.
Letter from Chile: "We have been working with our bare hands"
“Please God, no more quakes. We can't go through that again,” says Mariana Monsalve. She and more than 830 people from the village of Schwager, whose homes are destroyed or damaged, now live in temporary shelters on a hill 100 metres above sea level.
European Commission launches comic book on humanitarian aid
A fictitious tale to illustrate how the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) responds to crises from a humanitarian interest angle - this is what "Hidden disaster" is about. Its author is Belgian comic book artist, Erik Bongers. This free-of-charge publication exists for the moment in five language versions: English, French, German, Dutch and Italian, and can be ordered online at the EU Book Shop.
