25/04/2017
The European Commission announced today at the United Nations in Geneva its intention to release further support of €116 million for those in need in Yemen. The support includes €46 million of emergency humanitarian aid and €70 million to support...
11/04/2017
The European Commission has announced humanitarian assistance of €47 million to help people in need in the Great Lakes and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean regions, who continue to face the consequences of years of conflict and displacement, as...
06/04/2017
April the 5th marked the end of the two-day "Supporting the Future of Syria and the region Brussels conference".The conference was co-chaired by the European Union and the United Nations. Participants representing some of most important...
03/04/2017
As part of the Brussels Conference "Supporting the future of Syria and the region" the event "Humanitarian Aid Inside Syria: Needs, Challenges & the Way Forward" took place on 4 April in Brussels. The event had two main objectives:To reflect...
31/03/2017
EU Humanitarian Aid Operations and Action against Hunger have joined forces to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the ‘hunger season’ in the Sahel.The campaign, called ‘The Sound of Hunger’, comes as the Sahel approaches this year’s hunger...
31/03/2017
"Ensuring that civilians inside Mosul are protected during the conflict is the single most effective life-saving action that can be taken.A few weeks ago I was in Iraq myself, visiting the conflict areas and seeing how our humanitarian aid can best...
31/03/2017
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic increase compared with 80 million in 2015, according to a new global report on food crises released in...
27/03/2017
Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides is in Turkey today to attend the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction in Istanbul and visit EU humanitarian aid projects funded via the Facility for Refugees in...
27/03/2017
The key goals of the European Commission's emergency response work are to save lives, prevent and reduce human suffering and safeguard the integrity and dignity of populations affected by natural disasters and man-made crises. This is possible by...
22/03/2017
The EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated and €250 000 has been mobilised for emergency relief to communities affected by floods in Peru.The European Commission has mobilised €250 000 for emergency relief assistance to Peru as the worst...
