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The paralegals giving their neighbours a helping hand

31/05/2021

“Before the conflict, I was a social worker, helping elderly people. And life always takes me in that direction,” says Svitlana, 51. She used to live in the city of Pervomaisk, now in the non-government-controlled area of eastern Ukraine. After...

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Ethiopia: dealing with a desert locust invasion

26/05/2021

“When the desert locusts suddenly invaded, we were horrified,” she explains. “The rustling swarms were so enormous that the sky gradually darkened, and they were soon crawling everywhere.” The previous farming season had looked promising until...

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“All families have relatives who are infected” - EU responds to Nepal’s COVID-19 crisis

21/05/2021

Q: How are people coping with the new surge in infections? A: It’s a bad situation. Almost every Nepali is affected, having relatives who are infected or knowing a dear one or a family member who has passed away. Most of the infected are in home...

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Inspiring positive change across Rohingya refugee camps

19/05/2021

During his time away from his home country, he found out that his village was in trouble, which made him worry day and night for his mother and older sister. When he arrived to the camps, Syedul frantically searched for them for days on end,...

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Meet Mohammed: “My disability never got my spirits down”

14/05/2021

“When I first arrived,” Mohammed says, “they gave us a tent and we assembled it. It was a home for us.” The father of 6 speaks quietly, sitting on a mattress with his family. That first tent has since been replaced by a wooden shelter. The view...

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Nutrition in Niger: “It’s a joy to help children get better”

05/05/2021

With his weight becoming much healthier, the spark has returned to his eyes and he is much livelier. Aminata says she would like all her children to be smart and go to the nearest school when they are old enough. Hassane is one of the more than...

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From Iran to Afghanistan: Rabia’s difficult homecoming

28/04/2021

Since the beginning of the year, at least 695,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran either forcibly or spontaneously. “My husband is not with me. It’s like I have nothing left in the world,” she says with tears in her eyes. Rabia and...

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Potable water for villages in Southern Ethiopia

19/04/2021

Although the situation is improving, many people in remote indigenous communities still lack access to safe drinking water. The limited availability of fresh water and high delivery costs to rural areas are some of the factors that keep communities...

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Haiti: supporting deportees in times of coronavirus

14/04/2021

The Dominican Republic has been one of the hardest-hit countries in the Caribbean and monitoring the border is imperative to avoid an uncontrolled spread of the virus. In 2020, the European Union allocated €3.9 million of humanitarian funding to...

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This Yemeni doctor has proven her critics wrong

09/04/2021

“Other doctors told me that ‘Bushra, you are freshly graduated, you can’t cope with all this’,” she says, explaining her decision to move away from her family home to a rural area in Yemen, where necessities are scant. “But all this talk was just...

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