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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Photo Stories

A healthy salad that brings back memories

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17/05/2021

Rayan, a 19-year-old high school student in Turkey, first discovered her passion for cooking when a strict lockdown was introduced to battle the...

Pakistan: keeping girls at school in vulnerable districts

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11/05/2021

In Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than 3 million children are out of school – almost 14% of the national total....

Tigray: thousands flee in search of safety as humanitarian needs rise

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05/05/2021

The conflict in the Tigray region in Ethiopia broke out early November 2020. It is estimated that thousands of fighters and civilians have died, and...

Never too late: education to empower Syrian refugee children

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04/05/2021

A generation of Syrians has grown up abroad after their families fled the war that erupted 10 years ago in their home country. Sadly, many Syrian...

Helping children get back to school in conflict-torn Burkina Faso

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23/04/2021

Burkina Faso, a fragile West African country among the 10 poorest in the world, is affected by an armed conflict that uprooted more than 1 million...

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Ecuador: safe shelters for displaced children on the move

21/05/2021

Every year, millions of people are forced to leave their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations, persecution, and natural hazards...

Zimbabwe: providing emergency support to the most vulnerable

07/05/2021

In 2019, 6.6 million people were living in extreme poverty in Zimbabwe – double the number from 2011. With EU humanitarian funding, 'Action...

#WhatHomeMeans to you?

30/04/2021

Home means comfort, love, safety, the certainty of what we know and are familiar with. Faced by conflict, danger or disasters, many people are left...

Controlling the spread of COVID-19 at Haiti border crossings

26/04/2021

Every day, thousands of Haitians cross into the neighbouring Dominican Republic to look for work, visit their families or simply to purchase goods at...

The vans that bring health and hope to refugees in Turkey

07/04/2021

Cevahir fled the war in Syria and works from dusk till dawn to provide for her three children. Selma is a nurse whose passion is to help people. In...