BRUSSELS, 26-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is announcing 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 … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial
Tagged Christos Stylianides, humanitarian aid, Neven Mimica, The European Commission, United Nations
After negotiating through the night, Parliament and Council struck a deal on the EU budget for 2014, which also provides for remedying payments shortfalls in in the current fiscal year. MEPs ensured that victims of catastrophic flooding and drought in … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Politics
Tagged Alain Lamassoure, asylum support, Border management, Council, Education, EU budget 2014, humanitarian aid, INNOVATION, MEPs, Ms Anne Jensen, Parliament, refugees, RESEARCH, Ron KORVER
The projects in India are aimed at mitigating infant malnutrition in the Darbhanga region in the state of Bihar and helping with the fight against visceral leishmaniasis (or kala azar) in the nearby city of Vaishali The Turkish initiative encompasses … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Healthcare, Non Profit, Society, Spain, Turkey
Tagged Bihar, Darbhanga, donation, humanitarian aid, humanitarian projects, INDIA, Inditex, infant malnutrition, Joan Tubau, kala azar, Kilis, medical aid, Médicos Sin Fronteras, Pablo Isla, refugees, Turkey, undocumented border crossers, Vaishali, visceral leishmaniasis
02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is supporting efforts to tackle a number of forest fires raging in northern and central Portugal. In response to a request for assistance by authorities in Lisbon, the European Commission’s Emergency Response Centre (ERC) is facilitating … Read the full press release
Posted in Croatia, European Union, France, Government, Portugal, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged Crisis Response, EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Fighting forest fires, fire-fighting aircraft, fires, humanitarian aid, Kristalina Georgieva, Lisbon, Mondim de Basto, Portugal forest fires, Satão, severe forest fires season, Tondela, Vila Real, Viseu
Second presentation of the award for outstanding social commitment 30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — As a second, Juliana Rotich was honored with the Impact Award at the DLDwomen 2013 conference in Munich on Monday, 15 July 2013. Originally from Kenya, Rotich is the co-founder … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Germany, Internet & Online, Marketing, Media, Non Profit, Society
Tagged crisis regions, dangers, disasters, dld.co, DLDwomen 2013 conference, Gabriele Zedlmayer, humanitarian aid, humanitarian Internet platform, Impact Award, incidences of violence, Juliana Rotich, Kenyan co-founder Juliana Rotich, Munich, Steffi Czerny, Ushahidi.com
Statement by Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Brussels, 6-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At this difficult time for many people struggling to cope I want to express my appreciation for all those helping in … Read the full press release
Brussels, 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission is announcing today an additional €65 million in response to the rapidly growing scale of the humanitarian crisis resulting from the conflict in Syria. With more intense fighting in Syria and just three months … Read the full press release
25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Additional EU funding totalling €70 million to meet humanitarian needs in Syria, Mali, the Sahel region and Chad. was approved by the Budgets Committee on Wednesday. Syria Two years after the start of the conflict, violence is … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Government, Non Profit, Politics, Society
Tagged Alain Lamassoure, Budgets Committee, Chad, civil-military coordination, demining, displaced persons, EGYPT, EU aid, EU funding, FOOD, food aid, health projects, humanitarian aid, humanitarian needs, Iraq, Iraqi refugees, Iraqi returnees, jihadists, JORDAN, Lebanese returnees, Lebanon, Mali, medical supplies, military intervention, nutrition crisis, Palestinian refugees, protection, psychosocial support, Sahe, shelter, SYRIA, Syrian refugees, TRANSPORT, Turkey