Los casos de dengue en Guatemala han aumentado más del 500% en 2024, con más de 48,600 infecciones, la mayoría en niños.
La UE destinó €150,000 para apoyar a
@CruzRojaGT_
en la prevención y asistencia a 5,000 personas en Quetzaltenango y Suchitepéquez.
Dozens of Mexican families have fled to Guatemala due to cartel violence in Chiapas, leaving everything behind.
Along with
@CruzRojaGT_
, the EU is providing crucial healthcare, psychological support, and essentials like water and hygiene kits to those displaced by violence.
Over 120,000 children in
#Haiti
face severe acute malnutrition in 2024.
Through the EU-
@unicefhaiti
partnership, we deliver life-saving treatment and support, giving children like Christopher hope and health.
Open data satellite imagery is a game-changer in the fight against climate change!
@CopernicusEU
, part of the EU Space Programme, provides detailed, real-time insights to help communities, scientists, and decision-makers make data-driven decisions for a sustainable future.
¿Cómo puede el
#OpenData
de
#EO
de
#Copernicus
🇪🇺🛰️apoyar a las partes interesadas en la región LAC frente al
#CambioClim
ático y los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos?
🔗:
⬇Anomalía de la temperatura del aire en superficie (febrero 2024)
#GlobalGateway
Disaster preparedness saves lives!
The EU and the Red Cross (
@ifrc
) partnered to help at-risk communities worldwide build resilience and respond swiftly to crises.
Together, we are
#StrongerFasterSafer
.
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What does localisation in humanitarian aid mean?
It means working with local responders, who know the people and the terrain, and stay in communities before, during, and after emergencies.
Find out more →
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POV: you’re a firefighter 🚒🔥
Ever wondered what it’s like in the heat of the action? Check out Valentin, a Romanian firefighter pre-positioned in France via the
#EUCivilProtection
Mechanism, as he battles the flames!
Haiti's humanitarian crisis is deepening, with basic services collapsing and millions urgently needing aid.
The EU and the
@UN
are working together to highlight this critical situation and provide essential support, ensuring it does not become a forgotten crisis.
People in
#Haiti
continue to face ongoing violence and severe food inflation, now at 40% since June.
Around 2 - 2.5M people in need of food aid until January, top
@UN
and
@ECHO_Latam
officials urge for more support and sustainable solutions to tackle the humanitarian crisis.
Indigenous people in Colombia risk disappearing due to conflict, facing forced recruitment, confinement, and displacement.
The EU and
@NRC_LAC
support their rights, strengthening groups like the Indigenous Guard Kichwa to ensure access to basic services and legal aid.
Indigenous Colombians are 4% of the population but 35% of conflict victims.
Their culture and identity are under threat.
The EU and
@NRC_LAC
provided the Wiwa Indigenous group with crucial food and legal aid amid their latest forced displacement.
Dengue cases in Guatemala have surged by over 500% in 2024, with more than 43,000 infections, mostly in children.
The EU allocated €150,000 to support
@CruzRojaGT_
in preventing the disease and aiding 5,000 people in Quetzaltenango and Suchitepéquez.
Hunger, stress, and disease affect thousands of Venezuelan migrants travelling through South America.
In Huaquillas, Ecuador, the EU and the Red Cross provide free healthcare and psychological support to those in need.
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"Haiti is a multifaceted crisis linked to unaddressed root causes, it needs a multifaceted approach", Humanitarian Coordinator
@UlrikaR_UN
said this morning as she
@UNOCHA
@EdemWosornu
and
@ECHO_LatAm
briefed donors on the critical situation in Haiti.
In conflict-affected areas of Colombia, children face regular trauma.
The EU and
@NRC_LAC
provide art therapy to help them express and understand their struggles.
Activities like painting or drawing are crucial for healing and emotional resilience.
The ongoing violence and worsening humanitarian crisis in
#Haiti
take a heavy toll on millions of children and their families.
@UNICEF
and humanitarian partners call for increased efforts and resource mobilization to address pressing humanitarian needs.
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The devastation of hurricanes lingers long after they pass.
EU Member States stand with Caribbean communities hit by Hurricane Beryl.
Ireland delivers crucial supplies to Grenada & St Vincent and the Grenadines: shelter, water supplies, power generators, and hygiene kits.
🇪🇺 European Union Member States continue to support hurricane-affected communities 🇪🇺
🇮🇪 Ireland providing supplies to Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines today
#TeamEurope
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⛑️ La asociación entre
#CruzRojaGT
,
@ECHO_LatAm
(
@UEGuatemala
) y
@IFRC_es
apoya a las comunidades para reducir sus riesgos y estar mejor preparadas para responder eficazmente ante desastres y emergencias sanitarias.
No Podemos Parar, Afuera Nos Necesitan
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Nelson Mandela's words resonate as strongly today as ever.
Let us honour his legacy of compassion and unparalleled solidarity for the oppressed and persecuted.
Let us make peace and build instead of break down and destroy.
#MandelaDay