humanitarian aid
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World Humanitarian Day: 67 humanitarian organisations pay tribute to fallen colleagues
Published on 19 August 2024 | NewsOn World Humanitarian Day, Ukrainian and international humanitarian organizations working in Ukraine pay tribute to humanitarian workers and volunteers who have lost their lives while providing life-saving emergency assistance to civilians. They remain committed to keep helping those in need.Read more -
Venezuela: Making the difference in the life of a teenager mother
Published on 28 September 2023 | NewsJaigreimar gets ready for a busy day. As she does every morning, this 36-year-old mother of five goes to the Health Center at Los Medanos to provide awareness session on Sexual and Reproductive Health.Read more -
SUDAN: Priority to the people
Published on 27 April 2023 | PressAfter relocating to safety, Première Urgence Internationale teams in Sudan are redeploying their humanitarian aid efforts to people affected by the conflict that has been tearing the country apart for over 10 days.Read more -
Afghanistan : Women have a key role in the health system
Published on 2 April 2023 | NewsChantal Autotte-Bouchard is a public health and tropical medicine nurse. She has been involved in various humanitarian crisis contexts, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, Haiti and India, before joining Première Urgence Internationale as Health Advisor at the organisation's headquarters. Back from a visit to Afghanistan, she shares her experience with us.Read more -
World Water Day: Climate disasters remind us that water access is far from being a given, for both North and South
Published on 22 March 2023 | NewsWhile states are meeting this week at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss the challenges related to water, civil society organizations are raising the alarm about the unprecedented level of humanitarian needs in terms of access to water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH). On the occasion of World Water Day, Timothée LE GUELLEC, WASH Advisor at Première Urgence Internationale, reminds what are the main actions on which the international community must act.Read more -
PRESS RELEASE: WE NEED WOMEN!
Published on 8 March 2023 | PressAlthough women represent almost half of humanity, they are still struggling to take their rightful place, and particularly in contexts facing severe humanitarian crisis.Read more -
Ukraine: our distributions to meet local humanitarian needs nearly ten months after the start of the war.
Published on 18 January 2023 | NewsThe Première Urgence Internationale teams continue to respond to the most urgent needs of the civilian populations affected by the war in Ukraine.Read more -
IRAQ: in Fallujah, people are returning home after fleeing the war…
Published on 28 October 2022 | NewsIn the western part of Iraq, Ramadi and Fallujah are two iconic cities of Anbar governorate that were captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) between 2014 and 2015. In 2016, the Iraqi armed forces and their allies launched a military campaign that aimed to recapture ISIL-held areas. The targeted areas included these two cities, which are in a state of widespread destruction. In a region already largely ruined by the Iraq War years earlier, everything has to be rebuilt and the population is challenged to meet its most basic needs.Read more -
Floods in Chad: 1 million people affected
Published on 27 October 2022 | NewsOverflowing rivers, ravaged land, loss of livestock... The heavy rains of recent weeks in Chad are still causing a catastrophic situation for 166,965 families, or more than one million people, in a large part of the country.Read more -
Ukraine, Dnipro: More than 200 days after the war’s beginning, the situation of the civilian population have not improved
Published on 13 October 2022 | NewsTo respond to the needs of the civilian population with health care, mental health and psycho-social support, Première Urgence Internationale is deploying three mobile teams directly to centers housing internally displaced persons in the city and region of Dnipro.Read more
