Updates on EU-funded humanitarian projects in Ukraine, Türkiye, Western Balkans and South Caucasus from @eu_echo's regional team.
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Effective rehabilitation starts with understanding each person’s needs.
With EU support, Momentum Wheels for Humanity trained 14 specialists from 8 communities to assess needs, set goals with patients and plan appropriate care, strengthening local rehabilitation services. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Access to healthcare begins with knowing where to turn. ⚕️
At the Dondușeni Refugee Accommodation Centre, @IOMMoldova, supported by the European Union, helps refugees register with family doctors, manage chronic conditions and access specialised care.
Russia’s war has damaged or destroyed thousands of schools 🏫 across Ukraine.
With €28 million in EU @eu_echo support, @UNOPS_UEE has repaired 74 schools, kindergartens and colleges in 4 regions, helping children return to classrooms and continue learning together. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
A Syrian girl faced a forced marriage that severely affected her health. Thanks to the EU-funded @CARE_Turkey_TR project, refugee community activator Amel built trust with her family & changed the decision.
Today, she is training online & walking to her dream of becoming a nurse.
Russia's War on Ukraine
Since 2022, the EU has coordinated 5,388 medical evacuations through #EUCivilProtection, helping patients from Ukraine reach specialised care across Europe.
Behind every journey is a person given access to the treatment they need and a chance to recover.
121 communities. 7 frontline regions. One goal: bringing healthcare closer to people who have nowhere else to turn.
Watch how, with support from EU @eu_echo, @WHOUkraine mobile teams deliver essential primary healthcare where functioning clinics and pharmacies are out of reach.
A repaired roof. A replaced window. A family able to stay in their community.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, @UNHCRUkraine and its NGO partners have repaired over 60,000 war-damaged homes 🏘️ across Ukraine - with support from donors, including the EU. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
'Many women who experience violence feel alone. Here, they learn about their rights and realise that they are not alone,' says Eiman, a refugee woman in 🇹🇷.
Thanks to the EU @eu_echo, @UNHCRTurkiye provides training sessions and psychosocial support to rebuild women's lives.
“I’ll use this money to buy firewood.”
For 65-year-old Vitalii, displaced from Donetsk Oblast, EU-funded cash assistance provided by @people_in_need means warmth for the winter and reassurance that he and his wife have not been forgotten. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Oleshky’s 🇺🇦 civilians need food, water, medicine and safe passage.
Humanitarian aid must reach them. International humanitarian law must be respected.
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After fleeing Russia's war against Ukraine, Tetiana and her two sons are building a new life in Moldova🇲🇩.
With @IOMMoldova's support, funded by the EU, they can meet essential needs and regain a sense of stability, dignity and hope.
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On Defenders Day, we stand with Ukraine’s defenders.
🇺🇦 Through EU funding, the @RedCrossUkraine and Red Cross partners support veterans, their families and communities with mental health care, rehabilitation and socio-economic assistance.
⚽ Football brings displaced and host community girls together, building confidence, friendships and teamwork in Armenia.
Co-funded by the EU @eu_echo, @UNHCRArmenia supports community activities for protection and social cohesion.
As winter approaches, keeping Ukraine’s power on is critical.
Through #EUCivilProtection, 30 countries have already provided:
🔹 11,641 generators
🔹 3,282 transformers
🔹 6 autotransformers
Helping essential services keep running despite Russia’s attacks. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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How long will the terror continue?
For weeks, Russia has relentlessly attacked Kyiv. Yesterday, among the sites hit were a medical clinic and a building of the National Academy of Sciences.
Despicable, yet another failed attempt to break the 🇺🇦 spirit. This must be stopped.
EU Humanitarian Aid | European Neighbourhood 🇪🇺 retweeted
Russia’s war has changed childhood for millions across Ukraine - but it must not define their future.
The EU provides healthcare, education, psychosocial care and support for families.
Because every child deserves the chance to recover, learn and dream beyond the war.
📽️ More than three years after the Feb 6 earthquakes in 🇹🇷, families are still facing challenges.
For Kefe's family, a single income was no longer enough to survive.
Once they got cash assistance from @IOMTurkiye, they could buy essential items thanks to EU @eu_echo funding.
Russia’s war has changed childhood for millions across Ukraine - but it must not define their future.
The EU provides healthcare, education, psychosocial care and support for families.
Because every child deserves the chance to recover, learn and dream beyond the war.
Protection starts with listening.
Across northern Moldova, @IOMMoldova’s mobile team meets 🇺🇦 refugees, offering consultations, information and referrals.
For those facing urgent needs, EU-funded cash assistance provides further support. So far, 120 people have received it. 🇪🇺
