🚨 New report launched: Progress on locally led humanitarian action is real but fragile. Our report finds that decision-making still sits internationally, while local organisations remain sidelined - just as funding cuts threaten recent gains. 👉 www.caritas.eu/progress-on-...
Yemen shows what’s at stake: 23.1M in need, 18M facing acute food insecurity.
Respect for IHL isn’t abstract. It determines whether civilians can access food, services & aid.
Progress starts with dialogue.
#ICForum #IHL
Join us for an interesting roundtable on the importance of respecting International Humanitarian Law in Yemen!
WRC is proud to support @voiceeu.bsky.social's #HumanitarianActionWorks campaign. We know that humanitarian action delivers real impact for people — through access to food, healthcare, water, safety & dignity.
#RealPeopleRealImpact
Story provided by WeWorld, Photo © Jafar Mosavi, Afghanistan
The Commission is preparing its next Humanitarian Aid Communication at a moment of growing crises.
In a new position paper, VOICE calls for EU leadership that protects principled aid, reforms the system in a people-centred way, and partners with civil society.
👉 Read the paper: lnkd.in/egknSwEu
🌍 Fragility and forced displacement are closely linked, driven by conflict, climate change, and socio-economic instability. In 2024, over 120M people were displaced, with 6.7M more expected by 2026 (UNHCR, DRC). #Fragility #Displacement
During a VOICE visit to Manila, VOICE colleague Francesca Giubilo met with humanitarian NGOs and partners to exchange on the evolving crisis landscape in the Philippines and anticipatory action.
📸 Pictured:
Francesca with Arlynn Aquino (DG ECHO) and Cathy Seco (Plan International Philippines)
VOICE Senior Advocacy Officer Francesca Giubilo travelled to Manila to meet humanitarian partners.
At the PINGON General Assembly, she discussed how civil society, local and international actors collaborate before crises strike. A reminder that investing in coordination and anticipation saves lives.
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What does dignity mean in decades-long exile?
VOICE member @medicosdelmundo.bsky.social explores health, dignity, and international responsibility in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
🌍 #ADRA joins the #GlobalRefugeeForum this week — not just with words, but with action. We’re reporting on how our pledges have become real support for refugees around the world.
🔗 Read more: adra.eu/global-refug...
#WithRefugees
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🎬 It’s a wrap! The #RHPW brought three days of learning, connection, and inspiration.
For VOICE, the key takeaways are: communities must lead, flexible funding is essential, and #trust is the foundation for future #humanitarian action.
What support would most help humanitarians working in Lebanon?
We asked. They answered.
🎥 VOICE visited Action Against Hunger projects in Lebanon and spoke with teams on the ground.
More clips on each project coming soon.
✨Stay tuned
#ActForHumanity #Lebanon
🎞️Yesterday, VOICE attended a screening of Everyday in Gaza, organised by WeWorld and EuroMed Rights, followed by a panel with Palestinian speakers Zena Elhout, Hamdi Shaqqura, Fadi Arouri, and Abdalhadi Alijla on life and resilience in the Strip.
Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences!
The #ResilienceNexus Working Group meeting in Brussels on Tuesday was an important step toward shaping our 2026 to 2028 agenda.
We heard from DG ECHO, reviewed progress on the HDP nexus and climate agenda, and set new priorities through group exercises. Thank you to everyone who joined 🙌
⚖️ Stories hold power. So who gets to shape the narrative?
Our member NGO @hias.org explores how humanitarian narratives can shift from storytelling to story-owning, grounded in informed consent and respect for the people behind them.
👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
Imagine being told your local clinic is unsafe, so you stop seeking treatment.
Except it wasn’t true.
🚫 Disinformation affects access to food, healthcare and safety.
We explored this in a workshop with Fondation Hirondelle.
🔗 Read our workshop report: bit.ly/DisinfoHARep...
Today our President @paulinechetcuti.bsky.social spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu, in a panel moderated by MEP Leire Pajín, alongside Red Cross EU, @icrc.org and DG ECHO, highlighting the need to protect principled, needs-based EU aid through predictable funding 🤝🌍
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1/ Avec le lancement du rapport "Des vies à la croisée des identités", @hi-federation.bsky.social présente le site web dédié à l'initiative multipartite pour la #ProtectionDesCivilies impactés par les #ArmesExplosives
👉 3 autres rapports thématiques y sont disponible. Explorez: tinyurl.com/2f9stwt5
When trust breaks down in a conflict zone, humanitarian action stops ⚠️
#Misinformation can put civilians and #humanitarian workers at risk.
Our member NGO Geneva Call shares strategies to reduce these risks and lessons from engaging with AGDAs.
Read the article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/3LSsHQ1
“Emotional images raise more money, but at what cost?”
Our member @adradeutschland.bsky.social explores how #humanitarian NGOs can balance fundraising urgency with dignity and why shifting the focus from suffering to #resilience matters.
🎯 Read the full article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/47HELL6
📍 In Hermel, #Lebanon, VOICE visited ACF’s projects delivering #health support to vulnerable communities.
Mobile clinics reach families who otherwise have no access to care - but funding cuts are putting these services at risk.
👉 Cuts cost lives.
Sustained humanitarian funding is vital.
In a recent interview with Défis Humanitaires, VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti discusses the dual emergency facing humanitarian aid - declining funding and weaker multilateralism - and the EU’s role through DG ECHO and the #MFF.
Read the full interview: bit.ly/3JEPYUW
📢 VOICE Out Loud #39: Interview with EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social.
She discusses balancing EU visibility with dignity of people receiving #humanitarian aid, decolonising communication, and building public trust in humanitarian narratives.
👉 Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4oTUUEs
From Copenhagen 🇩🇰: our Director, Maria Groenewald, shares three key lessons from the VOICE & Global Focus roundtable on shaping the EU’s humanitarian and development agenda.
We keep working to ensure EU decisions truly reach people in crisis. #HumanitarianAid #EU #TeamEurope
🔴All eyes on Sudan.
Civilians in Al-Fashir are trapped under bombardment, without food, water, or medicine.
We must not look away.
🎥 VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti calls for urgent action to protect lives and restore access to #humanitarian action.
#Sudan #AlFashir #AllEyesOnSudan
@voiceeu.bsky.social panel on anticipatory action.
We need stronger links with governments and partners.
Too much remains project-based — sustainability needs policy and systems.
Forecasts don’t save lives. Action does.
#COP2030 #AnticipatoryAction #Resilience
🔴 All eyes on Sudan
Al Fashir has fallen to the RSF after months of siege. Civilians are trapped, hospitals bombed, aid blocked.
VOICE calls on the EU & Member States to uphold #IHL and enable safe humanitarian access.
Read our news and members’ reactions:: bit.ly/47ux0rN
#KeepEyesOnSudan
💧 In southern Lebanon, VOICE visited Action Against Hunger - Middle East's project, where solar-powered pumps and digital monitoring keep water flowing to 40+ villages despite conflict. Yet thousands still face shortages - long-term support is key to resilience. #Lebanon #HumanitarianAction
