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⭐ The IRC’s EU team is now on Bluesky! ⭐

Follow us at https://t.co/fyO0s6uRwi for news, updates and explainers about our lifesaving work, including our efforts to shape policy in Brussels and beyond.

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"I know I’ll get where I'm going."

Darweza, a transgender tailor in Pakistan, turned his hardship into dedication.

With @eu_echo funded support from the IRC and partners, he launched his business and built his life on his own terms.

Read his story: https://t.co/blcQnJDAGK

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With €2.1M in funding from @eu_echo, we're launching a new project across Northern Central America, together with partners.

Our innovative approach aims to ensure humanitarian support reaches communities that are often hardest to reach.

Learn more: https://t.co/YFZfQCb3tC

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19 million people in Yemen are struggling to access food and healthcare.
Just before the recent strikes on the west coast, our colleague, Basma Alloush, visited our Al Mokha health centre.

Thanks to @eu_echo support, this centre will continue operating for at least another year.

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Great news!

The IRC is able to continue lifesaving humanitarian work across Sudan with new @eu_echo funding, building on a programme that reached nearly 150,000 people with healthcare, nutrition, protection, and clean water services.

Learn more: https://t.co/MnTCjuCHur

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Here is a cause for celebration to wrap up the week ⬇️

Thanks to a funding top-up from @eu_echo, the IRC can continue providing vital support for conflict-affected communities in northeast and northwest Nigeria through the end of 2026.

Learn more: https://t.co/6KCekVqpuv

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As communities across Venezuela are facing the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, the IRC and the @eu_echo are strengthening essential health and protection services for more than 26,000 people affected by the disaster.

Learn more: https://t.co/g2bExxH8mh

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Displacement hardened Yangou’s life, but friendships forged at the IRC’s Girl Shine center helped her regain hope in her future.

At the center, supported by @eu_echo, adolescent girls learn about safety and mutual support tools. 2/2

Read their story: https://t.co/iC0UON8reI

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“If one of us is attacked she can whistle, and the others will rescue her.”

For Yangou & her friends in Lac province, Chad, matching dresses & whistles are collective safety tools. The IRC’s Girl Shine program, funded by @eu_echo, empowers girls to build solidarity together. 1/2

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Read the full story of Azza in Sudan here: https://t.co/5nlMHZOvzZ

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“My family had to leave the country, but I chose to stay and continue my humanitarian work with the IRC.”

Supported by @eu_echo/@ECHO_CESAfrica, Azza and her team work tirelessly to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services in Sudan.

Her story illustrated by Aya Mohamed 👇

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"I no longer go to the forest to fetch water; we just go to the well."

In the Central African Republic, an @eu_echo supported IRC-built well is helping families access safer water, making daily life a little easier.

Read more: https://t.co/FvHycHdXwA

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Great news!

The IRC & @eu_echo are renewing their partnership in Niger’s Tillabéri region to sustain critical health & protection services which have already reached 786k+ people in 2 years.

Learn more: https://t.co/K8f5dASrUg

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��My family had to leave the country, but I chose to stay and continue my humanitarian work with the IRC.”

Supported by @eu_echo/@ECHO_CESAfrica, Azza and her team work tirelessly to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services in Sudan.

Her story illustrated by Aya Mohamed 👇

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The war in Sudan is driving the world's largest displacement crisis, with millions displaced and hundreds of thousands seeking refuge in Chad.

Today, @eu_echo announced an additional €2M to support the IRC's response in eastern Chad.

Read More: https://t.co/enQZEiqu1V

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Hopeful news!

New €8.2m EU funding will support refugees & host communities in Uganda facing displacement & disease outbreaks like Ebola.

The IRC and @eu_echo will deliver protection, emergency cash and health services across 13 districts.

Learn more: https://t.co/3zPxy0wN4H

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Afsana had already lost one son to malnutrition.

When her baby Sahil showed symptoms, she had no money and no way to reach a doctor — until an IRC clinic funded by @eu_echo came to her village.

Today, Sahil is home and healthy – and Afsana can finally dream about his future.

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In Sudan, Samia and her 8 children were forced to flee multiple times over the years.

Today, IRC and @eu_echo 's support helped her build a safer home for her family in Borgo.

Samia's story is an example of how targeted humanitarian aid can support resilience beyond survival.

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Over 1.7m displaced Venezuelans in Colombia need humanitarian aid. Pregnant migrant women have no access to maternal healthcare.

Funded by @eu_echo, the IRC delivers vital support.

Read the story of Belkis, and the impact of holistic care: https://t.co/Af7WCROo5X

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Giving birth shouldn’t be life-threatening.

In Cox’s Bazar, superstitions and lack of reproductive health awareness puts mothers and infants at risk.

Funded by @eu_echo the IRC delivers life-saving assistance to women & children in Bangladesh.
Read more: https://t.co/Uf8xAQGxwt

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Martin came to Uganda as a refugee from South Sudan.

Today, he is a community health volunteer who knocked on doors to contain a measles outbreak, reaching over 1,000 of his neighbours.

Learn more about this @eu_echo funded programme: https://t.co/Et1Hm5fGls

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Every second counts.

In the West Bank, the IRC, funded by @eu_echo, in partnership with Juzoor and in coordination with the Ministry of Health, is equipping volunteers with the skills needed to respond to medical emergencies.

Read the full story: https://t.co/vT9ha5WOHv