Our team at People in Need North Macedonia support Vesna in her efforts by inviting her to a training session where she learned everything necessary about entrepreneurship and the circular economy.
Students in Vesna’s course:
• Collaborate with local businesses
• Sew using fabrics that would otherwise be thrown away
• Sell their creations at local markets
♻️ Vesna’s goal is clear: To show the younger generation that the circular economy is the path toward a future without unnecessary waste.
🧵 Meet Vesna, a teacher from North Macedonia. She sewed her first skirt at the age of nine. Today, she teaches young people how to give textile waste a new life.
In her classes, she teaches about the negative impacts of "fast fashion" and explains that old fabric doesn't have to be waste.
What does that look like in real life?
📍 In Luapula, trained paralegals are helping families reclaim stolen land.
📍 In Makumbi, volunteers are navigating long distances to ensure their neighbours can access water and education through government funds.
Stronger systems = Stronger communities. 🌍
Funded by the European Union through European Union in Zambia, our team at are working with 30+ Zambian CSOs to make them stronger from the inside out.
💬"We are no longer afraid—we know this land is ours."
In Zambia, local organizations are the first line of support for communities facing climate shocks, land disputes, and poverty. But who supports the supporters?
Therefore, the Zambian CSO PEACE has helped local people stand up for their rights and their land.
Our team supports organisations like PEACE in Zambia and help them with their daily operations.
In the village of Masaba, Zambia, many families were forced from their homes due to illegal mining.
🗨️ "Illegal miners set up on my land and chased us away. We are left with nothing and no means to do anything. We also have nowhere to live," says a local resident.
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The Philippines remains one of the most disaster-exposed countries globally, where early warning systems are among the most cost-effective tools for reducing loss of life and livelihoods.
"Scaling this technology is about buying time for families at risk. We're ensuring that even the most remote communities have the actionable information they need to act before the water rises," says Pascal Arthaud, CD People in Need Philippines.
Backed by £125,000 through the GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action, with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the project builds on a successful pilot in Mindanao and is now expanding to municipalities across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
People in Need Philippines and DOST-PAGASA have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to continue the STREAM–EWS project, expanding a proven early warning model to additional high-risk areas nationwide.
As flooding risks intensify across the Philippines, efforts to deliver faster, more localised, and accessible early warning systems are scaling up to reach vulnerable communities.
4/ 📅 28 May 2026
⏰ 09:30 – 15:00 CET
📍 Prague & Online
Don’t miss this chance to discuss scaling a sustainable, green humanitarian sector.
Sign up here: bio4human.eu/bio4human-fi... 🔗
3/ Join us in person in Prague or online to engage with: 🔹 Humanitarian organisations 📦
🔹 Bio-based industry leaders 🔬
🔹 EU policymakers 🇪🇺
🔹 Academic researchers 🎓
Register by 21 May! ⏳
2/ From biodegradable hygiene products to micro-biogas digesters, Bio4HUMAN has assessed 81 innovations for use in challenging environments like South Sudan and the DRC. ♻️
We’ll be sharing field impact reports and real-world case studies. #Sustainability #Innovation
1/ How can bio-based innovations transform waste management in humanitarian settings? 🌍
Join us for the #Bio4HUMAN Final Event to see the results of 2.5 years of research into sustainable, circular solutions for aid operations.
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2/2 With support from @stvluchteling.bsky.social we’re providing an integrated support to 2,169 people that includes cash assistance, winterisation items, shelter rehabilitation, WASH support, education support, and psychosocial assistance.
1/2 Tens of thousands of Afghan families are returning home—some by choice, others forced—often with nothing. Haji Lawang returned after 30 years in Pakistan. His family lives in a returnee camp in central #Afghanistan: “Life was better there. Here, I have no work.”
2/ We are documenting the reality of a ceasefire that exists in name only - and what that means for the Palestinians living under it. #CeasefireNOW
1/ This is what a ceasefire in #Gaza is like. Airstrikes before dawn. Waking up in a tent. No clean drinking water. Aid trucks turned away. One meal a day. Children out of school. Fear of what may happen in the night.
3/3 These efforts help children heal, strengthen resilience, and cope with trauma. Support our work by donating to our SOS Gaza Emergency Appeal:
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2/3 With funds from our SOS Gaza Emergency Appeal, we support @warchilduk.bsky.social & local partners providing psychological first aid, training facilitators, and offering activities for children, families, and communities to rebuild their emotional well-being.
1/3 In #Gaza, 2.1M people need protection & psychosocial support—including 1.1M children. Over 58,000 children have lost one or both parents. Even with a ceasefire, these wounds and an ongoing humanitarian crisis persist.
Losing a home.
Moving several times.
Searching for a warm place to pass the winter.
This is life for many in Ukraine.
With @OCHA support, we’ve helped over 1,500 people in such situations across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Learn how: ukraine.peopleinneed.net/en/the-value...
🎟️Admission to most screenings is free, but you must register in advance at oneworldinbrussels.com. So don’t delay!
🎥 Look forward to a week packed with powerful human rights stories, and insightful discussions! We’ll launch the festival on Monday, March 20, with the film 2000 Meters to Andriivka. Amongst the films, you’ll also have the chance to see, the Oscar-nominated film Voice of Hind Rajab and much more.
It’s just three weeks until the launch of the One World Festival in #Brussels!
📍Save the date: March 20–24
👀Check out some of last year’s highlights and start planning which films you’ll catch this year!
To help the farmers protect their health and livelihoods our team at PIN Cambodia with help from @adb.org helped implement solar-powered cooling systems on these farms.
🗨️ “Before, we felt tired and short of breath. Now, we no longer worry about the heat,” says Heng Thavy, a pepper farmer.
❓Have you heard of the famous Cambodian Kampot pepper?
We visited farms in Kampot Province where this world-renowned pepper is grown. Due to extreme droughts and heatwaves production of this crop and the health of the farmworkers have been imperilled.
