Stories

A journalist with 20 years of experience and a humanitarian at heart, Daniele Pagani has spent the past 6 years working for the European Union’s humanitarian aid office. Specialised in Middle Eastern affairs, he oversees countries including, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.

Bringing a child into the world in Gaza has become an act of profound courage. The war has devastated everyday life and brought the health system to the brink of collapse.

Peter Biro is a photographer, reporter and humanitarian worker with three decades of experience in crisis zones — from Cambodia and Kosovo to Sierra Leone, East Timor and Iraq.

This photo story highlights the people behind the numbers: those facing displacement, malnutrition, and insecurity, and the caregivers and humanitarians who stand with them.

Winter in Gaza can be very harsh. Cold winds sweep through the hundreds of thousands of makeshift tents where families are forced to live, often accompanied by heavy rainfall that transforms camps into muddy fields.

A conversation with Hilaire Avril, EU Regional Information Officer for Latin America & the Caribbean. For more than 2 decades, Hilaire has worked across the humanitarian sector - from India to East Africa, from the media room of Médecins Sans Frontières to the remote jungles of Colombia.

Across Ethiopia, families uprooted by disasters and climate shocks share space with those who have fled conflicts across borders, all united in their search for safety.

These stories explore the lives of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Maidimu site, highlighting their resilience and determination to rebuild amidst displacement. The Maidimu site, located near Shire in Tigray, Ethiopia, serves as a refuge for over 10,000 IDPs.

As the world marks International Migrants Day, it is worth remembering that people rarely move without a reason. Some leave to escape danger, others because life at home has become impossible to sustain. This story focuses on those forced to flee.

Some sounds belong to childhood: the hum of a lullaby, the clang of a school bell, the rustle of pages in a classroom. Others, like the whistle of rockets, never should. Cristina Shuljenko has heard both.

Hurricane Melissa developed on 25 October 2025 in the Caribbean Sea, and quickly became extremely powerful, erratic, and devastating.

In Haiti, unprecedented levels of gang violence have forced over 1 million people to flee. With access to health services extremely limited, cholera outbreaks continue to appear, notably in sites where displaced people live in precarious conditions.

In the vast, wind-swept plains of northwestern Kenya, the Kakuma refugee camp and Kalobeyei settlement stretch across the dry Turkana landscape.

The European Union supports Palestinian refugees in the West Bank who are struggling to save their children’s education after the Israeli army forcibly evacuated the 3 major refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarem and Nour Shams.

In the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, emergencies like fires can spread quickly, destroying shelters and putting lives at risk. With support from EU humanitarian aid, Acted is training volunteers as first responders, strengthening community resilience.

Maidimu, Ethiopia – Like many people from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Fesseha has seen her life torn apart and pieced back together. She has lived through war, hunger and the loss of the land that once sustained her family.

Since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan in 2023, the hostilities have pushed over a million displaced people – including Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees – into neighbouring Chad.

In the Philippines, many communities live at the intersection of conflict and disaster – often testing their strength and resilience. Amid these hardships, stories of courage, hope, and recovery emerge.

Earlier this year, renewed unrest in South Sudan forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Families crossed the border into Ethiopia, seeking safety in places like Matar. Here, the most basic needs such as clean water, food and shelter are scarce.