We are at the Asian Development Bank Business Opportunities Fair in Manila, joining rich exchanges with ADB and the many participants gathered here for the week.
People in Need
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🇨🇿 Czech NGO present in +40 countries internationally; working in: ▪️Relief & Development Aid ▪️Social Integration ▪️Human Rights https://www.peopleinneed.net
🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Ukraine’s humanitarian response is shaped every day by the people and organisations working closest to affected communities. On 5 October, we are bringing some of those voices to Washington, D.C.
Solar power is already part of daily life and business in northern Syria, but the market has visible gaps that are holding back its growth. wespoke to retailers, technicians, training providers and the Ministry of Energy to find out why, & to better understand what can be done to fix it.
The growing business of solar power in northern Sy
Across Aleppo, Idlib and Raqqa, residents are already buying solar systems to cope with unreliable electricity supply.
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1/ Smallholder farmers in Cambodia are adapting to increasing climate risks. In our recent report we demonstrate how climate-smart innovations can transform the country’s cashew and pepper sectors. 🧵 www.peopleinneed.net/rooted-in-re...
Climate-smart innovations for Cambodia
We produced a report to assess best practices and innovations to enhance the climate resilience of Cambodian farmers.
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Flash floods in Nepal have affected 1.6 million people. Our colleagues from in Nepal have been working in the worst-hit areas since the very first days of the disaster.
Helping people in Nepal cope with flood trauma
In Nepal, we are currently providing both material and psychosocial support and are working to improve early warning systems for natural disasters.
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The transit centre in Lozova receives 250 civilians daily from towns near the front in Ukraine. Through Angels of Salvation & Czech support, we provide much needed psychosocial support at the centre to people forced from their homes by Russian attacks.
🖍️ Democracy is built on values we learn from an early age. But as we grow up, some of those lessons can become harder to hold on to. At People in Need, we, as part of the @epd.eu, invite you to remember what brings us together and reshare the video. 🔁 epd.eu/whendidwefor... #WhenDidWeForget
2,468,300. That is how many people we helped last year in 44 countries around the world. Every person represented in this number is someone with a life, a story, a family—someone just like you.
Amid endless air raid alerts, Ukrainian children want simple things: to go to school safely, see classmates, and attend their first lesson together—in person, not online. Last year, we repaired, or equipped, 28 temporary learning spaces. ukraine.peopleinneed.net/en/helping-u...
1/2 “The assistance came at the right time… Now I can buy vegetables and other necessities,” says Umm Abdullah. After years of displacement, she returned home to an empty house in #Syria, with no source of income & significant financial challenges.
Amid endless air raid alerts, Ukrainian children want simple things: to go to school safely, see classmates, and attend their first lesson together—in person, not online. Last year, we repaired, or equipped, 28 temporary learning spaces. ukraine.peopleinneed.net/en/helping-u...
Helping Ukrainian Children Return to School
Support for educational institutions in Ukraine
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🕫CALL FOR TENDERS! Our team at People in Need Syria is seeking a Senior Climate Adaptation and GCF Proposal Advisor for Syria Response. 🗓️Bid submission deadline: 14/09/2026 at 12:00 PM Syrian local time
🇳🇵 Relief efforts in Nepal continue. 🛠️Our colleagues from People in Need Nepal are still in regions directly affected by last week’s flooding. They are providing urgent support to people who need it most.
🌍✨ From Dialogue to Action! Young people are not waiting for change—they are creating it. With our support 175 young people gathered to change their communities across Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor in northern #Syria.
🇳🇵 5 days since the floods, and we are already on the ground helping. With the support of the Czech people we have raised CZK 28 million and we are helping hundreds in Nepal. Contribute to SOS Nepal. ❤️ www.peopleinneed.net/we-are-launc...
🇻🇪 In camps and settlements across Venezuela, youth face serious mental health challenges alongside the other consequences of the crisis. Safe spaces, play-based activities and access to social workers and psychologists can help identify what they are going through and provide the support they need.
The devastating floods in Nepal struck an area we know well. We are in contact with the local government and are preparing rapid relief efforts. To ensure immediate relief, we have released CZK 1 million from our Club of Friends. And to ensure sustainable support, we have launched SOS Nepal.
🌱 North Macedonia suffers from air pollution and poor waste management. Our friends at ZIP Institute is tackling both issues through the practical application of the circular economy and local community involvement.
Clean air and wheat straws
In North Macedonia, people face the tangible reality of heavy air pollution. ZIP Institute has taken up the challenge to fight Air pollution on two fronts.
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1/ Starting a business from scratch isn't easy— especially for Ukraine's defenders returning from service with a different. Our "Courage to Business" programme has helped veterans & their families on the road to entrepreneurship.
🇺🇳 #COP17 | Civil Society Voices at the Green Zone Today, Mongolian civil society organisations came together at the COP17 Green Zone to bring community voices, experiences, and practices to COP17 discussions.
We cannot stop the fighting, but we can at least improve the lives of the innocent people affected by it. Furaha could see that her son was very sick, but having fled home she did not have enough food for him.
🌊 Testing a flood simulation can save lives & property. In Laos, we launched an Early Warning System for floods that uses sensors to monitor river levels. When the flood comes, it sends warning SMS messages to residents in vulnerable areas. But what should people do in the moment when alert arrives?
Better Prepared for Floods: Mr. Houng's Story
Villages and towns across Laos are endangered by recurring floods.
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COP17 | High-Level Panel Discussion on Civil Society and Land–Climate Synergies Over 120 participants attended our UNCCD COP17 side event, "The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Driving UNCCD and UNFCCC Synergies: A Perspective from Mongolia and Beyond."
We presented Russia with a bill for its imperialism. But it is nowhere near enough to pay for ➡️the invasion in August 1968. ➡️all the victims in Ukraine. ➡️the pain that continues.🧾
1/ "When we returned, there were no rooms left... not even doors." With these words, a woman from Saraqeb describes her return from a journey of displacement & loss. Often, returning home is merely a new beginning in rebuilding lives in homes damaged by years of conflict.
Humanitarian action works best when it is built on collaboration, trust and knowing where each organisation can make the greatest difference. @peopleinneed.bsky.social #ActForHumanity
1/ Starting a business from scratch isn't easy— especially for Ukraine's defenders returning from service with a different. Our "Courage to Business" programme has helped veterans & their families on the road to entrepreneurship.
Today at the COP17 Green Zone, herders, civil society representatives, researchers and development actors discussed how meaningful participation can strengthen efforts to address desertification and land degradation.
Alona worked in veterinary medicine in Luhansk Oblast, until Russia occupied her region and she fled. Today she supports frontline communities in Ukraine. She hopes for peace—and for the day this work is no longer needed. #ActForHumanity buff.ly/0f6Yt6K
On #WorldHumantiarianDay, the story of our colleague Saurav Gautam, Head of IT at People in Need Nepal, shows that humanitarian work doesn't just change the lives of people in need, but transforms the humanitarians themselves. Read on👇
Saurav Gautam: Becoming a humanitarian
This World Humanitarian Day, we share the story of Saurav Gautam, PIN Nepal's IT Lead.
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