“Women, girls and families were fleeing their homes with only the clothes on their backs.” - Cyril, a Care Lebanon aid worker. Support the DEC appeal to help @careintuk.bsky.social provide shelter and hygiene kits for families in #Lebanon: bit.ly/4yAi0Vi

Farah has worked with Islamic Relief in #Lebanon for 10 years, delivering urgent essentials to families. Even after sleepless nights, Farah and her team keep going. Donations to the DEC appeal are helping DEC charity @islamicreliefuk.bsky.social respond quickly. https://bit.ly/4htWdYL #Donate

“Without humanitarian aid, there is no life in Gaza.” In a new @bigissue.com feature, Anwar shares what drives him to keep helping families in #Gaza access safe drinking water. Read his story: https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/anwar-dec-gaza-aid/ @concernworldwide.bsky.social

Gaza aid worker Anwar: 'We hope tomorrow will be better'

Anwar is a frontline aid worker in Gaza, providing support through DEC charity Concern Worldwide. He reveals the challenges he faces on the ground every day

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“It was as if they had been given a treasure.” A food parcel can mean everything in #Gaza. DEC donations are helping Sahar and her team at Palestinian Development Women Studies Association provide vital support through @actionaiduk.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/4yFnePS

Dr Niveen hears stories no child should ever have to tell. Supported by DEC funding through the British Red Cross, she and her team at the Palestine Red Crescent Society are helping children in #Gaza smile again through art and play. Learn more: bit.ly/4yFnePS

Cyril is a Care International aid worker, and knows first-hand how conflict impacts families in #Lebanon. His team provides vital mental health support. Donations to the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal help DEC charity @careintuk.bsky.social makes this possible. https://bit.ly/4yFnePS

“These families need everything." Farah and her team are delivering food, clean water and other essentials to families living in temporary shelters in #Lebanon. Find out how you can support DEC charities, like @islamicreliefuk.bsky.social provide this vital aid: https://bit.ly/4yFnePS

“I have many memories that stick in my mind...” Anwar lives in #Gaza and delivers aid through @concernworldwideuk.bsky.social, despite facing loss and displacement himself. He helps provide water, sanitation and hygiene to families living in unimaginable conditions. https://bit.ly/4yFnePS

A mother. A psychologist. An aid worker. After being displaced from her home, Dr Niveen and her team at Palestine Red Crescent Society, a partner of British Red Cross, are supporting children in #Gaza access vital mental health support. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4yFnePS

Sahar, an @actionaiduk.bsky.social aid worker, wasn't just responding to the crisis in #Gaza. She was living through it. Her neighbourhood and office was destroyed. Yet she continued helping women and families access food and shelter. Ask Sahar a question: https://bit.ly/4yFnePS

Over the last two years, your support has helped more than... 650,000 people received food in #Gaza. 420,000 accessed clean water. 150,000 received mental health support in #Lebanon. You can still donate: bit.ly/4htWdYL #DECMiddleEastAppeal

Thanks to your generosity, the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal has now raised over £68 million. DEC charities and their local partners are delivering vital aid to families affected by conflict. Donate now: https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/middle-east-humanitarian-appeal #MiddleEast

Our #AnnualReport 2025/26 is out now. A look back at a year of humanitarian response, from #Myanmar to #Gaza and #Lebanon. Read the full report: https://www.dec.org.uk/article/annual-report-2025-2026

The DEC #Venezuela Earthquake Appeal has now raised an incredible over £20 million. Thank you! This includes £2 million from the UK Government through its UK Aid Match scheme, which has now been met. If you can, please #donate: www.dec.org.uk/appeal/venez... #DECappeal

In #Gaza, Dr Niveen helps children cope with their trauma through play, drawing and safe spaces to heal their invisible wounds. “We revive some painful emotions to replace them with feelings of happiness and joy." https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/middle-east-humanitarian-appeal #WorldHumanitarianDay

“I’ve had to embrace the survivors and weep with those who lost everything.” After the #Venezuela earthquakes, @worldvisionuk.bsky.social aid worker, Claudia is helping affected families. Donations are a lifeline. https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/venezuela-earthquake-appeal #WorldHumanitarianDay

This #WorldHumanitarianDay marks 60 years since the first DEC appeal launched. In 1966, an earthquake in Varto, Turkey, killed over 2,300 people. The DEC appeal raised £560,000. Since then, DEC charities and partners have supported millions worldwide. www.dec.org.uk/world-humani...

This #WorldHumanitarianDay, we honour aid workers who risk their lives to support people affected by crises. The DEC #Venezuela Earthquake Appeal has raised over £20m, but the needs remain huge. Please donate today: https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/venezuela-earthquake-appeal

Thank you @firstnews.bsky.social for continuing to inform younger readers about humanitarian causes like the #Venezuela earthquake. The latest issue features 12-year-old Jorge who lost his home in the disaster, and ten-year-old Maud from Norfolk who helped raise funds for survivors.

Millions of people are facing the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in #Venezuela. DEC charities are delivering urgent aid to communities affected - including essential supplies, safe shelter, healthcare and clean water. Support our appeal: dec.org.uk

Thank you Sir Michael Palin for raising awareness of the DEC Venezuela Earthquake Appeal. Help DEC charities and their local partners reach survivors with food, water, shelter and more. Please donate now: dec.org.uk

Support our #Venezuela Earthquake Appeal. £10 could help provide hygiene supplies, £25 could help provide food support, and £50 could help provide shelter kits. Every contribution can help provide life-saving support. Donate today: dec.org.uk #VenezuelaAppeal

After travelling to #Venezuela, Omar from @islamicreliefuk.bsky.social says families urgently need food, clean water, hygiene kits and shelter - and that the response will take months, not weeks. Please donate to our Venezuela #Earthquake Appeal: dec.org.uk

This is what life became in just minutes after the #Venezuela earthquakes struck on 24 June. More than 6,000 people lost their lives, and millions have been affected. DEC charities are providing urgent aid to families facing unimaginable loss. dec.org.uk.

The #WorldCup may be over, but #football is far from finished for Jorge. After surviving a devastating #Venezuela earthquake, 12-year-old Jorge found comfort and a sense of normality in the game he loves. Support children like Jorge today: dec.org.uk

DEC charity @concernworldwideuk.bsky.social local partner ACTED is distributing hygiene kits to families, like Neyda's. This is helping communities stay healthy and reduce the risk of disease as they live in temporary shelters. If you can, please support our #Venezuela appeal: dec.org.uk.

"The aid... was a great help to us." After losing four family members and his home in the #Venezuela earthquakes, Schmeikell says food assistance from @worldvisionuk.bsky.social has helped him and his surviving relatives through the crisis. Support our appeal today: dec.org.uk

A neighbour asking for a cup of coffee moments before the #earthquake may have saved Yajaira's life. Now living in a temporary shelter after losing her home, DEC charities are helping people like Yajaira rebuild their lives. Learn more at dec.org.uk. #Venezuela

A huge thank you to 10-year-old Maud, a pupil at Harpley Church of England Primary School in #Norfolk, who has raised over £1,000 for the DEC #Venezuela Earthquake Appeal. "I wanted to let the people suffering in #Venezuela know that they hadn’t been forgotten." - Maud Learn more at dec.org.uk

"I've had to weep with those who lost everything." In @bigissue.com, Claudia Pacheco from World Vision shares her first-hand account of the devastating earthquakes in #Venezuela. https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/venezuela-devastating-earthquakes-claudia-gonzalez-pacheco/ @worldvisionuk.bsky.social

Helping thousands left homeless by earthquakes in Venezuela

Claudia Gonzalez Pacheco reports from Venezuela following the twin catastrophic earthquakes that struck the country on 24 June, killing 5,000

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