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VOICE is the leading European network of 89 NGOs, from 18 European countries, implementing principled humanitarian action worldwide.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What does dignity mean in decades-long exile?

VOICE member @medicosdelmundo.bsky.social explores health, dignity, and international responsibility in the Sahrawi refugee camps.

👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🌍 #ADRA joins the #GlobalRefugeeForum this week — not just with words, but with action. We’re reporting on how our pledges have become real support for refugees around the world.
🔗 Read more: adra.eu/global-refug...

#WithRefugees
Global Refugee forum: ADRA Delivers Global Impact Through Refugee Pledges | ADRA Europe
This week, our colleague Thomas Petracek, Head of Programs at ADRA Europe, participates in the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. On the occasion of this event, the Adventist Development and...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🎬 It’s a wrap! The #RHPW brought three days of learning, connection, and inspiration.

For VOICE, the key takeaways are: communities must lead, flexible funding is essential, and #trust is the foundation for future #humanitarian action.
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What support would most help humanitarians working in Lebanon?
We asked. They answered.
🎥 VOICE visited Action Against Hunger projects in Lebanon and spoke with teams on the ground.
More clips on each project coming soon.
✨Stay tuned
#ActForHumanity #Lebanon
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🎞️Yesterday, VOICE attended a screening of Everyday in Gaza, organised by WeWorld and EuroMed Rights, followed by a panel with Palestinian speakers Zena Elhout, Hamdi Shaqqura, Fadi Arouri, and Abdalhadi Alijla on life and resilience in the Strip.
Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences!
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The #ResilienceNexus Working Group meeting in Brussels on Tuesday was an important step toward shaping our 2026 to 2028 agenda.

We heard from DG ECHO, reviewed progress on the HDP nexus and climate agenda, and set new priorities through group exercises. Thank you to everyone who joined 🙌
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
⚖️ Stories hold power. So who gets to shape the narrative?

Our member NGO @hias.org explores how humanitarian narratives can shift from storytelling to story-owning, grounded in informed consent and respect for the people behind them.

👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Imagine being told your local clinic is unsafe, so you stop seeking treatment.
Except it wasn’t true.
🚫 Disinformation affects access to food, healthcare and safety.

We explored this in a workshop with Fondation Hirondelle.
🔗 Read our workshop report: bit.ly/DisinfoHARep...
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today our President @paulinechetcuti.bsky.social spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu, in a panel moderated by MEP Leire Pajín, alongside Red Cross EU, @icrc.org and DG ECHO, highlighting the need to protect principled, needs-based EU aid through predictable funding 🤝🌍
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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1/ Avec le lancement du rapport "Des vies à la croisée des identités", @hi-federation.bsky.social présente le site web dédié à l'initiative multipartite pour la #ProtectionDesCivilies impactés par les #ArmesExplosives

👉 3 autres rapports thématiques y sont disponible. Explorez: tinyurl.com/2f9stwt5
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When trust breaks down in a conflict zone, humanitarian action stops ⚠️
#Misinformation can put civilians and #humanitarian workers at risk.
Our member NGO Geneva Call shares strategies to reduce these risks and lessons from engaging with AGDAs.
Read the article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/3LSsHQ1
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“Emotional images raise more money, but at what cost?”
Our member @adradeutschland.bsky.social explores how #humanitarian NGOs can balance fundraising urgency with dignity and why shifting the focus from suffering to #resilience matters.

🎯 Read the full article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/47HELL6
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📍 In Hermel, #Lebanon, VOICE visited ACF’s projects delivering #health support to vulnerable communities.
Mobile clinics reach families who otherwise have no access to care - but funding cuts are putting these services at risk.
👉 Cuts cost lives.
Sustained humanitarian funding is vital.
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In a recent interview with Défis Humanitaires, VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti discusses the dual emergency facing humanitarian aid - declining funding and weaker multilateralism - and the EU’s role through DG ECHO and the #MFF.

Read the full interview: bit.ly/3JEPYUW
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📢 VOICE Out Loud #39: Interview with EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social.
She discusses balancing EU visibility with dignity of people receiving #humanitarian aid, decolonising communication, and building public trust in humanitarian narratives.

👉 Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4oTUUEs
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
From Copenhagen 🇩🇰: our Director, Maria Groenewald, shares three key lessons from the VOICE & Global Focus roundtable on shaping the EU’s humanitarian and development agenda.

We keep working to ensure EU decisions truly reach people in crisis. #HumanitarianAid #EU #TeamEurope
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🔴All eyes on Sudan.
Civilians in Al-Fashir are trapped under bombardment, without food, water, or medicine.
We must not look away.
🎥 VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti calls for urgent action to protect lives and restore access to #humanitarian action.
#Sudan #AlFashir #AllEyesOnSudan
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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@voiceeu.bsky.social panel on anticipatory action.
We need stronger links with governments and partners.
Too much remains project-based — sustainability needs policy and systems.
Forecasts don’t save lives. Action does.

#COP2030 #AnticipatoryAction #Resilience
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🔴 All eyes on Sudan
Al Fashir has fallen to the RSF after months of siege. Civilians are trapped, hospitals bombed, aid blocked.
VOICE calls on the EU & Member States to uphold #IHL and enable safe humanitarian access.
Read our news and members’ reactions:: bit.ly/47ux0rN
#KeepEyesOnSudan
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
💧 In southern Lebanon, VOICE visited Action Against Hunger - Middle East's project, where solar-powered pumps and digital monitoring keep water flowing to 40+ villages despite conflict. Yet thousands still face shortages - long-term support is key to resilience. #Lebanon #HumanitarianAction
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We are live at #AidEx2025!

Tackling disinformation and misinformation in #humanitarian action —

🔊Protecting truth means
protecting lives!
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📆This Wednesday at #AidEx2025

“Humanitarian Truth Under Fire – Tackling Disinformation and Misinformation in Crises.”

Join VOICE, Fondation Hirondelle, Medair & UNHCR in Geneva to discuss trust, access, and information integrity.
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🔴Two powerful days in Rome

From meeting our Italian members to joining the Intersos Congress, VOICE advocated for principled #humanitarian action.

“Humanitarian aid is not a luxury — it’s a lifeline.” — shared VOICE Director @mariagroenewald.bsky.social

#HumanitarianismUnderAttack
October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM