Pierre Peron
@pierreperon.bsky.social
Public Information Officer with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Views expressed are my own.
#PHILIPPINES: Tropical Cyclone #Kalmaegi (#Tino) and #Fung-Wong (#Uwan) #Humanitarian Snapshot
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November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#PHILIPPINES: Tropical Cyclone #Kalmaegi (#Tino) and #Fung-Wong (#Uwan) #Humanitarian Snapshot
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#Myanmar: Humanitarian conditions are worsening as insecurity persists across affected regions.
In #Sagaing Region, airstrikes and ground offensives in early October displaced more than 14,000 people and reportedly destroyed over 1,700 houses.
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In #Sagaing Region, airstrikes and ground offensives in early October displaced more than 14,000 people and reportedly destroyed over 1,700 houses.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
#Myanmar: Humanitarian conditions are worsening as insecurity persists across affected regions.
In #Sagaing Region, airstrikes and ground offensives in early October displaced more than 14,000 people and reportedly destroyed over 1,700 houses.
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In #Sagaing Region, airstrikes and ground offensives in early October displaced more than 14,000 people and reportedly destroyed over 1,700 houses.
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The impact of a disaster doesn’t disappear when news headlines move on.
Six months since the devastating #earthquakes in #Myanmar, humanitarians continue to respond to the needs of communities still living with destroyed homes, schools, and livelihoods.
Six months since the devastating #earthquakes in #Myanmar, humanitarians continue to respond to the needs of communities still living with destroyed homes, schools, and livelihoods.
September 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The impact of a disaster doesn’t disappear when news headlines move on.
Six months since the devastating #earthquakes in #Myanmar, humanitarians continue to respond to the needs of communities still living with destroyed homes, schools, and livelihoods.
Six months since the devastating #earthquakes in #Myanmar, humanitarians continue to respond to the needs of communities still living with destroyed homes, schools, and livelihoods.
🔹Response efforts scaled up to assist affected people ahead of cold season #Afghanistan
🔹SuperTY Ragasa hit northern #Philippines, over 15k people evacuated
🔹Armed clashes intensified in NW #Myanmar
🔹Relief operations ongoing in flood-affected areas #Pakistan
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🔹SuperTY Ragasa hit northern #Philippines, over 15k people evacuated
🔹Armed clashes intensified in NW #Myanmar
🔹Relief operations ongoing in flood-affected areas #Pakistan
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September 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🔹Response efforts scaled up to assist affected people ahead of cold season #Afghanistan
🔹SuperTY Ragasa hit northern #Philippines, over 15k people evacuated
🔹Armed clashes intensified in NW #Myanmar
🔹Relief operations ongoing in flood-affected areas #Pakistan
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🔹SuperTY Ragasa hit northern #Philippines, over 15k people evacuated
🔹Armed clashes intensified in NW #Myanmar
🔹Relief operations ongoing in flood-affected areas #Pakistan
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🗨️"Change is essential right now, but we’re not changing in benign waters – we’re changing in the midst of a storm around us.
...We need to fight for what must be saved, and we must imagine what we can be in the future."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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...We need to fight for what must be saved, and we must imagine what we can be in the future."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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September 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
🗨️"Change is essential right now, but we’re not changing in benign waters – we’re changing in the midst of a storm around us.
...We need to fight for what must be saved, and we must imagine what we can be in the future."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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...We need to fight for what must be saved, and we must imagine what we can be in the future."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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📣 #Afghanistan #Earthquake in Nangahar Flash Update No.4
🔹 2,205 people killed, 3,640 people injured and 84,000 people affected
🔹43,000 ready-to-eat meals, 901 standard non-food item kits & 1,077 family tents have been distributed to affected areas
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🔹 2,205 people killed, 3,640 people injured and 84,000 people affected
🔹43,000 ready-to-eat meals, 901 standard non-food item kits & 1,077 family tents have been distributed to affected areas
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September 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
📣 #Afghanistan #Earthquake in Nangahar Flash Update No.4
🔹 2,205 people killed, 3,640 people injured and 84,000 people affected
🔹43,000 ready-to-eat meals, 901 standard non-food item kits & 1,077 family tents have been distributed to affected areas
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🔹 2,205 people killed, 3,640 people injured and 84,000 people affected
🔹43,000 ready-to-eat meals, 901 standard non-food item kits & 1,077 family tents have been distributed to affected areas
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⚠️ #Afghanistan #Earthquake Flash Update #3
🟦 Initial reports : 1,368 people killed, over 17,000 people affected & 2,924 homes destroyed
🟦 Aftershocks have worsened road blockages, further hindering access to affected areas
🟦 Humanitarian response is ongoing
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🟦 Initial reports : 1,368 people killed, over 17,000 people affected & 2,924 homes destroyed
🟦 Aftershocks have worsened road blockages, further hindering access to affected areas
🟦 Humanitarian response is ongoing
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September 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
⚠️ #Afghanistan #Earthquake Flash Update #3
🟦 Initial reports : 1,368 people killed, over 17,000 people affected & 2,924 homes destroyed
🟦 Aftershocks have worsened road blockages, further hindering access to affected areas
🟦 Humanitarian response is ongoing
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🟦 Initial reports : 1,368 people killed, over 17,000 people affected & 2,924 homes destroyed
🟦 Aftershocks have worsened road blockages, further hindering access to affected areas
🟦 Humanitarian response is ongoing
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"As of 5 July, 1.1 million Afghans have returned to #Afghanistan in 2025, including 908,000 from #Iran and 214,000 from #Pakistan.
...Some 167,000 Afghans returned from Iran between 1 and 5 July alone."
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...Some 167,000 Afghans returned from Iran between 1 and 5 July alone."
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July 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"As of 5 July, 1.1 million Afghans have returned to #Afghanistan in 2025, including 908,000 from #Iran and 214,000 from #Pakistan.
...Some 167,000 Afghans returned from Iran between 1 and 5 July alone."
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...Some 167,000 Afghans returned from Iran between 1 and 5 July alone."
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#100days #Myanmar #Earthquake
"The earthquakes are part of a compounding crisis in the country that has struck people with repeated shocks – including devastating conflict and flooding that has stripped people of shelter, livelihoods, and a sense of safety.
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"The earthquakes are part of a compounding crisis in the country that has struck people with repeated shocks – including devastating conflict and flooding that has stripped people of shelter, livelihoods, and a sense of safety.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#100days #Myanmar #Earthquake
"The earthquakes are part of a compounding crisis in the country that has struck people with repeated shocks – including devastating conflict and flooding that has stripped people of shelter, livelihoods, and a sense of safety.
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"The earthquakes are part of a compounding crisis in the country that has struck people with repeated shocks – including devastating conflict and flooding that has stripped people of shelter, livelihoods, and a sense of safety.
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#Myanmar: Since early June, hostilities in Pakokku Township (Magway Region) and Pale Township (Sagaing Region) have reportedly displaced approximately 55,000 people.
More than 3.5 million internally displaced persons now estimated across the country.
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More than 3.5 million internally displaced persons now estimated across the country.
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June 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
#Myanmar: Since early June, hostilities in Pakokku Township (Magway Region) and Pale Township (Sagaing Region) have reportedly displaced approximately 55,000 people.
More than 3.5 million internally displaced persons now estimated across the country.
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More than 3.5 million internally displaced persons now estimated across the country.
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UN, partners unveil hyper-prioritized aid appeal amid ‘cruel math’ of brutal funding cuts
🗨️"We have been forced into a triage of human survival. The math is cruel, and the consequences are heartbreaking."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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🗨️"We have been forced into a triage of human survival. The math is cruel, and the consequences are heartbreaking."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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June 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
UN, partners unveil hyper-prioritized aid appeal amid ‘cruel math’ of brutal funding cuts
🗨️"We have been forced into a triage of human survival. The math is cruel, and the consequences are heartbreaking."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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🗨️"We have been forced into a triage of human survival. The math is cruel, and the consequences are heartbreaking."
- @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @unocha.org
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I met nine year old Tuyisabe and his baby niece Julienne at a school sheltering displaced families in the town of Sake in North Kivu, DRC.
Tuyisabe and his family fled the war more than two years ago and until recently lived in the Bulengo IDP camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma.
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Tuyisabe and his family fled the war more than two years ago and until recently lived in the Bulengo IDP camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma.
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April 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I met nine year old Tuyisabe and his baby niece Julienne at a school sheltering displaced families in the town of Sake in North Kivu, DRC.
Tuyisabe and his family fled the war more than two years ago and until recently lived in the Bulengo IDP camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma.
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Tuyisabe and his family fled the war more than two years ago and until recently lived in the Bulengo IDP camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma.
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On the job today for @unocha.org with my colleague Francis Mweze, interviewing displaced families sheltering in a war-scarred school.
Sake, North Kivu, #DRCongo
Sake, North Kivu, #DRCongo
April 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On the job today for @unocha.org with my colleague Francis Mweze, interviewing displaced families sheltering in a war-scarred school.
Sake, North Kivu, #DRCongo
Sake, North Kivu, #DRCongo
Waiting in the aid line.
North Kivu, DRC.
2 April 2025
North Kivu, DRC.
2 April 2025
April 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Waiting in the aid line.
North Kivu, DRC.
2 April 2025
North Kivu, DRC.
2 April 2025
Most of the info and analysis your need about the #Earthquake in #Myanmar, all on one page: the latest snapshot by @unocha.org.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Most of the info and analysis your need about the #Earthquake in #Myanmar, all on one page: the latest snapshot by @unocha.org.
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Clashes in eastern #DRC imperil civilians and response efforts
"Escalating violence in parts of the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri continues to displace civilians, curtail access to essential services, and obstruct the delivery of critical aid."
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"Escalating violence in parts of the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri continues to displace civilians, curtail access to essential services, and obstruct the delivery of critical aid."
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April 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Clashes in eastern #DRC imperil civilians and response efforts
"Escalating violence in parts of the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri continues to displace civilians, curtail access to essential services, and obstruct the delivery of critical aid."
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"Escalating violence in parts of the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri continues to displace civilians, curtail access to essential services, and obstruct the delivery of critical aid."
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“25 people sleeping in a classroom where they have to drag their few belongings out every morning because the classroom is used for school, then every afternoon return to the classroom to sleep overnight. It’s really subhuman.”
- @sg-nrc.bsky.social
I also went such a school- this is what I saw:
- @sg-nrc.bsky.social
I also went such a school- this is what I saw:
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“25 people sleeping in a classroom where they have to drag their few belongings out every morning because the classroom is used for school, then every afternoon return to the classroom to sleep overnight. It’s really subhuman.”
- @sg-nrc.bsky.social
I also went such a school- this is what I saw:
- @sg-nrc.bsky.social
I also went such a school- this is what I saw:
You think foreign aid doesn't matter?
These ladies disagree.
(Aid distribution in North Kivu, DRC)
These ladies disagree.
(Aid distribution in North Kivu, DRC)
April 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You think foreign aid doesn't matter?
These ladies disagree.
(Aid distribution in North Kivu, DRC)
These ladies disagree.
(Aid distribution in North Kivu, DRC)
"Tell me you are an aid worker without telling me you are an aid worker."
- North Kivu, DRC
#WithoutTellingMe
- North Kivu, DRC
#WithoutTellingMe
April 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"Tell me you are an aid worker without telling me you are an aid worker."
- North Kivu, DRC
#WithoutTellingMe
- North Kivu, DRC
#WithoutTellingMe
🚨 #Myanmar : UN statement on the #Earthquake Response
🗨️ "The United Nations calls for unimpeded humanitarian access for humanitarian convoys, medical personnel, and assessment teams to all affected regions, regardless of location or control."
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🗨️ "The United Nations calls for unimpeded humanitarian access for humanitarian convoys, medical personnel, and assessment teams to all affected regions, regardless of location or control."
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March 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨 #Myanmar : UN statement on the #Earthquake Response
🗨️ "The United Nations calls for unimpeded humanitarian access for humanitarian convoys, medical personnel, and assessment teams to all affected regions, regardless of location or control."
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🗨️ "The United Nations calls for unimpeded humanitarian access for humanitarian convoys, medical personnel, and assessment teams to all affected regions, regardless of location or control."
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Would you drink this water?
Millions of people around the world don't have a choice.
#WorldWaterDay
(Photo taken in 2012 in Borota, Chad)
Millions of people around the world don't have a choice.
#WorldWaterDay
(Photo taken in 2012 in Borota, Chad)
March 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Would you drink this water?
Millions of people around the world don't have a choice.
#WorldWaterDay
(Photo taken in 2012 in Borota, Chad)
Millions of people around the world don't have a choice.
#WorldWaterDay
(Photo taken in 2012 in Borota, Chad)
March 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The people who will be most affected by the humanitarian funding crisis?
Women and children.
(Video filmed in April 2023 at a displacement site in northern Burkina Faso)
Women and children.
(Video filmed in April 2023 at a displacement site in northern Burkina Faso)
March 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The people who will be most affected by the humanitarian funding crisis?
Women and children.
(Video filmed in April 2023 at a displacement site in northern Burkina Faso)
Women and children.
(Video filmed in April 2023 at a displacement site in northern Burkina Faso)
In September 2021, I took this picture of a displaced family in Kandahar, #Afghanistan.
Like millions of people around the world, they relied on life-saving aid from the UN and NGOs.
When humanitarian funding gets cut, so does their lifeline.
We owe them better.
Like millions of people around the world, they relied on life-saving aid from the UN and NGOs.
When humanitarian funding gets cut, so does their lifeline.
We owe them better.
March 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In September 2021, I took this picture of a displaced family in Kandahar, #Afghanistan.
Like millions of people around the world, they relied on life-saving aid from the UN and NGOs.
When humanitarian funding gets cut, so does their lifeline.
We owe them better.
Like millions of people around the world, they relied on life-saving aid from the UN and NGOs.
When humanitarian funding gets cut, so does their lifeline.
We owe them better.
#Lebanon: "in the first 24 hours after the ceasefire, nearly 580,000 people began returning to their communities.
...nearly 90% of displaced people in collective shelters have left.
...more than 28,000 people have crossed from Syria into Lebanon since 27 Nov."
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...nearly 90% of displaced people in collective shelters have left.
...more than 28,000 people have crossed from Syria into Lebanon since 27 Nov."
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December 2, 2024 at 8:07 PM
#Lebanon: "in the first 24 hours after the ceasefire, nearly 580,000 people began returning to their communities.
...nearly 90% of displaced people in collective shelters have left.
...more than 28,000 people have crossed from Syria into Lebanon since 27 Nov."
↘️ www.unocha.org/news/todays-...
...nearly 90% of displaced people in collective shelters have left.
...more than 28,000 people have crossed from Syria into Lebanon since 27 Nov."
↘️ www.unocha.org/news/todays-...