Polish aid

“The water which has spilt cannot be gathered” – this old Swahili proverb reflects the growing problem of access to water that Tanzania’s inhabitants and, more broadly, people living in all of Sub-Saharan Africa have to cope with.

Soon, on World Humanitarian Day (WHD) on 19th August the world will commemorate humanitarian workers killed and injured in the course of their work, and will honour all aid and health workers who continue, despite the odds, to provide life-saving support and protection to people most in need.

Despite COVID-19-related restrictions that remain in force in Uganda, the Wanda Matugga Health Centre, named after Dr Wanda Błeńska, continues to implement module II of a project carried out by the InnovAid Foundation.

“We are sending international aid to Lebanon,” Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński said at a press conference held at the MFA on Wednesday.

At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ECORYS Polska Sp. z o. o. has undertaken an evaluation study of the Polish Aid Volunteering Programme and global education activities.

In 2019, the grant equivalent of Poland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) was nearly PLN 3 billion.

Involvement in the work of the Executive Board during a three-year term, starting in 2021, will allow Poland to take active part in setting out the course of humanitarian operations across the globe.

The conference on assistance for Syria was organised jointly, for the fourth time, by the EU and the UN. This year, due to the epidemiological situation caused by Covid-19, the event was held in the form of a video conference.

“Today we are sending a transport of personal protective equipment to Baku. Thus, the solidarity aid continues for our partners under the Eastern Partnership programme,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński.

Although Albert Einstein, a physicist, Madeline Albright, the United States Secretary of State, or M.I.A, a singer achieved fame in various fields, they have at least one thing in common – they were all refugees.