Polish aid

On Saturday, 1st of June, a special picnic was organised in the gardens of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister to celebrate Children’s Day. The event attracted thousands of participants, both children and adults. Among the ministries that prepared their stands in the Fairy Tale Garden was the MFA with Polish Aid booth.

On 7 May 2024, Undersecretary of State Jakub Wiśniewski took part in the Foreign Affairs Council session held in Brussels in the format of development cooperation ministers (FAC Development).

Since 2007, Poland has continuously supported Palestine under the development cooperation programme. After 7 October 2023, we have considerably increased our humanitarian aid, by making additional contributions to UNRWA, UNICEF, and the WFP (the World Food Programme), and provided medical assistance to hospitals in Egypt which also treat Gazan patients.

Organised at the initiative of France, Germany and the European Commission, the event was held in Paris on 15 April and followed up on the debates in Geneva in June 2023, in New York in September 2023, and in Cairo in November 2023.

Polish aid has supported refugees and local communities who are hosting refugees in access to medical services for years.

There are 2.2 billion people in the world without access to clean, safe water. For years, Polish aid has been financing projects aimed at improving water management, i.e. ensuring access and rational use of water, and supporting efforts to preserve clean and natural water ecosystems.

The head of Polish diplomacy attended the third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels. Minister Sikorski spoke about Polish aid to Ukraine during the Russian invasion and pointed to the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East as one of the priority emergencies.

We invite you to watch the film “Udzungwa and Kilombero”, produced by travellers, journalists and YouTubers: Kaja Kraska and Mateusz Mękarski from Globstory. The documentary illustrates Polish development cooperation in southern Tanzania, carried out by the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam in collaboration with STEP, a local non-profit organization.