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🇨🇿 Czech NGO present in +40 countries internationally; working in: ▪️Relief & Development Aid ▪️Social Integration ▪️Human Rights www.peopleinneed.net

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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yesterday, Šimon Pánek, our director, joined in discussions at the Ambrela's Development Forum in #Bratislava where he exchanged perspectives on the EU’s Global Gateway and what this new vision for partnership, trade and development means in practice.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An aerial bomb damaged Olha's house in Pavlohrad. This is the second time in nine years she’s been left without a home. But she says: “I m grateful that there is a new morning.” We work in Pavlohrad because there are many stories like this here.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📈42% of Zambia’s agricultural GDP comes from livestock. This supports the livelihoods of more than half of the country’s rural population. In Mongu and Limulunga, cattle are an important source of income and resilience for many families.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are at the Asian Development Bank Business Opportunities Fair in Manila, joining rich exchanges with ADB and the many participants gathered here for the week.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Ukraine’s humanitarian response is shaped every day by the people and organisations working closest to affected communities. On 5 October, we are bringing some of those voices to Washington, D.C.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Solar power is already part of daily life and business in northern Syria, but the market has visible gaps that are holding back its growth. wespoke to retailers, technicians, training providers and the Ministry of Energy to find out why, & to better understand what can be done to fix it.
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The growing business of solar power in northern Sy
Across Aleppo, Idlib and Raqqa, residents are already buying solar systems to cope with unreliable electricity supply.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/ Smallholder farmers in Cambodia are adapting to increasing climate risks. In our recent report we demonstrate how climate-smart innovations can transform the country’s cashew and pepper sectors. 🧵 www.peopleinneed.net/rooted-in-re...
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Climate-smart innovations for Cambodia
We produced a report to assess best practices and innovations to enhance the climate resilience of Cambodian farmers.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Flash floods in Nepal have affected 1.6 million people. Our colleagues from in Nepal have been working in the worst-hit areas since the very first days of the disaster.
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Helping people in Nepal cope with flood trauma
In Nepal, we are currently providing both material and psychosocial support and are working to improve early warning systems for natural disasters.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The transit centre in Lozova receives 250 civilians daily from towns near the front in Ukraine. Through Angels of Salvation & Czech support, we provide much needed psychosocial support at the centre to people forced from their homes by Russian attacks.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🖍️ Democracy is built on values we learn from an early age. But as we grow up, some of those lessons can become harder to hold on to. At People in Need, we, as part of the @epd.eu, invite you to remember what brings us together and reshare the video. 🔁 epd.eu/whendidwefor... #WhenDidWeForget
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
2,468,300. That is how many people we helped last year in 44 countries around the world. Every person represented in this number is someone with a life, a story, a family—someone just like you.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Amid endless air raid alerts, Ukrainian children want simple things: to go to school safely, see classmates, and attend their first lesson together—in person, not online. Last year, we repaired, or equipped, 28 temporary learning spaces. ukraine.peopleinneed.net/en/helping-u...
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
1/2 “The assistance came at the right time… Now I can buy vegetables and other necessities,” says Umm Abdullah. After years of displacement, she returned home to an empty house in #Syria, with no source of income & significant financial challenges.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Amid endless air raid alerts, Ukrainian children want simple things: to go to school safely, see classmates, and attend their first lesson together—in person, not online. Last year, we repaired, or equipped, 28 temporary learning spaces. ukraine.peopleinneed.net/en/helping-u...
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Helping Ukrainian Children Return to School
Support for educational institutions in Ukraine
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🕫CALL FOR TENDERS! Our team at People in Need Syria is seeking a Senior Climate Adaptation and GCF Proposal Advisor for Syria Response. 🗓️Bid submission deadline: 14/09/2026 at 12:00 PM Syrian local time
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🇳🇵 Relief efforts in Nepal continue. 🛠️Our colleagues from People in Need Nepal are still in regions directly affected by last week’s flooding. They are providing urgent support to people who need it most.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🌍✨ From Dialogue to Action! Young people are not waiting for change—they are creating it. With our support 175 young people gathered to change their communities across Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor in northern #Syria.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🇳🇵 5 days since the floods, and we are already on the ground helping. With the support of the Czech people we have raised CZK 28 million and we are helping hundreds in Nepal. Contribute to SOS Nepal. ❤️ www.peopleinneed.net/we-are-launc...
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🇻🇪 In camps and settlements across Venezuela, youth face serious mental health challenges alongside the other consequences of the crisis. Safe spaces, play-based activities and access to social workers and psychologists can help identify what they are going through and provide the support they need.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The devastating floods in Nepal struck an area we know well. We are in contact with the local government and are preparing rapid relief efforts. To ensure immediate relief, we have released CZK 1 million from our Club of Friends. And to ensure sustainable support, we have launched SOS Nepal.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🌱 North Macedonia suffers from air pollution and poor waste management. Our friends at ZIP Institute is tackling both issues through the practical application of the circular economy and local community involvement.
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Clean air and wheat straws
In North Macedonia, people face the tangible reality of heavy air pollution. ZIP Institute has taken up the challenge to fight Air pollution on two fronts.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
1/ Starting a business from scratch isn't easy— especially for Ukraine's defenders returning from service with a different. Our "Courage to Business" programme has helped veterans & their families on the road to entrepreneurship.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🇺🇳 #COP17 | Civil Society Voices at the Green Zone Today, Mongolian civil society organisations came together at the COP17 Green Zone to bring community voices, experiences, and practices to COP17 discussions.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We cannot stop the fighting, but we can at least improve the lives of the innocent people affected by it. Furaha could see that her son was very sick, but having fled home she did not have enough food for him.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🌊 Testing a flood simulation can save lives & property. In Laos, we launched an Early Warning System for floods that uses sensors to monitor river levels. When the flood comes, it sends warning SMS messages to residents in vulnerable areas. But what should people do in the moment when alert arrives?
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Better Prepared for Floods: Mr. Houng's Story
Villages and towns across Laos are endangered by recurring floods.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
COP17 | High-Level Panel Discussion on Civil Society and Land–Climate Synergies Over 120 participants attended our UNCCD COP17 side event, "The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Driving UNCCD and UNFCCC Synergies: A Perspective from Mongolia and Beyond."
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We presented Russia with a bill for its imperialism. But it is nowhere near enough to pay for ➡️the invasion in August 1968. ➡️all the victims in Ukraine. ➡️the pain that continues.🧾
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
1/ "When we returned, there were no rooms left... not even doors." With these words, a woman from Saraqeb describes her return from a journey of displacement & loss. Often, returning home is merely a new beginning in rebuilding lives in homes damaged by years of conflict.
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VOICE (Voluntary Organisations In Cooperation in Emergency) @voiceeu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Humanitarian action works best when it is built on collaboration, trust and knowing where each organisation can make the greatest difference. @peopleinneed.bsky.social #ActForHumanity
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
1/ Starting a business from scratch isn't easy— especially for Ukraine's defenders returning from service with a different. Our "Courage to Business" programme has helped veterans & their families on the road to entrepreneurship.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today at the COP17 Green Zone, herders, civil society representatives, researchers and development actors discussed how meaningful participation can strengthen efforts to address desertification and land degradation.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Alona worked in veterinary medicine in Luhansk Oblast, until Russia occupied her region and she fled. Today she supports frontline communities in Ukraine. She hopes for peace—and for the day this work is no longer needed. #ActForHumanity buff.ly/0f6Yt6K
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On #WorldHumantiarianDay, the story of our colleague Saurav Gautam, Head of IT at People in Need Nepal, shows that humanitarian work doesn't just change the lives of people in need, but transforms the humanitarians themselves. Read on👇
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Saurav Gautam: Becoming a humanitarian
This World Humanitarian Day, we share the story of Saurav Gautam, PIN Nepal's IT Lead.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
1/ On #WorldHumanitarianDay 2026 (#WHD2026), we honour the humanitarians risking their lives to bring relief and support to communities in crises. Humanitarian work is now more dangerous than ever, yet local staff and communities continue to demonstrate resilience.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🕫Ahead of #COP17, in Ulaanbaatar, we joined more than 30 Mongolian civil society organisations in issuing a joint statement calling for action to prevent land degradation, protect rangelands, and safeguard traditional pastoral livelihoods.
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Mongolian Civil Society Joint Statement for the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | Notion
For thousands of years, nomadic herders in Mongolia and around the world have practiced sustainable, seasonally mobile pasture management in harmony with nature — a living example of mitigating land d...
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
1/ Our initiative Civil Society Now (CSN) works to flip the power dynamic in international development. Our goal? To empower local grassroots organisations to lead sustainable change by becoming independent, resilient, & primary recipients of global funding. 🧵
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
👋Meet Lydia Muimui. In the face of unpredictable weather and tough farming conditions in Zambia’s Western Province, she’s leading a community agricultural revolution.🌾✨ www.peopleinneed.net/lydias-sorgh...
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Lydia’s sorghum journey in the Barotse Floodplains
In Lukulo, a community in Zambia’s Western Province, Lydia Muimui grows sorghum. She works with determination to make the season a success.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🍓 🚜 Empowering berry farmers in Moldova As climate change challenges agriculture, we help farmers build a resilient, sustainable, and competitive future. We provided five strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry farmers investments to boost their climate resilience:
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🛠️Starting a business from scratch is a challenge for any budding entrepreneur. It is even more so, for Ukraine's defenders who have returned to civilian life. 💪🏽Our Courage to Business programme has helped veterans and their family members launch their or grow their own business.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
☀️ Are heatwaves that often reach up to 40 °C becoming the new norm? How can we function in weather like this, and is it even possible to prepare for such extreme heat?
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Madhesh 2025: Climate disasters & early warnings,
Climate disasters, early warnings, and local action.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
1/ 15 August 2026 marks five years since the Taliban returned to power. Decades of conflict, aid dependency, climate shocks, suspended development aid, frozen foreign reserves & regional tensions have deepened Afghanistan's crisis. www.peopleinneed.net/five-years-o...
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Five Years On
Sustaining International Engagement with Afghanistan
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🌊 Thanks to seaweed farming, Jessa from the Philippines has improved life for her family and the entire island! She has been working at sea since she was young. She helped her parents tie seedlings, drive stakes, and spent entire days in the water.
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Jessa’s sustainable seaweed farming
In Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines, seaweed farming is one of the few reliable sources of income.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
💡 Civil Society Now (CSN) is our initiative that provides a digital platform to strengthen the institutional capacity of local CSOs. 🔗take a look at our Presentation for the Introductory Workshop on Greening Operations civilsocietynow.org/presentation...
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
👋Meet Lydia Muimui. In the face of unpredictable weather and tough farming conditions in Zambia’s Western Province, she’s leading a community agricultural revolution.🌾✨
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Lydia’s sorghum journey in the Barotse Floodplains
In Lukulo, a community in Zambia’s Western Province, Lydia Muimui grows sorghum. She works with determination to make the season a success.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🍓 🚜 Empowering berry farmers in Moldova As climate change challenges agriculture, we help farmers build a resilient, sustainable, and competitive future. We provided five strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry farmers investments to boost their climate resilience:
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🇻🇪 Many areas lack water, medicines and food, while electricity and phone networks are failing. In some parts of Venezuela affected by the earthquake, people are still waiting for help.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1/💡 Civil Society Now (CSN), is our initiative to strengthen the institutional capacity of local civil society organisations (CSOs). It enables grassroots groups to transition from sub-grantees to primary recipients of international donor funding. 🧵
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🇺🇦 During difficult moments on the frontline, where he served as a drone operator, Andrii found strength in thinking about his passion – board games and developing them.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
On the eve of the anniversary of 21 August 1968, join us, once again, to commemorate the tragic occupation of Czechoslovakia, and in honour the memory of those who stood up to Soviet aggression, as well as those who spent the following twenty years living in a country that had lost its freedom.
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People in Need @peopleinneed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
You can’t end every crisis. But you can end someone’s. Imagine working hard each day, but still struggling to keep enough food on the table for your family.
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