Humanitarian aid

Polish gov't allocates more than EUR 700 mln for humanitarian aid - min

The minister stressed that Poland is aware of its responsibility as a member of the international community, hence its allocation of considerable resources to development and humanitarian aid. Leszek Szymański/PAP

The Polish government is earmarking nearly PLN 3 bln for development and relief efforts in other countries, said Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Michał Woś on Wednesday.

Warsaw hosts Humanitarian Expo 2019 fair

The three-day Warsaw Humanitarian Expo 2019 exhibition started on Tuesday in Nadarzyn, near Warsaw, and is being attended among others by Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz. The event is being held under the patronage of Polish President Andrzej Duda.

Poland wants to specialise in humanitarian aid - FM

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has told PAP that Poland wants to specialise in humanitarian aid. In June, an international humanitarian fair, Warsaw Humanitarian Expo, will be organised in Warsaw.

As UNICEF celebrates its 72nd anniversary this month, TFN looks back at its Polish founding father Ludwik Rajchman

In 1946 Rajchman called for a fund to be created to help children. On his initiative, around 30 million medical examinations and 17 million tuberculosis vaccines were provided in 22 countries around the world between 1948-1951.

Polish government provides 500 houses for Iraq

A convoy of ten trucks transporting 500 temporary homes valued at PLN 3 mln (EUR 698, 470) is heading from Gdańsk, northern Poland, to Mosul in northern Iraq. The houses are a form of humanitarian aid from the Polish government.

Poland extends cooperation with the International Red Cross

Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz and the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, signed a memorandum of cooperation in New York on Wednesday, which provides for an increase in financial aid, and other aid, to the ICRC.

Humanitarian aid funds have increased sixfold since 2015

Since 2015, the resources allocated by the Polish government to humanitarian aid have increased sixfold, Polish Humanitarian Aid Minister Beata Kempa said after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Polish Humanitarian Action offers new aid programme in Iraq

The team of the Polish Humanitarian Action in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region visited the village of Marina on Sunday as part of a relief project for the most needy in the provinces of Dahuk and Irbil.

We are in contact with NGOs about aid to Ghouta - Aid Minister

We are in contact with NGOs, both secular and religious, on the issue of delivering immediate aid to people in need in Eastern Ghouta in Syria, Poland's minister for humanitarian aid, Beata Kempa, told PAP on Tuesday.

Poland spent EUR 48.5 mln on humanitarian aid in 2017, turns to Africa

Poland spent a total of PLN 202 million (EUR 48.5 million) on humanitarian aid in 2017, mostly for Syria, and would now also try to help Africa, the Rzeczpospolita daily newspaper reported on Thursday.

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