VOICE (Voluntary Organisations In Cooperation in Emergency)
@voiceeu.bsky.social
VOICE is the leading European network of 89 NGOs, from 18 European countries, implementing principled humanitarian action worldwide.
🎞️Yesterday, VOICE attended a screening of Everyday in Gaza, organised by WeWorld and EuroMed Rights, followed by a panel with Palestinian speakers Zena Elhout, Hamdi Shaqqura, Fadi Arouri, and Abdalhadi Alijla on life and resilience in the Strip.
Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences!
Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences!
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🎞️Yesterday, VOICE attended a screening of Everyday in Gaza, organised by WeWorld and EuroMed Rights, followed by a panel with Palestinian speakers Zena Elhout, Hamdi Shaqqura, Fadi Arouri, and Abdalhadi Alijla on life and resilience in the Strip.
Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences!
Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences!
The #ResilienceNexus Working Group meeting in Brussels on Tuesday was an important step toward shaping our 2026 to 2028 agenda.
We heard from DG ECHO, reviewed progress on the HDP nexus and climate agenda, and set new priorities through group exercises. Thank you to everyone who joined 🙌
We heard from DG ECHO, reviewed progress on the HDP nexus and climate agenda, and set new priorities through group exercises. Thank you to everyone who joined 🙌
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The #ResilienceNexus Working Group meeting in Brussels on Tuesday was an important step toward shaping our 2026 to 2028 agenda.
We heard from DG ECHO, reviewed progress on the HDP nexus and climate agenda, and set new priorities through group exercises. Thank you to everyone who joined 🙌
We heard from DG ECHO, reviewed progress on the HDP nexus and climate agenda, and set new priorities through group exercises. Thank you to everyone who joined 🙌
⚖️ Stories hold power. So who gets to shape the narrative?
Our member NGO @hias.org explores how humanitarian narratives can shift from storytelling to story-owning, grounded in informed consent and respect for the people behind them.
👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
Our member NGO @hias.org explores how humanitarian narratives can shift from storytelling to story-owning, grounded in informed consent and respect for the people behind them.
👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
⚖️ Stories hold power. So who gets to shape the narrative?
Our member NGO @hias.org explores how humanitarian narratives can shift from storytelling to story-owning, grounded in informed consent and respect for the people behind them.
👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
Our member NGO @hias.org explores how humanitarian narratives can shift from storytelling to story-owning, grounded in informed consent and respect for the people behind them.
👉 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
Imagine being told your local clinic is unsafe, so you stop seeking treatment.
Except it wasn’t true.
🚫 Disinformation affects access to food, healthcare and safety.
We explored this in a workshop with Fondation Hirondelle.
🔗 Read our workshop report: bit.ly/DisinfoHARep...
Except it wasn’t true.
🚫 Disinformation affects access to food, healthcare and safety.
We explored this in a workshop with Fondation Hirondelle.
🔗 Read our workshop report: bit.ly/DisinfoHARep...
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Imagine being told your local clinic is unsafe, so you stop seeking treatment.
Except it wasn’t true.
🚫 Disinformation affects access to food, healthcare and safety.
We explored this in a workshop with Fondation Hirondelle.
🔗 Read our workshop report: bit.ly/DisinfoHARep...
Except it wasn’t true.
🚫 Disinformation affects access to food, healthcare and safety.
We explored this in a workshop with Fondation Hirondelle.
🔗 Read our workshop report: bit.ly/DisinfoHARep...
Today our President @paulinechetcuti.bsky.social spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu, in a panel moderated by MEP Leire Pajín, alongside Red Cross EU, @icrc.org and DG ECHO, highlighting the need to protect principled, needs-based EU aid through predictable funding 🤝🌍
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today our President @paulinechetcuti.bsky.social spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu, in a panel moderated by MEP Leire Pajín, alongside Red Cross EU, @icrc.org and DG ECHO, highlighting the need to protect principled, needs-based EU aid through predictable funding 🤝🌍
When trust breaks down in a conflict zone, humanitarian action stops ⚠️
#Misinformation can put civilians and #humanitarian workers at risk.
Our member NGO Geneva Call shares strategies to reduce these risks and lessons from engaging with AGDAs.
Read the article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/3LSsHQ1
#Misinformation can put civilians and #humanitarian workers at risk.
Our member NGO Geneva Call shares strategies to reduce these risks and lessons from engaging with AGDAs.
Read the article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/3LSsHQ1
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
When trust breaks down in a conflict zone, humanitarian action stops ⚠️
#Misinformation can put civilians and #humanitarian workers at risk.
Our member NGO Geneva Call shares strategies to reduce these risks and lessons from engaging with AGDAs.
Read the article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/3LSsHQ1
#Misinformation can put civilians and #humanitarian workers at risk.
Our member NGO Geneva Call shares strategies to reduce these risks and lessons from engaging with AGDAs.
Read the article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/3LSsHQ1
“Emotional images raise more money, but at what cost?”
Our member @adradeutschland.bsky.social explores how #humanitarian NGOs can balance fundraising urgency with dignity and why shifting the focus from suffering to #resilience matters.
🎯 Read the full article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/47HELL6
Our member @adradeutschland.bsky.social explores how #humanitarian NGOs can balance fundraising urgency with dignity and why shifting the focus from suffering to #resilience matters.
🎯 Read the full article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/47HELL6
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“Emotional images raise more money, but at what cost?”
Our member @adradeutschland.bsky.social explores how #humanitarian NGOs can balance fundraising urgency with dignity and why shifting the focus from suffering to #resilience matters.
🎯 Read the full article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/47HELL6
Our member @adradeutschland.bsky.social explores how #humanitarian NGOs can balance fundraising urgency with dignity and why shifting the focus from suffering to #resilience matters.
🎯 Read the full article in VOICE Out Loud #39: bit.ly/47HELL6
📍 In Hermel, #Lebanon, VOICE visited ACF’s projects delivering #health support to vulnerable communities.
Mobile clinics reach families who otherwise have no access to care - but funding cuts are putting these services at risk.
👉 Cuts cost lives.
Sustained humanitarian funding is vital.
Mobile clinics reach families who otherwise have no access to care - but funding cuts are putting these services at risk.
👉 Cuts cost lives.
Sustained humanitarian funding is vital.
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In a recent interview with Défis Humanitaires, VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti discusses the dual emergency facing humanitarian aid - declining funding and weaker multilateralism - and the EU’s role through DG ECHO and the #MFF.
Read the full interview: bit.ly/3JEPYUW
Read the full interview: bit.ly/3JEPYUW
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In a recent interview with Défis Humanitaires, VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti discusses the dual emergency facing humanitarian aid - declining funding and weaker multilateralism - and the EU’s role through DG ECHO and the #MFF.
Read the full interview: bit.ly/3JEPYUW
Read the full interview: bit.ly/3JEPYUW
📢 VOICE Out Loud #39: Interview with EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social.
She discusses balancing EU visibility with dignity of people receiving #humanitarian aid, decolonising communication, and building public trust in humanitarian narratives.
👉 Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4oTUUEs
She discusses balancing EU visibility with dignity of people receiving #humanitarian aid, decolonising communication, and building public trust in humanitarian narratives.
👉 Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4oTUUEs
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📢 VOICE Out Loud #39: Interview with EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social.
She discusses balancing EU visibility with dignity of people receiving #humanitarian aid, decolonising communication, and building public trust in humanitarian narratives.
👉 Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4oTUUEs
She discusses balancing EU visibility with dignity of people receiving #humanitarian aid, decolonising communication, and building public trust in humanitarian narratives.
👉 Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4oTUUEs
From Copenhagen 🇩🇰: our Director, Maria Groenewald, shares three key lessons from the VOICE & Global Focus roundtable on shaping the EU’s humanitarian and development agenda.
We keep working to ensure EU decisions truly reach people in crisis. #HumanitarianAid #EU #TeamEurope
We keep working to ensure EU decisions truly reach people in crisis. #HumanitarianAid #EU #TeamEurope
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
From Copenhagen 🇩🇰: our Director, Maria Groenewald, shares three key lessons from the VOICE & Global Focus roundtable on shaping the EU’s humanitarian and development agenda.
We keep working to ensure EU decisions truly reach people in crisis. #HumanitarianAid #EU #TeamEurope
We keep working to ensure EU decisions truly reach people in crisis. #HumanitarianAid #EU #TeamEurope
🔴All eyes on Sudan.
Civilians in Al-Fashir are trapped under bombardment, without food, water, or medicine.
We must not look away.
🎥 VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti calls for urgent action to protect lives and restore access to #humanitarian action.
#Sudan #AlFashir #AllEyesOnSudan
Civilians in Al-Fashir are trapped under bombardment, without food, water, or medicine.
We must not look away.
🎥 VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti calls for urgent action to protect lives and restore access to #humanitarian action.
#Sudan #AlFashir #AllEyesOnSudan
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🔴All eyes on Sudan.
Civilians in Al-Fashir are trapped under bombardment, without food, water, or medicine.
We must not look away.
🎥 VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti calls for urgent action to protect lives and restore access to #humanitarian action.
#Sudan #AlFashir #AllEyesOnSudan
Civilians in Al-Fashir are trapped under bombardment, without food, water, or medicine.
We must not look away.
🎥 VOICE President Pauline Chetcuti calls for urgent action to protect lives and restore access to #humanitarian action.
#Sudan #AlFashir #AllEyesOnSudan
🔴 All eyes on Sudan
Al Fashir has fallen to the RSF after months of siege. Civilians are trapped, hospitals bombed, aid blocked.
VOICE calls on the EU & Member States to uphold #IHL and enable safe humanitarian access.
Read our news and members’ reactions:: bit.ly/47ux0rN
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Al Fashir has fallen to the RSF after months of siege. Civilians are trapped, hospitals bombed, aid blocked.
VOICE calls on the EU & Member States to uphold #IHL and enable safe humanitarian access.
Read our news and members’ reactions:: bit.ly/47ux0rN
#KeepEyesOnSudan
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔴 All eyes on Sudan
Al Fashir has fallen to the RSF after months of siege. Civilians are trapped, hospitals bombed, aid blocked.
VOICE calls on the EU & Member States to uphold #IHL and enable safe humanitarian access.
Read our news and members’ reactions:: bit.ly/47ux0rN
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Al Fashir has fallen to the RSF after months of siege. Civilians are trapped, hospitals bombed, aid blocked.
VOICE calls on the EU & Member States to uphold #IHL and enable safe humanitarian access.
Read our news and members’ reactions:: bit.ly/47ux0rN
#KeepEyesOnSudan
💧 In southern Lebanon, VOICE visited Action Against Hunger - Middle East's project, where solar-powered pumps and digital monitoring keep water flowing to 40+ villages despite conflict. Yet thousands still face shortages - long-term support is key to resilience. #Lebanon #HumanitarianAction
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
💧 In southern Lebanon, VOICE visited Action Against Hunger - Middle East's project, where solar-powered pumps and digital monitoring keep water flowing to 40+ villages despite conflict. Yet thousands still face shortages - long-term support is key to resilience. #Lebanon #HumanitarianAction
We are live at #AidEx2025!
Tackling disinformation and misinformation in #humanitarian action —
🔊Protecting truth means
protecting lives!
Tackling disinformation and misinformation in #humanitarian action —
🔊Protecting truth means
protecting lives!
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are live at #AidEx2025!
Tackling disinformation and misinformation in #humanitarian action —
🔊Protecting truth means
protecting lives!
Tackling disinformation and misinformation in #humanitarian action —
🔊Protecting truth means
protecting lives!
📆This Wednesday at #AidEx2025
“Humanitarian Truth Under Fire – Tackling Disinformation and Misinformation in Crises.”
Join VOICE, Fondation Hirondelle, Medair & UNHCR in Geneva to discuss trust, access, and information integrity.
“Humanitarian Truth Under Fire – Tackling Disinformation and Misinformation in Crises.”
Join VOICE, Fondation Hirondelle, Medair & UNHCR in Geneva to discuss trust, access, and information integrity.
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📆This Wednesday at #AidEx2025
“Humanitarian Truth Under Fire – Tackling Disinformation and Misinformation in Crises.”
Join VOICE, Fondation Hirondelle, Medair & UNHCR in Geneva to discuss trust, access, and information integrity.
“Humanitarian Truth Under Fire – Tackling Disinformation and Misinformation in Crises.”
Join VOICE, Fondation Hirondelle, Medair & UNHCR in Geneva to discuss trust, access, and information integrity.
🔴Two powerful days in Rome
From meeting our Italian members to joining the Intersos Congress, VOICE advocated for principled #humanitarian action.
“Humanitarian aid is not a luxury — it’s a lifeline.” — shared VOICE Director @mariagroenewald.bsky.social
#HumanitarianismUnderAttack
From meeting our Italian members to joining the Intersos Congress, VOICE advocated for principled #humanitarian action.
“Humanitarian aid is not a luxury — it’s a lifeline.” — shared VOICE Director @mariagroenewald.bsky.social
#HumanitarianismUnderAttack
October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🔴Two powerful days in Rome
From meeting our Italian members to joining the Intersos Congress, VOICE advocated for principled #humanitarian action.
“Humanitarian aid is not a luxury — it’s a lifeline.” — shared VOICE Director @mariagroenewald.bsky.social
#HumanitarianismUnderAttack
From meeting our Italian members to joining the Intersos Congress, VOICE advocated for principled #humanitarian action.
“Humanitarian aid is not a luxury — it’s a lifeline.” — shared VOICE Director @mariagroenewald.bsky.social
#HumanitarianismUnderAttack
🗓️ VOICE at AidEx 2025
📍 Geneva | 🕐 22 October
👉Workshop: Humanitarian truth under fire - Tackling disinformation and misinformation in crises
Join us for this interactive session, bringing together experts to share practical strategies for countering false narratives in crisis contexts.
📍 Geneva | 🕐 22 October
👉Workshop: Humanitarian truth under fire - Tackling disinformation and misinformation in crises
Join us for this interactive session, bringing together experts to share practical strategies for countering false narratives in crisis contexts.
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🗓️ VOICE at AidEx 2025
📍 Geneva | 🕐 22 October
👉Workshop: Humanitarian truth under fire - Tackling disinformation and misinformation in crises
Join us for this interactive session, bringing together experts to share practical strategies for countering false narratives in crisis contexts.
📍 Geneva | 🕐 22 October
👉Workshop: Humanitarian truth under fire - Tackling disinformation and misinformation in crises
Join us for this interactive session, bringing together experts to share practical strategies for countering false narratives in crisis contexts.
Across Latin America, millions are rebuilding their lives in the face of displacement.
👉 Swipe to discover an inspiring Nexus story of resilience, innovation, and peacebuilding from Colombia 🍪
👉 Swipe to discover an inspiring Nexus story of resilience, innovation, and peacebuilding from Colombia 🍪
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Across Latin America, millions are rebuilding their lives in the face of displacement.
👉 Swipe to discover an inspiring Nexus story of resilience, innovation, and peacebuilding from Colombia 🍪
👉 Swipe to discover an inspiring Nexus story of resilience, innovation, and peacebuilding from Colombia 🍪
📷 Looking for what to do in Brussels?
Check out Forgotten Crises, a powerful photo exhibition at the Géopolis Centre in Brussels, shedding light on humanitarian crises in #Haiti, #Yemen, #Congo, and #Sudan.
@caritasintbe.bsky.social, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social & @justiceetpaix.bsky.social.
Check out Forgotten Crises, a powerful photo exhibition at the Géopolis Centre in Brussels, shedding light on humanitarian crises in #Haiti, #Yemen, #Congo, and #Sudan.
@caritasintbe.bsky.social, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social & @justiceetpaix.bsky.social.
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
📷 Looking for what to do in Brussels?
Check out Forgotten Crises, a powerful photo exhibition at the Géopolis Centre in Brussels, shedding light on humanitarian crises in #Haiti, #Yemen, #Congo, and #Sudan.
@caritasintbe.bsky.social, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social & @justiceetpaix.bsky.social.
Check out Forgotten Crises, a powerful photo exhibition at the Géopolis Centre in Brussels, shedding light on humanitarian crises in #Haiti, #Yemen, #Congo, and #Sudan.
@caritasintbe.bsky.social, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social & @justiceetpaix.bsky.social.
📢The 39th edition of VOICE Out Loud is out now!
With an interview from EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
and contributions from @adradeutschland.bsky.social, @hias.org, @genevacall.org, & @medicosdelmundo.bsky.social.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
With an interview from EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
and contributions from @adradeutschland.bsky.social, @hias.org, @genevacall.org, & @medicosdelmundo.bsky.social.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📢The 39th edition of VOICE Out Loud is out now!
With an interview from EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
and contributions from @adradeutschland.bsky.social, @hias.org, @genevacall.org, & @medicosdelmundo.bsky.social.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
With an interview from EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
and contributions from @adradeutschland.bsky.social, @hias.org, @genevacall.org, & @medicosdelmundo.bsky.social.
👉 Read here: bit.ly/4gLfdRs
📅 VOICE joined the 18th Universités d’Automne de l’Humanitaire, bringing together NGOs, Global South representatives, and donors.
We stressed the urgency for the next #MFF to ensure strong, predictable support for #humanitarian actors.
We stressed the urgency for the next #MFF to ensure strong, predictable support for #humanitarian actors.
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📅 VOICE joined the 18th Universités d’Automne de l’Humanitaire, bringing together NGOs, Global South representatives, and donors.
We stressed the urgency for the next #MFF to ensure strong, predictable support for #humanitarian actors.
We stressed the urgency for the next #MFF to ensure strong, predictable support for #humanitarian actors.
Hunger, floods, disease, and underfunding are pushing millions to the brink.
Humanitarian organisations, including many VOICE members, have signed a joint statement at the UN GA urging world leaders not to overlook Yemen’s worsening humanitarian crisis.
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3WbvIwB
Humanitarian organisations, including many VOICE members, have signed a joint statement at the UN GA urging world leaders not to overlook Yemen’s worsening humanitarian crisis.
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3WbvIwB
September 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hunger, floods, disease, and underfunding are pushing millions to the brink.
Humanitarian organisations, including many VOICE members, have signed a joint statement at the UN GA urging world leaders not to overlook Yemen’s worsening humanitarian crisis.
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3WbvIwB
Humanitarian organisations, including many VOICE members, have signed a joint statement at the UN GA urging world leaders not to overlook Yemen’s worsening humanitarian crisis.
👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/3WbvIwB
President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
acknowledged the humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza. But words must be followed by urgent action. We call on the EU & its Member States to:
• Uphold IHL
• Protect civilians & humanitarian workers
• Ensure unimpeded humanitarian access.
⌛ The time to act is now.
acknowledged the humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza. But words must be followed by urgent action. We call on the EU & its Member States to:
• Uphold IHL
• Protect civilians & humanitarian workers
• Ensure unimpeded humanitarian access.
⌛ The time to act is now.
September 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
acknowledged the humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza. But words must be followed by urgent action. We call on the EU & its Member States to:
• Uphold IHL
• Protect civilians & humanitarian workers
• Ensure unimpeded humanitarian access.
⌛ The time to act is now.
acknowledged the humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza. But words must be followed by urgent action. We call on the EU & its Member States to:
• Uphold IHL
• Protect civilians & humanitarian workers
• Ensure unimpeded humanitarian access.
⌛ The time to act is now.
📣 VOICE is hiring!
We’re looking for a Junior Communication Assistant to join our Brussels Secretariat. You’ll support digital comms, content creation & EU humanitarian advocacy.
📍 Location: Brussels
📅 Contract: Full-time, 9 October 2025 – end of March 2026
📝 Apply by 19 Sept: bit.ly/4nA2AuU
We’re looking for a Junior Communication Assistant to join our Brussels Secretariat. You’ll support digital comms, content creation & EU humanitarian advocacy.
📍 Location: Brussels
📅 Contract: Full-time, 9 October 2025 – end of March 2026
📝 Apply by 19 Sept: bit.ly/4nA2AuU
September 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📣 VOICE is hiring!
We’re looking for a Junior Communication Assistant to join our Brussels Secretariat. You’ll support digital comms, content creation & EU humanitarian advocacy.
📍 Location: Brussels
📅 Contract: Full-time, 9 October 2025 – end of March 2026
📝 Apply by 19 Sept: bit.ly/4nA2AuU
We’re looking for a Junior Communication Assistant to join our Brussels Secretariat. You’ll support digital comms, content creation & EU humanitarian advocacy.
📍 Location: Brussels
📅 Contract: Full-time, 9 October 2025 – end of March 2026
📝 Apply by 19 Sept: bit.ly/4nA2AuU