*Update 20.11.2024, thanks to the colleague who brought the EUstaff4peace letter [1] to our attention, here is their their letter of gratitude to HR/VP Josep Borrell [2]. Their next vigil in Brussels [3] takes place 28.11.2024* *Update 17.04.2024 We asked for the exceptional 5 days available for Ukraine-related volunteering be made available for those volunteering to help civilians caught up in wars elsewhere [4].*
Original article: Several colleagues asked what they can do to help. That is why we have tried to put together a starting list. There are limited volunteering initiatives, we have found a much greater presence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) looking for financial donations alone in order to provide assistance such as food, medicines, medical equipment, accommodation, transportation, financial donation, family reunification, aid with asylum etc.
- Volunteering
- Special leave for volunteering activities (the standard is 1 day only (we are checking on whether this can be increased, as we did for Ukraine [5]): check out our clarification of the rules [6])
- UN volunteers [7] (you can even volunteer to offer online help)
- Donating
- UN Children’s Fund [8] (UNICEF)
- UN Refugee Agency [9] (UNHCR)
- Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières [10] (MSF)
- Médecins du Monde [11]
- International Assistance in Palestine [12]
- Care International [13]
- Save the Children [14]
- World Central Kitchen [15]
- World Food programme [16] (WFP)
- International Rescue Committee [17] (IRC)
- International Committee of the Red Cross [18] (ICRC)
- Check your city for local events
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Brussels: Candlelight vigil in solidarity with journalists in Gaza [19]
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Brussels: EUstaff4peace [1]have a vigil every second Thursday [3] (next one is 28.11.2024)
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What international organisations around the world are doing
- What the EU stands for on Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [20]
- Gaza/Israel: Joint Statement by High Representative and Commissioner for Crisis Management on killing of humanitarian workers [21]
- UN Secretary-General’s press conference on the Middle East [22]
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Flash Appeal for the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2023 [23]
- Human Rights Watch [24]