After Storm Daniel caused severe devastation in Libya, the Technische Hilfswerk (THW) worked with the Bundeswehr to send relief supplies to the affected region today. “Our urgently needed relief...
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After Storm Daniel caused severe devastation in Libya, the Technische Hilfswerk (THW) worked with the Bundeswehr to send relief supplies to the affected region today. “Our urgently needed relief...
In the wake of destructive earthquakes, the Technische Hilfswerk (THW) is organising relief supplies to the value of some 1,500,000 euros for the region of north-western Syria. This afternoon,...
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On Tuesday night, a 50-strong team from the Technische Hilfswerk (THW) set off from Cologne Bonn Airport with 16 tonnes of equipment, heading for the affected province of Gaziantep in south-eastern...
Bonn/Antananarivo. After six weeks, the Technische Hilfswerk (THW) has successfully concluded its deployment in Madagascar. At the beginning of February, the cyclones “Ana” and “Batsirai” had...
After nine weeks, today the THW is ending its operation in Mozambique. A total of 41 operatives were in action after Cyclone Idai struck Nhangau, near the city of Beira. There they prepared 500,000...
Assistance continues for the affected population in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai. The THW has deployed 15 operatives to the disaster area in order to help the people in need. Fact-finding is still a...
After flooding, earthquakes or other disasters, rapid and specific assistance is vital. This is why the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been working together with the THW and other...
Today, the Airbus Helicopters Foundation expanded its humanitarian outreach by signing a high-level agreement on heliborne airlift support for the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW),...
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In the autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, THW has been working since 2013 to ensure that refugees from Syria and internally displaced Iraqis have safe places to find shelter. The THW...
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For more than three years now, the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) has committed itself to refugees in the Near and Middle East. In the autonomous region of Kurdistan in North Iraq both...
With the return of the remaining four volunteers at the weekend, THW's operations in Nepal were completed after 44 days. After the devastating earthquakes, THW operated mainly in Kathmandu. On behalf...
Yesterday in the morning morning the relief flight of the German Red Cross (DRK), which also carried equipment of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), has landed in Nepal. The altogether 60...
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The advance team of four, deployed to support the German embassy as well as a team of the Rapid Deployment Unit Water Supply Abroad of THW (SEEWA), has arrived in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu at...
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After the severe earthquake in Nepal with more than 2,000 deaths and about 5,000 injured people, the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) has sent at noon today on Sunday an advance team to...
Last Friday, THW sent an expert in the field of information and communication technology to the south-east African country of Malawi. There, for three weeks, he will support international relief...
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In West Africa several states are still fighting against Ebola. For more than four months, THW has participated in the international aid operations by contributing their technical-logistical...
On 12th January 2010 the earth in Haiti trembled. Due to the disaster, more than 200,000 people lost their lives, hundreds of thousands became homeless. One day after the disaster, a reconnaissance...