Polish aid

The Council of Ministers approved a resolution to adopt the Multiannual Development Cooperation Programme 2021-2030 – Solidarity for Development, submitted by the minister of foreign affairs.

In 2020, the Lebanese faced more challenges and problems than people living in other countries in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects have aggravated the economic crisis that Lebanon has been engulfed in since 2019.

The project by the Polish Embassy in Tbilisi was about furnishing a shoemaker workshop run by the Employment Union of the People with Disabilities in Georgia.

As part of its Polish Aid programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is involved in developing education in Tanzania. With the project “Improving the quality of veterinary sciences education for young people in Tanzania through better teaching conditions,” the Foundation Science for Development supports the activities of two centres: the Livestock Training Agency – Tengeru and the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, the only agricultural university in Tanzania.

- Today we are once again fulfilling our international and human obligation—we are sharing what we can with a country in crisis caused by the war with ISIS and the current Covid-19 pandemic. We are sending in-kind assistance to Iraq to support the medical services there in providing the necessary help to its people - emphasised Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński speaking about the material aid dispatched to Iraq today.

For two years, Cultures of the World Foundation was carrying out a project titled “Development of cashew processing sector in Mkuranga – continuation” to help local cashew producers in Mkuranga District of Tanzania.

Launched in 2019, the project to provide equipment to Wanda Matugga Health Centre in Uganda, named after Wanda Błeńska, continues the work started by Conventual Franciscans. The objective of projects carried out at the hospital is to improve access to and quality of medical care available to the residents of Matugga, Uganda, and in the surrounding area.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing restrictions made it difficult for people living in rural mountainous areas to travel to major cities in Georgia in order to deal with administrative matters. Travelling is also advised against due to the risk of a further spread of the virus.

Representation of the Republic of Poland to the Palestinian National Authority in Ramallah provided the poorest families in Bethlehem with humanitarian aid.

In 2020, Polish Embassy in Damascus in cooperation with AVSI Foundation carried out two projects in Eastern Ghouta in the Damascus province of Syria. The initiatives which aimed at assisting local community in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic were financed from the Polish Aid funds.