Humanitarian Funding

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By Simon D. Kist, 30 May, 2025

Rights group: Chaotic and abrupt US foreign aid cuts put millions of lives at risk

The United States administration’s sudden and sweeping suspension of foreign aid has placed millions of lives in peril, according to the human rights organization Amnesty International. In a report released Thursday, Amnesty paints a damning picture of how the abrupt cuts have gutted critical health and humanitarian programs globally, leaving millions facing life-threatening situations.

Humanitarian Organizations United Kingdom

The United Kingdom offers a diverse landscape of humanitarian organizations, and is home to numerous charities that work on emergency response, poverty, health, education, human rights, and a wide range of other issues. DONARE has selected 25 well-known and influential British humanitarian organizations that respond to humanitarian crises around the world. These charities have a substantial impact on humanitarian efforts worldwide.

Somalia Crisis

Somalis face one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world. The crisis is driven by conflict, displacement, food insecurity, political instability, climatic shocks, poverty and economic decline. A devastating drought in the country that began in 2020 reached unprecedented levels in 2022. Five consecutive rainy seasons had failed, the longest and most severe drought in Somalia's recent history. While humanitarian needs in Somalia remain high, reduced donor funding in 2025 has forced humanitarian agencies to scale back or close critical programs, drastically reducing life-saving operations and putting millions of lives at risk.

Humanitarian Crisis Relief

DONARE presents an overview of some of the best and fastest ways to help. Your donations go directly to relief organizations delivering life-saving aid at the front lines of the world’s most severe crises. With your help, humanitarian organizations can reach the most vulnerable people with food, clean water, medicine, shelter and much more when they need it urgently.

By Simon D. Kist, 17 September, 2022

UN releases 100 million for underfunded humanitarian crises

The chief of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Martin Griffiths has released US $ 100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Friday to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in eleven countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. As people’s lives and livelihoods are threatened by conflict, hunger, climate emergencies, and forced displacement, the United Nations (UN) need to assist 204 million of the most vulnerable people around the world.

By Simon D. Kist, 22 April, 2024

Humanitarian crisis in northern Mozambique severely underfunded

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is appealing for $413 million in emergency funding to help more than 1.7 million people in Mozambique cope with climate disasters and an insurgency concentrated in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. The UN estimates that 2.3 million children, women and men in the country will need humanitarian assistance in 2024, most of them in Cabo Delgado and the neighboring provinces of Niassa and Nampula.

By Simon D. Kist, 7 December, 2023

Donors pledge $419 million for Central Emergency Response Fund

Amid crushing global humanitarian needs and as hunger, disease and displacement continue to drive humanitarian disasters around the world, top United Nations officials on Wednesday underscored how the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) serves as a lifeline in urgent and underfunded crises. At the Fund’s annual pledging event, forty donors have announced contributions of more than US$419 million for CERF for 2024.

By Simon D. Kist, 1 August, 2025

UN experts: US government fueling global humanitarian catastrophe

The abrupt suspension of foreign aid by the United States has fueled a global humanitarian catastrophe, according to UN human rights experts. The extreme cuts in funding are expected to cost millions of lives worldwide. On Thursday, the experts said the situation was made worse by the US administration’s failure to publish a mandatory review of contracts and disbursements by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Mozambique Crisis

The humanitarian crisis in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado continues to force people to flee their homes. Hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced due to violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups (NSAGs), and hundreds of thousands of returnees in conflict-affected areas continue to be highly vulnerable. An estimated 5.2 million children, women, and men across Mozambique are in need of humanitarian aid in 2025, including some 1.3 million in Cabo Delgado and neighboring Niassa and Nampula provinces. Mozambique is also highly susceptible to climate shocks and frequent natural hazards such as drought, floods and tropical storms.

By Simon D. Kist, 26 March, 2024

Afghanistan: Despite slight improvement, 23.7 million in need of humanitarian aid

The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has shown initial signs of improvement, with the United Nations reporting a significant reduction in the number of people in need of assistance this year. Afghanistan's economic collapse, triggered by the collapse of the government, the Taliban takeover and the subsequent withdrawal of foreign aid, has left the landlocked country in crisis.

By Simon D. Kist, 11 March, 2023

WHO launches Grade 3 Emergency Appeal for the Greater Horn of Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a Grade 3 Emergency Appeal for the Greater Horn of Africa region on Friday. The United Nations organization is asking for USD 178 million (EUR 167 million) to carry out urgent, life-saving health work in 2023 to help the Greater Horn region. WHO’s Greater Horn of Africa region includes the seven affected countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.

By Simon D. Kist, 20 November, 2022

Norway increases humanitarian support to underfunded Syria crisis

The Norwegian Government is providing an additional NOK 51 million (4.8 million EUR) to support humanitarian efforts to help the Syrian population, which is in dire need of assistance. According to a statement by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, released Thursday, the additional allocation will bring Norway’s funding for life-saving assistance in Syria in 2022 to approximately NOK 750 million (71 million EUR).

By Simon D. Kist, 21 April, 2024

Cameroon: 3.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance

The United Nations, the Government of Cameroon and the humanitarian community have jointly launched the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for the country, where 3.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance this year. The Plan, released this week, targets 2.3 million vulnerable women, girls, men and boys in the most affected areas and requires US$371.4 million.

By Simon D. Kist, 12 March, 2024

MSF: Escalating humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria neglected

As the level of humanitarian support available to respond to the critical needs of people in northern Nigeria dramatically declines, a neglected humanitarian crisis persists in the northwest, with catastrophic levels of malnutrition and recurrent outbreaks of preventable diseases, according to the international humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, MSF). In a statement Monday, MSF warned that despite the severity of the crisis, the situation is largely being ignored by donors and aid agencies.

South Sudan Crisis

South Sudan is in the midst of a dire humanitarian crisis driven by years of brutal civil war. Nearly 400,000 South Sudanese died as a result of the conflict that began in December 2013. Atrocities and attacks on civilians, including widespread sexual violence, defined the civil war. In 2025, the world’s youngest nation is on the verge of plunging back into civil war due to prevailing political tensions and a worsening security climate.

Afghanistan Crisis

More than four years after the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan remains in the grip of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Millions of people in Afghanistan are experiencing misery and hunger in the midst of decades of conflict. The cumulative effects of violent conflict, internal displacement, drought and other natural disasters like earthquakes have dramatically increased humanitarian needs throughout Afghanistan. The surge in the number of Afghans forced or compelled to return to Afghanistan this year has worsened the crisis.

By Simon D. Kist, 19 August, 2023

WFP to further cut aid to Yemen, threatening vital food assistance

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced Friday that it is facing a deeper funding crisis for its Yemen operations from the end of September onward. This will force WFP to make difficult decisions about further cuts to its food assistance programs across the country in the coming months. The UN agency has already reduced live-saving programs.

Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar faces multiple, overlapping humanitarian needs caused by persecution, protracted armed conflict, intercommunal violence and natural disasters like earthquakes and cyclones. Humanitarian needs in Myanmar have continued to mount due to ongoing armed violence and political unrest since the military coup in February 2021. The humanitarian situation remains dire, with more than 38 percent of the country's 57 million people estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2025. In March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar - the largest to hit the country in over a century.

Sudan Crisis

The scale of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented. On April 15, 2023, conflict broke out between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, causing widespread displacement, hunger, and the world's largest humanitarian crisis. After 27 months of conflict, more than 12 million people are displaced as a result of the ongoing war. The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance stands at 30.4 million people - two-thirds of Sudan's population.

By Simon D. Kist, 30 September, 2025

Northern Mozambique: Surging violence displaces thousands and disrupts essential services

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed concern on Tuesday about a sharp increase in violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups (NSAGs) against civilians in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, with tens of thousands forced to flee their homes. While some aid agencies have had to temporarily suspend relief activities due to insecurity, other humanitarian operations have been brought to a halt due to a severe lack of funding.