OCHA Financing and Partnerships

📣 Today, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya announced US$100 million from the United Nations OCHA-managed Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support underfunded humanitarian crises in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar and Yemen. This is CERF’s second allocation for underfunded emergencies this year, following the release of $100 million in February for seven countries.   Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/3Z0jVUL #InvestInHumanity #UNCERF

#SouthSudan is facing an increasingly deep humanitarian crisis driven by long-term vulnerabilities and compounded by new challenges. The ongoing violence, primarily between government forces and opposition groups, has caused widespread displacement. South Sudan also grapples with widespread reports of sexual violence, gender-based violence (GBV), and rising child protection concerns. Compounding these challenges is the extremely high climate vulnerability of South Sudan which has severely disrupted livelihoods and agriculture. As a result, half of the population is food insecure. In response to this humanitarian crisis, the United Nations OCHA-managed Pooled Funds – the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - have allocated $140.6 million since 2023 to enable timely and critical assistance to address the impacts of flooding, food insecurity, and the urgent humanitarian needs of long-term IDPs and newly arriving refugees and returnees. Learn more 👇

The entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying.   Full statement by Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

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📣 𝐂𝐁𝐏𝐅𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧📣 In this latest edition, you can read about: 🔵In 2024, the United Nations OCHA-managed Country-based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) have so far allocated over $698 million thanks to 39 generous donors. 🔵How will the new Regional Funds make a difference for people in Asia, Africa & Latin America? To learn more, SUBSCRIBE NOW to the 'CBPFs in Action' Digest👉https://bit.ly/3YCpMPo #InvestInHumanity

#OCHAthanks the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for your steadfast support and commitment to humanitarian work. United Nations OCHA is grateful for our strong partnership. In times of crisis, it’s more important than ever to strengthen our advocacy and action, reaching more people who need protection and assistance in conflict-affected areas. A special thanks to KSrelief and Organization of Islamic Cooperation for hosting the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin Conference. Your leadership has brought essential attention to humanitarian crises in the region, helping us mobilize resources and forge partnerships that can deliver lasting solutions and save countless lives. Together, we #InvestInHumanity. #Saudi_donor_conference2024

The Sahel and Lake Chad Basin region is facing a severe, long-standing crisis driven by conflict, insecurity, climate change, economic deprivation and other chronic vulnerabilities. These complex, overlapping crises have pushed humanitarian needs, including protection, to unprecedented levels and are threatening hard-won development gains. In 2024, the Global Humanitarian Overview estimated that 35 million people need humanitarian assistance, including protection, in the Sahel and lake Chad Basin. Of those, the Humanitarian Response Plans in the region aim to assist 22 million of the most vulnerable people with a collective funding requirement of $4.7 billion. In 2024, the United Nations OCHA-managed Pooled Funds - the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) and the Regional Humanitarian Fund for West and Central Africa (RHFWCA) - have played an essential role in enabling more effective humanitarian action in six countries of the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. Combined, these humanitarian funds have allocated $117.3 million to the region so far this year, playing a critical role in tackling hunger and malnutrition, averting famine, preventing disease outbreaks, and addressing climate-related shocks. These resources have also been instrumental in addressing protection concerns, including gender-based violence. Through their strategic approach, they have maximized the impact of their allocations and promoted a holistic, regional approach to crises that often stretch across national borders. Learn more 👇   #InvestInHumanity #Saudi_donor_conference2024

Nearly 33 million vulnerable women, children and men in Burkina Faso, Cameroon’s Far North, Mali, Niger, northeastern Nigeria, and Chad need humanitarian assistance and protection services. Among other things, the people in the Sahel suffer from significant food insecurity and concerning nutrition levels, due to violence, climate shocks including severe flooding and increasing prices of local and imported basic products. As of 30 September 2024, 5.7 million people in the region were internally displaced and 2.0 million were refugees. The livelihoods of affected people are threatened, and access to basic services is limited, increasing their vulnerability to disease outbreaks. Thanks to donors, as of 16 October, US$ 2.0 billion had been secured to respond to the humanitarian crises in the region. However, the needs remain significant. The humanitarian response plans require a total of US$ 4.7 billion to support 20.9 million people: so far, only 42 per cent of the total funding requirement has been received. Learn more 👇 #InvestInHumanity #Saudi_donor_conference2024

In the #LakeChad basin, the complex and multifaceted cross-border crisis is compounded by a number of interconnected crisis factors that exacerbate the volatile situation in the region. Vulnerable populations in the region continue to face severe food insecurity and malnutrition, while access to basic services has worsened since the last reporting period. While final figures still need to be confirmed, it was projected that 6.4 million people in this region would face food insecurity between June and August this year. There have been 281,000 admissions for severe acute malnutrition so far this year. There are also 4,632 non-functioning schools, compared to 1,874 in Quarter 1 of 2024. More than half of these are in Cameroon. Despite the challenging operating environment, 271 humanitarian organisations are providing assistance to 6.2 million vulnerable people. As of 16 October, these organisations have received US$1.4 billion, representing 47 per cent of the funding needed to implement their plans through 2024. Learn more 👇 #InvestInHumanity #Saudi_donor_conference2024

Escalating hostilities in #Lebanon have pushed over 425,000 people to flee to #Syria. More than half of the new arrivals are women and girls, and over 60% are children under the age of 18. In addition, initial assessments estimate 16 per cent are people with disabilities. In response, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya has allocated an additional $4 million for a total of now $12 million from the United Nations OCHA-managed Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to conflict-related displacement from Lebanon into Syria. With this CERF allocation, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and World Food Programme will target people arriving to Syria with emergency life-saving activities in the following sectors: Protection (including Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence), Nutrition, Shelter and Non-Food Items, and Food Security. Together, we #InvestInHumanity.