Total 2025 Allocations (US$)
$755.6M
Countries Assisted with 2025 Allocations
32
In May, OCHA-managed Pooled Funds disbursed $144.5 million in humanitarian grants across 11 countries to support essential and life-saving assistance. Of this total, Country-Based Pooled Funds (CBPF) and Regional Humanitarian Pooled Funds (RHPF) provided $129.5 million, while the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) contributed $15 million.
In June, Pooled Funds under OCHA’s management allocated $137.7 million in grants across eight countries to support humanitarian operations. Of this, $125.8 million was channeled through the Country and Regional Funds, with CERF provided $11.9 million.
On 20 May, the Anticipatory Action framework for cholera was triggered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after pre-agreed thresholds were reached, driven by a rise in suspected cases in Maniema and Tshopo—areas where cholera is not typically endemic but where it has spread to other regions. This activation resulted in an automatic $750,000 CERF allocation to support UNICEF, WHO, and partners in containing the outbreak and treating patients. This intervention follows a similar activation in March in North Kivu, promoted by escalating cholera risks.
On 17 June, the Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) pre-approved up to $5 million in pre-arranged CERF funding to develop a coordinated anticipatory action framework for cyclones in Myanmar. The initiative will be co-financed by the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund to ensure readiness and early response.
For more information about allocations, please visit the CBPFs’ Data Hub and CERF's website.
CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
Allocations endorsed by the ERC as of 30 June 2025
May - June Allocations (US$)
$26.9M
Total 2025 Allocations (US$)
$210.1M
Countries Assisted with Allocations in May - June
6
Allocations in focus: In May, CERF allocated $10 million through its Rapid Response window to urgently address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Upper Nile, South Sudan. Ongoing bombardments, widespread displacement, and the destruction of critical infrastructure have compounded vulnerabilities in flood-prone areas, leaving displaced people, refugees, returnees, and host communities at heightened risk. Many affected populations are already experiencing food insecurity and face the threat of famine amid a prolonged cholera outbreak and weakened resilience due to previous floods. This complex crisis has overwhelmed national capacities and poses acute threats to life, health, and dignity. The allocation prioritizes a multisectoral response, including food assistance through cash-based transfers, health and nutrition services, and protection interventions with integrated support for women, children, and persons with disabilities.
In June, CERF allocated $5.9 million through its Rapid Response window to address urgent needs arising from the escalating displacement in Burkina Faso, driven by the country's ongoing multifaceted humanitarian crisis. The allocation responds to a sharp deterioration in the security situation, with over 230,000 people newly displaced between January and June 2025 - including 120,000 in April alone, marking the highest monthly figure in years. Burkina Faso continues to face a prolonged humanitarian crisis fueled by insecurity and climatic shocks, affecting more than a quarter of the population. The allocation prioritizes life-saving assistance to cover urgent needs in health, food, water, shelter, and protection services, with a focus on at-risk groups, including women, children, and persons with disabilities.
CERF Allocations - May 2025
CERF Allocations - June 2025
COUNTRY-BASED POOLED FUNDS
Allocations launched by 30 June 2025
May - June Allocations (US$)
$255.3M
Total 2025 Allocations (US$)
$545.5M
Countries Assisted with Allocations in May - June
11
Allocation in focus: In May, the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) allocated $12 million through its first area-based allocation to respond to escalating hostilities and persistent, catastrophic levels of need in front-line areas. With the humanitarian situation worsening due to ongoing conflict, displacement, and damage to civilian infrastructure, the allocation targets the most vulnerable populations who remain near the frontline. Priority activities include cash assistance, shelter, food, health and hygiene support, and protection services. By adopting an area-based approach, the UHF is decentralizing the funding prioritization process and enhancing national NGO leadership, drawing on local expertise to ensure a more people-centered and needs-driven response.
In June, a Chad envelope of $8 million was allocated under the Regional Fund for West and Central Africa to respond to large-scale displacement from Sudan to Chad caused by the ongoing conflict that has so far forced an estimated respond to 770,000 people to flee into eastern Chad. The allocation aims to assist approximately 88,000 refugees in Ennedi-Est and Wadi-Fira. It will also address urgent needs in the Lake region, where persistent insecurity and internal displacement continue to strain already limited services, aiming to support around 21,000 internally displaced people and members of host communities. The allocation will reinforce the capacity of local humanitarian actors and follows a localized, community-based approach led by frontline partners to identify and respond to urgent needs in a context where reception sites are overstretched and severely under-resourced.
CBPF Allocations - May 2025
CBPF Allocations - June 2025
What’s new in the Pooled Funds?
In 2024, the Pooled Funds delivered life-saving assistance for millions of people across 50 countries. These results were made possible by the generous contributions of 70 Member States, totalling $1.72 billion, and the work of frontline responders. The 2024 Annual Reports of the OCHA-managed Pooled Funds are available here:
Pooled Funds Impact Story
Cash helps returning families when they need it most
Kabul, Afghanistan.
When Leila and her family returned to Afghanistan from Iran, they had few ties to their home country. It was not an easy transition. Laila longed for her old routines, and her face lights up when she talks about her life in Iran. There, her husband had overcome drug addiction and found regular work. Leila, too, had a job and they were able to provide a modest life for their children.
When the family first returned to Afghanistan, it was difficult to find work and pay rent. Because of her husband’s illness, Laila was registered as the head of the household.
They stayed at first with family in Kabul and she worried that they would have to move to an informal settlement if they couldn’t rent a home. “It is not easy to navigate life these days, but I am trying every day to build a better future for my children,” she says.
Funded by the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ran a cash assistance project between August 2024 and May 2025 to help vulnerable families like Laila’s to pay rent during their transition. NRC also provided the cash recipients with information, counselling, and legal assistance, to ensure that they would enter valid and fair rental agreements.
This AHF-funded project enabled Laila and other women to rent suitable family apartments and feel like a huge burden has been lifted. “I feel relieved and can sleep at night now, knowing that my family has a safe space,” says Laila. She dreams of owning her own house, and the stability it would provide.
For more information: visit the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund website, and for real-time contribution and allocation data go to the Pooled Funds Data Hub.
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