Make a financial contribution to partners participating in the response plans
Partners, including United Nations agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, are responding across the region through coordinated response plans and mechanisms including existing refugee response plans.
Financial contributions to reputable aid agencies are one of the most valuable and effective forms of response in humanitarian emergencies. Public and private sector donors are invited to contribute cash directly. To do so, please refer to the full HNRPs and Flash Appeals for each of the affected countries for contact details. For the RRPs, such as the Syria Regional 3RP and the Iran Country RRP, please contact Camilla Jelbart (jelbartm@unhcr.org).
- In an ever-changing operational environment, characteristic of emergencies, flexible funding—that is, funds which are unearmarked or softly earmarked—will be vital to ensure the response is efficient and adaptive to provide protection and assistance to the people who need it. Flexible funds enable agencies/organizations to plan and manage resources efficiently and effectively.
Support coordinated humanitarian action through the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a fast and effective way to support rapid humanitarian response globally. CERF provides immediate funding for life-saving humanitarian action at the onset of emergencies and for crises that have not attracted sufficient funding. Contributions are welcome year-round, from governments, private companies, foundations, charities, and individuals. To ensure that CERF can continue to support humanitarian operations in 2026, donors are encouraged to make their contributions as early as possible.
- Governments wishing to contribute to the CERF can contact ocha.donor.relations@un.org
- Corporations and foundations wishing to contribute to the CERF can contact ochaprivatesector@un.org.
- Individuals can contribute to CERF at https://crisisrelief.un.org/cerf
- For more information about CERF, visit https://www.unocha.org/cerf
Support the Country-based Pooled Funds
Multi-donor country-based pooled funds (CBPF) ensure timely allocation and disbursement of donor resources to address the most urgent humanitarian needs and assist the most vulnerable people. The CBPFs are prioritized locally; they help save lives and strengthen humanitarian coordination. The CBPF grants are received by local, national, and international NGOs, but also UN agencies and other partners. Across the countries affected, OCHA manages CBPFs in Afghanistan, Lebanon, OPT, Syria and Yemen.
- Governments wishing to contribute to a CBPF can contact ocha.donor.relations@un.org
- Corporations and foundations wishing to contribute to a CBPF should contact ochaprivatesector@un.org.
- Individuals can contribute to the CBPFs at https://crisisrelief.un.org/donate
- For more information about OCHA’s country-based pooled funds, see https://www.unocha.org/country-based-pooled-funds
In-kind relief aid
- The United Nations urges donors to make cash rather than in-kind donations, for maximum speed and flexibility, and to ensure the aid materials that are most needed are the ones delivered. However, gifts-in-kind of critically needed goods and pro-bono services are valued. Donors are invited to contact organizations directly to assess and address the most urgent needs for in-kind contributions, and refrain from sending unsolicited contributions that may not correspond to identified needs or meet international quality standards.
Registering and recognizing your contributions
- OCHA manages the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), which records all reported humanitarian contributions (cash, in-kind, multilateral and bilateral) to emergencies. Its purpose is to give credit and visibility to donors and partners for their generosity and to show the total amount of funding and expose gaps in humanitarian plans. Please report yours to FTS, either by email to fts@un.org or through the online contribution report form at: http://fts.unocha.org