Middle East
Humanitarian Appeal
Middle East
Humanitarian Appeal
Conflict in the Middle East is devastating lives. Millions of people across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region urgently need shelter, food and basic supplies. Save lives. Donate now.
The scale of need is overwhelming
2.1 million
people - almost the entire population of Gaza - do not have enough to eat
1.9 million
people displaced in Gaza, and another one million in Lebanon
DEC charities have been providing lifesaving aid in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank over the past year, but they now urgently need more funds.
In Gaza, people are dying of hunger and disease, as well as injuries caused by the conflict. Food and clean water are desperately scarce. Ninety percent of the population are displaced, and more than 42,000 people have been killed.
In Lebanon, more than a million people have had to leave their homes in recent weeks. Shelters are overwhelmed, and hospitals are struggling to treat the thousands of people injured.
DEC charities are ready to do more, and respond across the region, wherever the needs are greatest. But they urgently need more funds.
The incredible dedication of local aid workers in Gaza is applauded by actors Bilal Hasna and Maisie Richardson-Sellers and content creator Shabaz Ali
Donate to help people in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank
You can help people affected by the crisis in the Middle East by making a donation and helping to raise money for the DEC appeal. This will allow DEC charities and their local partners to scale up their response and reach more people.
- £30 could provide blankets for six people to keep them warm
- £50 could provide emergency food, for five families for one week
- £100 could provide emergency shelter for five families
Will funds from this appeal help people in Israel?
DEC appeal responses always focus on those areas where significant humanitarian needs are not being met. Read more.
Mohammad, an aid worker from Oxfam’s local partner in north Lebanon distributes hygiene kits to displaced people at a collective shelter. Photo: Fatima Ghemrawi/Utopia for Social Justice/Oxfam
How and where DEC charities are responding
The conflict has affected millions across the region. DEC charities have been delivering life-saving aid in Gaza despite extraordinary challenges.
They are also scaling up their responses right now in Lebanon, and working in the West Bank, where many are experiencing violence and displacement.
Read more about where our charities are responding and how.
Aid worker Saaed delivers blankets and shelter items to displaced families in Gaza. Photo: CARE/Team Yousef Ruzzi
Local aid workers respond amidst immense pressure
Actors Bilal Hasna and Maisie Richardson-Sellers and content creator Shabaz Ali have lent their support to the appeal, and applauded the incredible dedication of local aid workers in Gaza.
Their stories are just a snapshot of the immense personal and professional pressures that local responders are dealing with every day, as they deliver lifesaving aid to people in urgent need across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region right now.
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The latest news from the situation in the Middle East.
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DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal raises £30 million
14 November 2024
The DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal has reached £30 million. Your donations are helping to:
- Provide hot meals, dry goods and food baskets of produce, as well as support for community kitchens feeding the displaced.
- Distribute clean drinking water and hygiene kits to improve sanitation in camps and shelters.
- Support field hospitals and medical clinics in Gaza with equipment and medical staff to treat the many sick and injured.
These are just some of the ways DEC member charities have been providing people with a lifeline of support over the past year, and they will continue to adapt their responses as the humanitarian situation develops across the region.
Your donations enable them to greatly increase the number of people they can reach.
DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal raises £25 million
5 November 2024
Actors and content creators share aid worker stories
5 November 2024
Actors Bilal Hasna and Maisie Richardson-Sellers and content creator Shabaz Ali have lent their support to the appeal, and applauded the incredible dedication of local aid workers in Gaza.
In a new video posted to the DEC’s social media channels, they hear the powerful stories of a teacher, a doctor and a humanitarian aid worker, who are all working with the DEC’s member charities and their local partner organisations.
Saeed, an Emergency Coordinator in Gaza, said:
"Every day we speak to people who mourn their loved ones, mothers who worry their children won't survive the next night because of illness, and children who have stopped speaking because what they have endured has left them withdrawn and shattered. At the same time, us aid workers are also deeply affected by this war.”
Riz Ahmed, Joe Alwyn and Ruth Negga support the Middle East Humanitarian Appeal
28 October 2024
The video highlights the extreme levels of humanitarian need facing people across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider Middle East region – with millions having fled their homes in search of safety and many more in urgent need of food, shelter and medical care.
All donations will go to the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal. Income earned on funds held (such as bank interest) may be used to fund the whole of the DEC’s work.
