Middle East
Humanitarian
Appeal
Middle East
Humanitarian Appeal
Conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives. The ceasefire agreement in Gaza brings hope and relief. DEC charities are now scaling up their work but urgently need more funds. Your support can save lives. Donate now.
The levels of need are catastrophic
2.1 million
people facing extreme food shortages, with famine confirmed across Gaza City
1.9 million
people displaced in Gaza, and tens of thousands more in Lebanon
Your donations are supporting people in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Syria.
After months of extraordinary challenges delivering aid in Gaza, DEC charities and their local partners are now scaling up their work delivering desperately needed food, water, medical care and so much more.
Famine was confirmed in Gaza in August, and every day has been a struggle to find essential supplies. People have been dying from starvation and malnutrition. Safe and sustained access for humanitarian aid has never been more urgent.
In Lebanon, the ceasefire agreement at the end of last year meant some of the people displaced by conflict could return to their communities and start to rebuild their lives. Months on, many still have no home to return to and are cut off from basic services.
DEC charities and their local partners have been working tirelessly throughout the conflict in unimaginably difficult conditions. Each day has brought new and unexpected challenges, but they have constantly adapted their work to deliver whatever aid they can.
How you can help
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
- £50 could provide emergency food, for five families for one week
- £100 could provide emergency shelter for five families
Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
A powerful earthquake in Myanmar has caused catastrophic devastation. Months later, people still need critical support. Please donate now.
Cho* and her child Thet* in a makeshift shelter in a village in the Mandalay region of Myanmar. Many families lost their homes in the disaster, with businesses and farmland also devastated. Photo: Arete/DEC
Recent DEC appeals
Emergency aid is delivered to people affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February 2022, by the local partner of DEC charity British Red Cross. Image: Turkish Red Crescent
ABOUT THE DEC
The DEC brings together 15 leading aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response.
Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the UK public's response to overseas disasters. In collaboration with our Rapid Response Network of national media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm to the UK public and set up easy ways for them to donate.
And we have immediate impact, getting aid to people who need it, fast.
Since our launch in 1963
79
appeals launched for major disasters overseas
£2.5 billion
raised, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities
