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
UK Aid Match
The UK Government will match pound-for-pound up to £10 million donated by the public to this appeal
UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL
The DEC appeal has raised over £438 million and helped an estimated 8.2 million people affected by the conflict. This appeal will close for donations at the end of 2024 but donations will continue to be spent next year.
Social worker Yana (left) provides psychological support to people like Ivanna* (right) at a community centre in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, established by the local partner of DEC charity Christian Aid. Photo: Katya Moskalyuk/DEC
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal
DEC charities are using the £159 million donated by the UK public to help people recover from the earthquakes. This appeal is now closed but programmes continue to help people on the long road to recovery.
Abeer welcomes her baby girl born safely in a DEC-funded hospital supported by ActionAid in northwest Syria. Photo: Sonya Al Ali Maara/ActionAid
Recent DEC appeals
Aid workers unload equipment after the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia in 2018. Image: Hariandi Hafid/British Red Cross
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
78
appeals launched for major disasters overseas
£2.4 billion
raised, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities