The DEC launched an appeal after unprecedented monsoon rains caused devastating floods in July 2010. This appeal is now closed and all funds have been spent.

A study into the DEC-funded response to the 2018 earthquakes and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia to help inform future responses.

The DEC launched an appeal after a huge cyclone hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in March 2019. This appeal is now closed and all funds have been spent.

Conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives, and DEC charities and their local partners are continuing to provide lifesaving support to people in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Syria, as they have been throughout the crisis.

Despite the many challenges delivering aid within this context, DEC charities are working with their local partners to support the most vulnerable, with many already having had a presence in the country before the earthquake.