Since 8 December 2024, over 1,000 casualties from unexploded ordnance (UXO) have been reported, including hundreds of deaths and injuries, one-third of them children, highlighting the urgent need for protection and risk education.
The current volume and pace of deliveries remain critically insufficient to meet the needs of Gaza's entire population, which is facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
Due to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan with more than 124 million forcibly displaced, out of which 3.4 million fled into neighbouring countries, the Federation-wide Emergency Appeal was revised, increasing the total funding ask from the initial CHF 42 million to CHF 47.5 million and extending the operation end date to December 2025.
This gender analysis examines the differentiated impacts of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon on women, men, girls, and boys, with a specific emphasis on education, child protection, and access barriers across key sectors including WASH, education, nutrition, shelter, and livelihoods.
A total of 1.8K Health Facilities (207 Hospitals, 505 Health Centers , 1K Health Units, and 14 Others ) are being supported by Health Cluster Partners.
On 15th April, Kapoeta South County of Eastern Equatoria State, reported its first suspected Cholera case. Within one week, the outbreak spread to the neighboring counties in Kapoeta North and East. All three counties are the latest addition to the long list of 53 counties currently reporting Cholera cases in South Sudan.
A 10-day reactive oral cholera vaccination campaign, launched on 10 June in 5 localities in Sudan’s Khartoum State, aims to protect more than 2.6 million people aged 1 year and above from cholera infection, interrupt transmission and help contain the cholera outbreak.
According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), more than 664,800 Palestinians in Gaza were displaced between 18 March and 11 June. With no safe place to go, many people have sought refuge in every available space, including overcrowded displacement sites, makeshift shelters, damaged buildings, streets and open areas.
Donor funding decreased consistently from 2020 to 2022, followed by an increase in 2023. This was not sustained, as in 2024, there was a sharp decline in funding, resulting in the lowest funding received by SSHF in five years. The decrease in funding reflects a continuous drop in contributions.
The Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis and the Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria launched the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund – Syria Humanitarian Fund - 2025 First Standard Allocation Strategy titled “Catalyzing humanitarian action: addressing critical needs of IDPs, supporting returns, and building resilience for the most vulnerable populations in Syria”.
We urge the international community to seize this opportunity to scale up funding for Syrian humanitarian response and for Syria’s recovery in a manner that is timely, predictable, and responsive to evolving needs. The lifting of sanctions offers a renewed opportunity to help Syrians rebuild their lives in safety and dignity, and to advance toward the peace, stability, and future they rightfully deserve.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with local authorities in Aden, officially broke ground today on the Al-Arish Wastewater Pumping Station—a landmark project that aims to improve sanitation services, public health, and environmental conditions in one of Yemen’s most densely populated urban areas.
Action Against Hunger has been working for months in the collective shelters to ensure that there is food, clean water, hygiene products and other essential items to maintain health and prevent disease outbreak.
The Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) Annex to the Financing Agreement sets out the measures and actions required for the project design and implementation to meet the African Development Bank’s Environmental and Social Operational Safeguards, in alignment with WFP’s own WFP Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework.
Seven weeks on, the impacts of the 28 March earthquakes in central Myanmar continue to drive significant humanitarian needs, both for immediate relief and early recovery.
OCHA access teams continue to work on strengthening joint analysis and advocacy for improved humanitarian access in northeast Syria. Building on the January access snapshots for Al-Hasakeh, Ar-Raqqa, and Deir-ez-Zor, partners aim to produce updated monthly snapshots and register incidents through OCHA’s new Access Monitoring and Reporting Framework.
Since 18 March 2025, Israeli forces have escalated bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip and expanded ground operations. This has resulted in hundreds of casualties, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and large-scale displacement.
Along with the catastrophic impact of the conflict and the refugee’s influx, Lebanon continues to face a multi-layered crisis characterized by deep-rooted vulnerabilities and acute humanitarian needs. The crisis is driven by a combination of factors, including financial and socio-economic downturn and political deadlock.
The Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS) is a nationwide inter-agency assessment exercise established to monitor key Food Security and Nutrition indicators at household and individual levels with the goal of informing humanitarian response in South Sudan
Since the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza on the night between 17 and 18 March 2025, intense military activities and hostilities have continued to escalate, resulting in hundreds of civilians killed and injured, further damage and destruction to civilian infrastructure, and new waves of forced displacement.
