The Pooled Funds StoryHub is a collection of stories that show the impact of the OCHA-managed pooled funds: the global Central Emergency Response Fund, the Country-based Pooled Funds, and regional funds for West and Central Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

OCHA’s pooled funds help provide the world’s most vulnerable people with life-saving assistance to, thanks to contributions from national governments, foundations, and private individuals.

From emergency water for communities affected by El Niño floods in Somalia, to safe spaces for people at risk in Colombia; to helping humanitarian organizations respond to millions of people in dire need in Gaza; these human stories help illustrate how pooled fund support makes a real difference – to the lives of real people when they are dealing with severe crises.

OCHA’s Pooled Funds help our partners clear land of remnants of war in Ukraine; provide children with the resources needed to stay in school in Lebanon; and many other life-saving interventions around the world.

Highlighted stories

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  Inclusive education for children displaced by the conflict
  oPt | 2024 | CBPF “I’m so happy to come here. Since the start of the war, we haven’t been able to relax, but at the centre I’ve been able to get involved in everything.”
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  Working together to respond to crisis and build resilience
  Colombia | 2024 | CERF Colombia, Nariño. The people of Sanquianga are severely affected by conflict. Families have to flee their homes because of violent clashes, or find it difficult to access health care, or maintain a reliable means of supporting… Read more: Working together to respond to crisis and build resilience
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  Gaza: Delivering clean water to displaced communities
  oPt | 2024 | CBPF “Ibrahim is our only support, our only man.”

Latest stories

• Facing up to El Niño with CERF support
  Timor-Leste | 2024 | CERF “There was no rain, the soil became dry, and the crops couldn’t bear fruit because there wasn’t enough water.”
• Farm supplies help people keep going
  Sudan | 2024 | CBPF “With the money I will earn from selling a bit of surplus produce I can start reinvesting in my farm.”
• Locally-led solutions protect children now and tomorrow
  Central African Republic | 2024 | CBPF “I had no way to support my children, and they left school to join armed groups. It felt as though I had lost them.”
• In Bangladesh, CERF helped people prepare for the worst
  Bangladesh | 2024 | CERF “On the day the water rose, we received some money…. which allowed us to buy food using a makeshift raft. This cash assistance was a relief for us,”
• From drought to deluge, OCHA’s pooled funds help people through climate-related disasters
  Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Myanmar, and Somalia | 2024 | CBPF and CERF

#OCHAthanks our donors for your generous contributions to the pooled funds.

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