Pooled Fund impact stories
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
- Fighting an unprecedented malnutrition crisisDRC | 2024 | CBPF “We used to depend on agriculture”, “But because of the fighting, it is no longer a realistic way of earning a living.”
- CERF helped people through the climate emergency in East AfricaEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia | 2023 | CERF These are some of the many lives affected by climate change in the region.
- Pooled funds work with Palestinian and international partners to save livesoPt | 2024 | CERF and CBPF “We eat less so the kids can eat at least one meal a day.”
Latest stories
- Humanitarian Fund helps strengthen local CAR organizationsCAR | 2024 | CBPF “This funding from the CAR Humanitarian Fund truly advances localization.”
- Providing a lifeline for women affected by crisisAfghanistan | 2024 | CBPF “My grandchildren will be so happy, as I will buy them good food and clothes.”
- Fighting an unprecedented malnutrition crisisDRC | 2024 | CBPF “We used to depend on agriculture”, “But because of the fighting, it is no longer a realistic way of earning a living.”
- Medical care and other help for elderly refugeesLebanon | 2024 | CBPF “I feel taken care of and appreciated when the nurse and physiotherapy team comes to visit me, and checks on my health.”
- Providing food assistance after flash floodsLebanon | 2024 | CBPF “When we returned two days later, we discovered our mattresses, food, and the tent frame all irreparably damaged. We were left with nothing!”
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