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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  Fighting an unprecedented malnutrition crisis
  DRC | 2024 | CBPF “We used to depend on agriculture”, “But because of the fighting, it is no longer a realistic way of earning a living.”  
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  CERF helped people through the climate emergency in East Africa
  Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | 2023 | CERF These are some of the many lives affected by climate change in the region.
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  Pooled funds work with Palestinian and international partners to save lives
  oPt | 2024 | CERF and CBPF “We eat less so the kids can eat at least one meal a day.”

Latest stories

• Emergency nutrition saves baby Hadiza’s life
  Nigeria | 2024 | CBPF “I thought I was going to lose my baby.”
• Reproductive health care helps women affected by conflict
  Nigeria | 2024 | CBPF “[This encounter] with UNFPA gave me peace of mind.”
• Humanitarian Fund helps strengthen local CAR organizations
  CAR | 2024 | CBPF “This funding from the CAR Humanitarian Fund truly advances localization.”
• Providing a lifeline for women affected by crisis
  Afghanistan | 2024 | CBPF “My grandchildren will be so happy, as I will buy them good food and clothes.”
• Fighting an unprecedented malnutrition crisis
  DRC | 2024 | CBPF “We used to depend on agriculture”, “But because of the fighting, it is no longer a realistic way of earning a living.”  

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

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