Regional funds

In 2024 the Emergency Relief Coordinator approved the establishment of two new Regional Humanitarian Funds – one for Latin America and the Caribbean (based in Panama, with country envelopes for Colombia and Haiti); and another for Asia-Pacific (based in Bangkok, with a regional funding envelope).

Both Funds build on the success and impact of the Regional Fund for West and Central Africa. 

The Regional Humanitarian Fund for West and Central Africa is based in Dakar, Senegal, and manages country envelopes that are activated according to needs in the Sahel, including in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.

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  Mobile clinics provide essential health services for displaced people in Mali
  Mali | 2024 | Regional Fund “When the Première Urgence mobile clinic arrived at the site, we went to see the doctor who gave us prescriptions. He then directed us to the nurse, who gave us the medications for free.”
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  In Mali, regional fund helps provide access to health and education for communities recovering from conflict
  “Education has returned with new strength, thanks to this intervention.”
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  In West and Central Africa, the Regional Humanitarian Fund supports displaced women and girls
  Burkina Faso and Niger | 2023 | CBPF “Our garden used to provide us with enough food. But we lost everything.”
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  Women’s livelihoods and changing social attitudes
  Burkina Faso | 2023 | CBPF “It helped me overcome the depression that was looming over me, and with the support I received for my business, it’s as though I have a new life,” she shared.
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  Mental health support helps long-term displaced people
  Burkina Faso | 2023 | CBPF “When I arrived here, I was traumatized by the violence I had witnessed and the losses I had suffered. I was left with nothing because I couldn’t take anything with me when I fled.”