UN Releases $100 Million for Underfunded Humanitarian Crises

On 30th August, 2024, the United Nations allocated $100 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to address critical underfunding in 10 humanitarian crises across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East.

The funding is aimed at alleviating the impacts of underfunded humanitarian emergencies, where a lack of resources has hindered aid agencies from providing essential life-saving assistance.
More than one-third of the CERF allocation is directed toward Yemen and Ethiopia, with $20 million and $15 million respectively, where populations are severely affected by hunger, displacement, disease, and climate disasters.
Additional funds have been allocated to support humanitarian operations in conflict-ridden and climate-affected countries, including $12 million for Myanmar, $11 million for Mali, $10 million for Burkina Faso, $9 million for Haiti, $7 million each for Cameroon and Mozambique, $5 million for Burundi, and $4 million for Malawi.