Turkey-Syria
Earthquake
Appeal
Turkey-Syria
Earthquake Appeal
Devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria in February, killing tens of thousands of people and reducing buildings to rubble. DEC charities are helping to rebuild lives. Please donate now.
Women hug near a collapsed building in Turkey after one loses her brother in the devastating earthquake in February 2023. Photo: Burak Kara/Getty Images
A mobile health clinic truck now featuring stories of flood survivors revisits parts of Sindh, Pakistan that were previously submerged, bringing moments of joy as well as healthcare to local communities affected by the floods. Photo: Khaula Jamil/DEC
Pakistan truck art stories
This mobile health clinic features stories of flood survivors in Pakistani truck art style, bringing joy as well as medical aid to communities affected by the disaster.
Tatiana, a volunteer and refugee from Ukraine, plays with her granddaughter Alyssa aged three, at a food distribution warehouse run by DEC charity Plan International’s local partner, Moldova for Peace.
Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
Since the start of the conflict the UK public has raised an incredible £420 million. Find out how donations are helping.
DEC active appeals
Since our launch in 1963
77
appeals launched for major disasters overseas
£2.2 billion
raised, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities
Aid workers unload equipment after the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia in 2018. Image: Hariandi Hafid/British Red Cross
ABOUT THE DEC
The DEC brings together 15 leading aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response.
Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the UK public's response to overseas disasters. In collaboration with our Rapid Response Network of national media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm to the UK public and set up easy ways for them to donate.
And we have immediate impact, getting aid to people who need it, fast.
