Middle East
Humanitarian
Appeal
Middle East
Humanitarian Appeal
Conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives. Millions of people in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Syria urgently need shelter, food and basic supplies. Save lives. Donate now.
The scale of need is overwhelming
2.1 million
people - the entire population of Gaza - do not have enough to eat
1.9 million
people displaced in Gaza, and tens of thousands more in Lebanon

Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
A powerful earthquake in Myanmar has caused catastrophic devastation. Three months on, people still need critical support. Please donate now.
Cho* and her child Thet* in a makeshift shelter in a village in the Mandalay region of Myanmar. Many families lost their homes in the disaster, with businesses and farmland also devastated. Photo: Arete/DEC
Recent DEC appeals

Emergency aid is delivered to people affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February 2022, by the local partner of DEC charity British Red Cross. Image: Turkish Red Crescent
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.
Since our launch in 1963
79
appeals launched for major disasters overseas
£2.5 billion
raised, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities