Donations to our appeal are now funding work in Afghanistan, DR Congo, India, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.

Funds raised between 28 April and 9 June 2021 for India totalled £14 million.

How funds raised by the DEC were spent to combat Covid-19 in seven of the world's most fragile places.

Find out how donations to the appeal helped people recover from the disaster.

DEC charities long-standing presence in India means that they have licences and bank accounts required by law that are reportedly causing problems for some NGOs.