As winter approaches, nine out of ten people in Gaza are displaced, most more than once, and living in makeshift camps.

As is so often the case in humanitarian crises, women are disproportionately affected. Most have no privacy, sharing often inadequate sanitation facilities with hundreds - sometimes thousands - of others and without suitable clothing for the winter months.

The DEC launched an appeal to help vulnerable communities in eight countries survive the Covid-19 pandemic. This appeal is now closed and all funds have been spent.

We are closely monitoring a number of humanitarian disasters and assessing them against our criteria for launching an appeal. Often our member charities are responding to these crises already and we encourage people who wish to help to donate to them.