Seven DEC charities are working either directly or through local partners to help people affected by the flooding, including search and rescue operations, providing food and clean water and by receiving evacuees in Mykolaiv, Odesa and other cities.

The DEC launched an appeal after unprecedented monsoon rains caused devastating floods in July 2010. This appeal is now closed and all funds have been spent.

The DEC launched an appeal after an outbreak of Ebola spread from Guinea to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. This appeal is now closed and all funds have been spent.

This appeal is now closed. Thanks to generous donations from the public more that £19 million was raised for people affected by the crisis.