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South Sudan Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme (SSHARP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This Programme will save lives and alleviate poverty through providing live saving humanitarian assistance, strengthen protection and promote access to basic services to conflict affected population, rebuild resilience and protect the most vulnerable people particularly women, girls and people living with disability.
Scaling up Family Planning in Tanzania
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This is a national programme to scale up access to family planning across Tanzania. Specific activities will include: • Outreach work in rural and urban areas as well as in Tanzania’s refugee camps and host communities. • Specific work to improve access to family planning as well as sexual and reproductive health information to youth, people with disabilities as well as services for victims of sexual violence. • Procure family planning commodities, strengthen the supply chain, and train of public health providers
UK Regional Support to the most vulnerable Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank (UKRSP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The “UK Regional Support to the most vulnerable Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank” programme aims to save lives, reduce suffering and improve resilience during the current crisis and prevent a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation until a more durable political solution is reached. While reaffirming HMG’s ongoing support to Palestinians and to neighbouring host countries, and in conjunction with the OPTs bilateral programme, it will provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as support for those displaced to neighbouring countries. Given the uncertainty and regional volatility, this programme is designed to be flexible to respond to needs arising.
Supporting Locally-Led Response to Floods in Sumatra
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Through local humanitarian first responder Plan Indonesia, the programme will provide lifesaving assistance to populations affected by floods and landslides that impacted Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra in November 2025. The programme will deliver WASH, Child Protection, emergency shelter and complementary relief, prioritising the most vulnerable and displaced households. The programme will leverage an existing relationship with a longstanding implementing partner and existing due diligence arrangements. Delivery will be rapid, time-bound and in line with UK humanitarian policy. The programme will be conducted throughout with respect for local cultural and political constraints.
Building Resilience and an Effective Emergency Refugee Response (BRAER)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will provide emergency life-saving assistance to the large influxes of refugees arriving in Uganda, build resilience among refugees and their host communities to reduce Uganda’s humanitarian burden, and deliver on UK Humanitarian Reform priorities. It will support the UK in its leadership role to develop new approaches to protracted crises and in delivering on the New York Declaration’s Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, with regional and global impact.
Multiyear Assistance for the Red Cross Humanitarian (MARCH)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project provides core support to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the British Red Cross (BRC). This project will increase the capacity and accountability of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement - the worlds largest humanitarian network, to prioritise assistance to people in greatest need in humanitarian crises, promote and disseminate International Humanitarian Law, strengthen the network's ability to be more effective, and enhance National Societies’ ability to deliver."
Caribbean Humanitarian Response Platform
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The multi-year programme will strengthen FCDO agility in preparing and responding quickly to new disasters in the Caribbean. It will deliver one of the International Development Strategy's top priorities: providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance and preventing the worst forms of human suffering and the UK Caribbean Strategy's emphasis on better preparedness and effectiveness in disaster response.
Mozambique Humanitarian Response Programme 2022-2027
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide lifesaving assistance to people in Mozambique affected by conflict and by climate disasters. MHRP is based on evidence of need and gaps across the humanitarian sector. It will reach 350,000 people with interventions in food security, nutrition, and protection. Additionally, MHRP will reach 100,000 people each year with prepositioning of emergency stocks to respond to climatic events.
Sudan Humanitarian Preparedness and Response (SHPR)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Sudan’s Humanitarian Preparedness and Response will contribute to reducing excess mortality and morbidity resulting from conflict, climate related hazards, disease outbreaks and economic shocks by: 1. Providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people facing ongoing crisis, with a focus on protection services, cash transfers and community management of acute malnutrition. 2. Preparing for and responding to sudden crises and spikes in need through country-based contingency funds. A flexible internal crisis risk facility will strengthen UK preparedness to respond to major disasters in Sudan. 3. Strengthening the effectiveness of in-country humanitarian preparedness and response. A flexible Enabling Facility will provide third-party services and technical assistance to improve gathering and analysis of data on risks and needs and early warning systems, monitoring and accountability mechanisms, and a shift to locally led interventions.
Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerability to Emergencies (BRAVE)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
BRAVE aims to improve community resilience to climate change and the capacity of key government institutions responsible for delivering climate resilience, including systems for adaptive and shock responsive social protection.
Support to Social Protection Programme 2 (SSPP2)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support the Government of Mozambique to develop a bigger, better and more shock responsive social protection system. SSPP2 will help poor and vulnerable people meet their basic needs and cope better with crises through social protection. It will expand the Government of Mozambique’s social protection programmes to deliver more cash transfers to the most vulnerable. It will provide technical assistance to improve social protection programme delivery and value for money, making government programmes more efficient, effective and equitable. It will develop government capacity to respond to crises quickly and effectively through the national social protection system. The programme will leverage additional donor and government resources of about £70m per year. Ultimately, SSPP2 will support the creation of a sustainable, nationally owned system to redistribute revenues from gas that Mozambique is expected to start earning in the next decade.
Enabling predictable, quick and effective responses to humanitarian crises
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support people affected by disasters, conflict and displacement globally, the programme will; provide high volumes of time-critical humanitarian assistance to save lives and mitigate suffering, through a high-performing Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), and potentially other emergency funds, that can rapidly release funds where and when they are needed most, including in advance of imminent crises; support strategic investments in improved quality and effectiveness of country level responses to urgent needs i.e. based on joint needs assessments and a collective approach to accountability.
Better Lives for Somali Women and Children
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To achieve UK's manifesto commitment of reducing preventable deaths, the Better Lives for Somali Women and Children will continue to respond to the health and nutrition needs of the Somali people. There will be a continued focus on delivering an essential package of health services. The programme will strengthen the Somali Health Authorities oversight of service provision, which will in turn promote local accountability and allow them increasingly to respond to the needs of their populations. This programme approach aims to support long term sustainability and state building that is part of the wider strategic agenda. There will also be a climate change mitigation component (ICF) within the programme.
Sahel Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Programme 2021-2028
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The SHAPP will provide assistance and protection for the most vulnerable in geographic hotspots of most acute need in the Sahel. Hotspots are found across the region where consequences of conflict, including violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, are making pre-existing food insecurity and malnutrition worse. The SHAPP will address as many basic needs as possible of the most vulnerable including child protection, support to victims or survivors of gender based violence, food, nutrition, water and sanitation. Human rights and international humanitarian law will remain at the centre of the new programme by informing and driving SHAPP design and priorities.
Lebanon Humanitarian Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Lebanon Humanitarian Programme has three main objectives: i) address growing humanitarian needs across the country; ii) improve educational outcomes for the most vulnerable and marginalised out of school children in Lebanon; and iii) support more inclusive, sustainable, and accountable support systems for all vulnerable population groups. The LHP will provide critical and flexible humanitarian assistance to households across Lebanon, according to vulnerability rather than nationality. Recognising the need to ensure sustainability, the programme will also take a patient development approach as far as possible: providing technical assistance to support national systems and improve the efficiency of aid delivery.
Ethiopia Crises 2 Resilience (EC2R)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Ethiopia Crises to Resilience (EC2R) programme is aimed to alleviate the impact of the conflict and drought to the poorest Ethiopians. The programme tries to address urgent humanitarian needs while maintaining the delivery of essential services across the country.
Investing in the humanitarian capability of the IFRC and the BRC to enable Early Action in humanitarian crises
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project provides core support to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the British Red Cross (BRC). This project will increase the capacity and accountability of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement - the worlds largest humanitarian network, to prioritise assistance to people in greatest need in humanitarian crises, to strengthen the network's ability to be more effective and enhance the National Societies’ ability to deliver. To enable IFRC and BRC to deliver against their core institutional strategies.
Jordan Protection Programme (JPP) Support to Vulnerable Refugees and Jordanians
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide essential protection services to vulnerable refugees and members of the host community in Jordan through working with local service providers to strengthen national services and work towards sustainable service provision for the long term. The programme is delivered through a consortium led by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and includes the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) and Humanity and Inclusion (HI).
UK Support to Palestinian Refugees(UKSPR) 2022-2028
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide predictable, multi-year funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East which will help the Agency deliver basic education including to girls, health services including family planning, vaccines and pre-natal and anti-natal services, relief services and humanitarian aid to more than 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Umoyo Wathu Health System Strengthening Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To reduce rates and inequalities in maternal, under-5 and new-born deaths; as well as reduce stunting in under-5s, by strengthening the quality and coverage of a package of essential health services through lower level district administration. The programme will increase the provision and uptake of quality, highly cost effective life-saving primary healthcare services provided free at the point of use, and so better protect the most vulnerable against the financial consequences of ill health. By 2028, the programme will contribute to reducing maternal mortality from 439 to 350 per 100,000 births; neonatal mortality from 27 to 22 per 1,000 live births; child mortality from 64 to 48 per 1,000 live births; stunting in children under five years of age reduced from 37% to 31%; and impact of communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics.
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