Middle East
Humanitarian
Appeal
Middle East
Humanitarian Appeal
People in Gaza are facing another devastating winter. Recent heavy rain has made living conditions unbearable. Every pound donated by the UK public to this appeal will be matched this winter to support people in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Syria. The needs are huge. Donate now.
The needs this winter are huge
80% of homes
in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, with displaced families spending their third winter in makeshift shelters
£3M UK Aid Match
The UK Government will match your donation to this appeal pound-for-pound, up to the value of £3 million
Your donations are supporting people in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Syria.
Winter has arrived in Gaza. Recent flooding inundated people's tents and destroyed their precious belongings. Children are sleeping without warm shelter, clothes or blankets. The humanitarian needs remain huge.
Since the ceasefire agreement in October 2025, DEC charities and their local partners have scaled up their work providing desperately needed, food, water, cash, medicine and essential supplies.
In Lebanon, the ceasefire agreement at the end of 2024 meant some of the families displaced by conflict could return to their communities and start to rebuild their lives. More than a year on, many still have no home to return to and are cut off from basic services.
DEC charities and their local partners have been working tirelessly throughout the conflict in unimaginably difficult conditions. Each day has brought new and unexpected challenges, but they have constantly adapted their work to deliver whatever aid they can.
How you can help
You can help people affected by the crisis in the Middle East by making a donation and helping to raise money for the DEC appeal. This will allow DEC charities and their local partners to scale up their response and reach more people.
- £30 could provide blankets for six people
- £50 could provide emergency food, for five families for one week
- £100 could provide emergency shelter for five families
Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
A powerful earthquake in Myanmar has caused catastrophic devastation. Months later, 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
