A young girl holds her brother in Ibb governorate, Yemen, where a group of women are making and distributing COVID-19 face masks.
© UNHCR/Jamal Al-Barea

Crises at Tipping Point

6 Humanitarian Emergencies That Cannot Wait

Conflict, climate extremes, disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic are adding to a growing crisis of mass displacement, health threats and food insecurity.

Your gift will fund emergency programmes in six key areas – where any delay could cost more lives.

This is one of our most urgent appeals ever. Your gift will impact the lives of millions of refugees – please come forward and take action for:

    • Yemen – on the brink of famine
    • Ethiopia – emergency within emergency
    • Syria – skyrocketing poverty
    • Central African Republic – 1.5 million displaced
    • COVID-19 – and increased abuse of women and girls
    • Climate emergency – and its devastating impacts 

Without your support, refugees face a terrifying future.

In the 70 years since UNHCR first responded for people forced to flee, we have never experienced so many crises of this magnitude, all at once, on top of existing emergencies and challenges.

But during the pandemic, funding has dropped to a critical low. You can help UNHCR immediately scale up response to:

    • Provide life-saving support
    • Safeguard refugees’ fundamental rights
    • Build resilience and better future

Please donate today.

You can help UNHCR immediately scale up response to:

A young Yemeni girl eats a packet of Plumpy Nut, a high calorie food used in famine relief.
Provide life-saving support
A UNHCR staff processes Somali refugee families registering at the reception centre at the Ifo camp within the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya near the Somalia border
Safeguard refugee rights
South Sudanese refugee children wait in line to be registered at a UNHCR collection point in Elegu, Uganda.
Build better futures
A former refugee, UNHCR Associate Education Officer Kinyera David Jada shares his story as a refugee in Uganda and encourages other refugees to continue their studies.
Contribute to relief

Our fundraising commitment

The majority of funds raised by Australia for UNHCR are directed to UNHCR’s emergency operations, providing the ready funds and resources to respond quickly and effectively in situations of crisis and disaster.

75%
Humanitarian programs
14%
Admin
11%
Fundraising