Emergency Appeal
In recent weeks, half a million people – mostly Rohingya women and children – have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. They are seeking refuge in Bangladesh, where they urgently need food, water, shelter and medical care.
East Africa Crisis Appeal
19 million people in East Africa are on the brink of starvation and urgently need food, water and medical treatment. Don't delay, donate.
Yemen Crisis Appeal
Over half of the country’s population - almost 19 million people - are hungry and children are dying from malnutrition.

Emergency Appeal

East Africa Crisis Appeal

Yemen Crisis Appeal

Our global impact

DEC only appeal when we know we can help. We bring together 13 leading UK aid charities in times of crisis. Since our launch in 1963, we have run 70 appeals and raised more than £1.5 billion - saving millions of lives and rebuilding communities devastated by disasters.


How we work

We strive to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance for all of our appeals.


Member charities

We work with 13 UK's leading aid charities to provide and deliver aid to ensure successful appeals.

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Find out all the latest from the DEC, our appeal updates, recent reports and emergencies we're monitoring

Emergency Appeal

In recent weeks, half a million people – mostly Rohingya women and children – have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. They are seeking refuge in Bangladesh, where they urgently need food, water, shelter and medical care.

East Africa Crisis Appeal

19 million people in East Africa are on the brink of starvation and urgently need food, water and medical treatment. Don't delay, donate.

Yemen Crisis Appeal

Over half of the country’s population - almost 19 million people - are hungry and children are dying from malnutrition.

Where do your DEC donations go? Julius finds out

Three months on from the Nepal Earthquake, we took one of our fundraisers, Julius, to see how the funds he raised are helping.

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Alasdair fundraises for the people of Nepal

Alasdair from Scotland is raising vital money for the DEC Nepal Quake Appeal.

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USA Charity Ride For Syria Crisis Appeal

Two cyclists have undertaken a mammoth task: cycling 4000 miles across the USA for the DEC Syria Crisis Appeal.

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Nepal Earthquake Appeal - One Year On

For the first time, we are reporting the full financial details of how we raised and spent appeal funds after the first phase of the response.

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Nepal Earthquake Appeal - Response Review

The Nepal Earthquake Appeal Response Review, commissioned by the DEC and Canada’s Humanitarian Coalition, analyses the work of DEC member agencies in Nepal following a visit in August 2015.

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Haiti Earthquake

Donors gave £107m to help people recover from the country’s worst earthquake in more than 200 years which affected three million people.

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APPEALS

Emergency Appeal

In recent weeks, half a million people – mostly Rohingya women and children – have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. They are seeking refuge in Bangladesh, where they urgently need food, water, shelter and medical care.

FUNDRAISING

Where do your DEC donations go? Julius finds out

Three months on from the Nepal Earthquake, we took one of our fundraisers, Julius, to see how the funds he raised are helping.

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HOW YOUR MONEY HELPS

Nepal Earthquake Appeal - One Year On

For the first time, we are reporting the full financial details of how we raised and spent appeal funds after the first phase of the response.

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