DFID UK funding to 2009 Gaza Crisis

Organisation

Detail

Commitment (£)

UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Gaza Flash Appeal

Food and cash assistance to those in need and shelter assistance for the displaced. Fuel to maintain essential public services

4,000,000

OCHA

Humanitarian Emergency Response Fund: To Humanitarian Coordinator to quickly allocate funds to NGOs and other organisations to meet immediate needs.

       1,000,000

WFP

Logistics coordination and facilitation for the whole humanitarian community.

       1,000,000

International Committee for the Red Cross

Relief Assistance (food and non food items); health and protection activities.

4,000,000

United Nations

In-kind contribution and airlift of three armoured cars to facilitate safe assessments and relief delivery by UN agencies (including OCHA, WFP and UNRWA) as quickly as possible.

          500,000

Mines Advisory Group

Assess, survey and clear the danger of unexploded ordnance in Gaza.

197,973

Oxfam

Immediate water and sanitation needs of vulnerable communities in Gaza.

600,000

Mercy Corps

Emergency shelter, non-food items and psycho-social support to conflict-affected children, youth and families in Gaza.

913,279

Handicap International

Emergency medical response for the extremely vulnerable, including people with injuries, people with disabilities and the elderly.

421,943

Action Against Hunger

Improve access to water through emergency rehabilitation of water infrastructure and raise awareness of good hygiene practice.

400,000

Welfare Association

Expand comprehensive community-based health rehabilitation services for disabled people and their families in areas of high need.

300,000

OCHA

Support for an information officer to work in OCHA for three months.

70,000

Islamic Relief

Non-food items, psychosocial support, house repair, emergency school rehabilitation.

660,618

UNICEF

For information management and coordination of emergency water and sanitation sector response.

340,000

World Food Programme

Provision of food aid and co-ordination of relief items brought into Gaza by the UN and NGOs.

1,500,000

UNMAS

Tackle the risks to the civilian population and humanitarian agencies of unexploded ordnance (UXO).

          443,000

Save the Children

Protection and livelihood support in Gaza.

          500,000

Cooperative Housing Foundation International

Rubble removal work and creating employment in Gaza.

          667,000

CARE International

Reduce immediate food insecurity and support the recovery of agricultural livelihoods.

          650,000

OXFAM

Provide war-affected households with the economic security to meet their food needs.

          600,000

Action Against Hunger

Cash for Work and Livelihood support for Vulnerable Households.

           923,550

Total committed to date

19,687,363