The UNITED NATIONS has a CENTRAL Mechanism to ensure that in any EMERGENCY people have the RESPONSE they need, through a global FUND from all nations and all people.

CENTRAL

One fund for the entire UN system.

In the chaos after a disaster strikes, having a central fund that has already collected donations from over 120 countries means more lives are saved. The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund works across all UN agencies and humanitarian partners on the ground to provide the most cost-effective assistance, prioritized by need and impact. The flexibility to respond in the best way needed means each emergency has funds immediately available, delivered in a transparent way. That is the power of a CENTRAL fund to save lives.

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EMERGENCY

Beyond the headlines, we are there.

The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund asks one simple question: who needs the most help? We work strategically to have the most impact for the world’s most vulnerable. We are there when an existing crisis gets worse or fades from the headlines. Where the need is greatest, we kickstart the humanitarian response with life-saving funds — impartially, efficiently and immediately. That is the power of a neutral EMERGENCY fund to save lives.

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RESPONSE

We are the first on the scene.

8 million people receive critical water and sanitation each year
10 million people receive life-saving food each year
1 million people receive life-saving shelter each year
20 million people receive healthcare each year
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The first hours after an emergency hits are critical. By the time donors in other countries coordinate their response, it is too late for many people. That’s why the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund is there first, with life-saving assistance to partners ready to go at a moment’s notice. Being the fastest means delivering results for the world’s most vulnerable. We power fast, effective assistance, whenever, wherever disaster strikes by strategically empowering those ready to get stuck in. That is the power of a rapid RESPONSE fund to save lives.

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FUND

A fund from all nations, for all people.

When the world comes together to help the world, everyone benefits. The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund enables the world to work as one, by collecting funds from over 120 countries and dispensing them to whichever people need them most, no matter which country they are in. The Emergency Fund is a lifeline given from all countries to all people. We are the planet’s insurance policy. That is the power of a global FUND to save lives.

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2017 TOP DONORS

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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
$925.1M
Sweden
Sweden
$757.7M
Netherlands
Netherlands
$621.2M
Norway
Norway
$662.5M
Canada
Canada
$333.6M

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When hundreds of thousands of lives were lost, and millions more ruined, by the tsunami that hit South East Asia in 2004, one lesson was clear: by the time the world responds to a crisis with humanitarian aid, for many it is sadly too late. What was needed was a pool of emergency funds, ready *before *the disaster strikes. That’s why the world came together to create the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund.

Each year, the vast majority of countries on earth contribute money to a central piggy bank, so funds are ready to be used as soon as they are needed.

That money doesn’t care what ethnicity the people are, what country they live in, whether it’s a ‘celebrity’ cause, or whether the disaster was caused by humans or mother nature. That money only cares about who needs it most. That’s how the *UN’s Emergency Fund *is allocated: quickly, impartially, and very effectively. Just like every household should have a rainy day fund—*just in case* —so should the world have an insurance policy. Together, we saves lives by being prepared.

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund was an experiment when it started in 2006. Now, it is clear that it has been a resounding success. The organizations who carried out the work are the frontline heroes fueled by the *UN’s Emergency Fund, *which in turn is fueled by the donors. The people of the world have a central fund to help each other at their time of greatest need. The UN is saving lives, powered by the Central Emergency Response Fund.

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