The DERF temporarily closes for new Rapid Response crisis alerts – Anticipatory Action funding still available.
To be able to support humanitarian crises response throughout the entire year, the DERF operates with a quarterly funding allocation model that regulates how much of the available funds may be spent during each quarter of the year.
The DERF has now spent the portion of funds avail
The DERF has carefully considered the submitted crisis alert Drought Emergency in Somaliland submitted by International Aid Services (IAS) and decided not to activate the DERF for funding interventions responding to the crises.
Further information of the decision is to be found in the attached decision note.
International Aid Services (IAS) has submitted an alert due to drought in Somaliland.
This is a climate-induced slow-onset humanitarian crisis, driven by prolonged drought and worsening environmental degradation. The drought has caused the failure of water sources, depletion of pasture, and massive livestock deaths, affecting livelihoods and food security.Social and political implications inclu
The DERF has carefully considered the submitted crisis alert Emergency Drought Response in Somalia and Somaliland submitted by Guryasamo and decided not to activate the DERF for funding interventions responding to the crises.
Further information of the decision is to be found in the attached decision note.
Guryasamo has submitted an alert note due to drought in Somalia and Somaliland.
The nature of the crisis is severe drought in Somalia and Somaliland facing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis as a severe, slow-onset drought tightens its grip on the nation in 2025. This is not an isolated disaster but a brutal escalation in a relentless cycle of climatic shocks that has shattered the resilience o
Call for applications for DERF funding of rapid response interventions answering to the following humanitarian crisis:
Title: Monsoon Floods in Pakistan
Country and location(s): Pakistan; provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Baluchistan, AJK, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
DERF Funding Modality: Applicants are to apply for the DERF Funding Modality Rapid Response as per the DERF Funding
International Aid Services (IAS) has submitted an alert due to devastating monsoon flooding crisis in Pakistan.
Since late June and throughout July 2025, Pakistan has faced a devastating monsoon flooding crisis, triggered by exceptionally heavy rainfall and glacier-fed surges. The disaster has caused widespread riverine and flash flooding.
As of July 29, 2025, prolonged monsoon rains across
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Call for applications for DERF funding of rapid response interventions related to the following humanitarian crisis:
Title: Forced Population Movement to Afghanistan
Country and location(s): Afghanistan (all locations with returnees)
DERF Funding Modality: Applicants are to apply for the DERF Funding Modality Rapid Response as per the DERF Funding Guidelines.
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Rebuild Aid Foreningen has submitted an alert note due to the border crisis in Afghanistan.
Since 2023, Afghanistan has faced a worsening protection and displacement crisis due to mass deportations from Iran and Pakistan. In 2025, this crisis has sharply escalated. Iran intensified expulsions following rising tensions with Israel, while Pakistan accelerated the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation P
Call for applications for DERF funding of rapid response interventions answering the following humanitarian crisis:
Title: Floods in Somalia
Country and location(s): Affected regions in Somalia: Hirshabelle, Jubaland, Banadir, South West, and Galmudug
DERF Funding Modality: Applicants are to apply for the DERF Funding Modality Rapid Response as per the DERF Funding Guidelines.
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Action for Relief and Development (ARD) have submitted an alert note due to territorial rains and flooding in Somalia.
The crisis in Somalia, is a natural disaster caused by torrential rains and flash floods. This flooding was triggered by heavy seasonal rainfall across multiple regions of the country since mid-April 2025, with particularly devastating effects in Banadir region on 9 May. The na