All DERF Rapid Response funds for 2025 now allocated
The DERF acknowledges the continued severity of humanitarian crises worldwide. However, the funds allocated for Rapid Response interventions in 2025 have now been fully committed.
As a result, the DERF will not be in a position to receive or process any additional Rapid Response alerts for the rest of the year.
A limited amount of fundi
The DERF has carefully considered the submitted crisis alert Flood crisis in Sudan and South Sudan submitted by Danish Muslim Aid 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.
Alert raised by Danish Muslim Aid.
The rainy season in Sudan typically begins in June and lasts until September, with peak rainfall and flooding occurring between September and October. The Red Sea, White Nile, North Darfur, and Northern states have been among the worst affected, while severe flooding has also been reported across six other states. In South Sudan, Jonglei and Unity states acco
Call for applications for DERF funding of rapid response interventions answering to the following humanitarian crisis:
Title: Earthquake Response in Eastern Afghanistan
Country and location(s): Afghanistan; Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman provinces in eastern Afghanistan
DERF Funding Modality: Applicants are to apply for the DERF Funding Modality Rapid Response as per th
Dansk Afghansk Humanitær Forening has submitted an alert due to an earthquake in Afghanistan.
On the 31st of August 2025, Kunar province was the epicentre of a series of earthquakes reaching 6.0 in magnitude (labelled “strong”) on the Richter scale. On September 4th Said region experienced another quake of magnitude 5.6.
An estimated 2,150 people lost their lives in the initial catastrophe,
The DERF has carefully considered the submitted crisis alert Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Cebu, Philippines submitted by Viva Danmark 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.
Viva Danmark has submitted an alert due to a Magnitute 6.9 earthquake in the Philippines.
On 30 September 2025, at 9:59 PM PST, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake with a shallow depth of 5 km struck northern Cebu, Philippines, with the epicenter located near Bogo City. The disaster caused severe destruction in Bogo and surrounding municipalities—San Remigio, Daanbantayan, Medellin, and Tabuelan—damagin
Call for applications for DERF funding of rapid response interventions answering to the following humanitarian crisis:
Title: Displacement Crisis in Mozambique
Country and location(s): Mozambique – Cabo Delgado, Nampula & Niassa provinces
DERF Funding Modality: Applicants are to apply for the DERF Funding Modality Rapid Response as per the DERF Funding Guidelines.
Call window for s
Sustainable Energy (Vedvarende Energi) has submitted an alert due to a spike of extremism violence in the fragile context of Cabo Delgado.
This is a spike in a protracted humanitarian crisis as result of increasing numbers of attacks from Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) leading to new displacement. In conclusion, 57,000 people are over short time in urgent need of support in addition to the
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