UNICEF workshop on crisis response in Solomon Islands

Armed violence in Haiti’s Centre and Artibonite departments has intensified since March 2025, forcing more than 207,000 people from their homes this year alone - already exceeding the displacement totals of 2024 and 2023 combined. The escalation of attacks has collapsed essential services, disrupted food systems, and left displaced families and host communities facing severe shortages of shelter, healthcare, water, sanitation and protection. To respond, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has allocated $9 million from the United Nations OCHA-managed Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). This funding will enable UN agencies and partners to provide life-saving assistance, ensuring urgent access to: 🍞 Food 🏠 Shelter 🩺 Healthcare 💧 Water & sanitation 🛡️ Protection services The allocation will also support community-based measures to prevent gender-based violence and safeguard children. CERF’s rapid and flexible funding remains a vital lifeline for communities caught in crisis. #InvestInHumanity

We are gathered in Addis Ababa. We are more than 60 children from 16 African countries. We are not here as guests, but as leaders. We have felt the weight of droughts that shut our schools. We have watched floods sweep away our homes. We have endured hunger when crops failed and sickness when water turned unsafe. But we refuse to be seen only as victims. We are thinkers, problem-solvers, and visionaries. And today, through the Africa’s Children’s Climate Declaration 2, we call on you, Africa’s Heads of State to act with courage: 🔹 Guarantee 30% child and youth representation in climate decision-making. 🔹 Build climate-resilient schools, hospitals, and water systems. 🔹 Expand school feeding programmes and climate-smart farming. 🔹 Provide mental health and psychosocial support in every community. 🔹 Protect the most vulnerable—girls, children with disabilities, and those in high-risk regions. We ask you not just to listen, but to act. Not just to promise, but to deliver. Because every drought, every flood, every disaster is stealing pieces of our childhood. And because safeguarding children is not charity. It is justice. It is survival. And it is the only way Africa’s future can endure. Signed, Children of Africa at #ACCS2 #ACCS2 #ChildrenForClimate #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #ClimateCantWait #AfricaChildrenClimateSummit #ChildrenInClimateAction #ClimateAction #ACS2025  #ChildrenLead AfricanUnion ACERWC Save the Children International Plan International World Vision East Africa ChildFund International Nelson Mandela Children's Fund SOS Children's Villages International Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Africa

What happens when a crisis hits and there’s no time to wait? This is where specific funding, such as the Irish Aid funded Acute Crisis Stream (ACS) fund comes in. ACS allows us to act quickly and decisively with our local partner organisations in some of the world’s most fragile and fast-changing humanitarian crises. Whether it's delivering clean water during a conflict, food assistance during a drought, or essential hygiene services in displacement camps, these funds can mean the difference between life and death. 👉Read more in our blog https://lnkd.in/es2MBztj #IrishAid #IrishAidWorks

In Eastern and Southern Africa, where conflict, drought, and disease threaten children’s lives, flexible funding allows UNICEF to:   ➡️ Deliver life-saving aid during emergencies ➡️ Strengthen health, education, and water systems ➡️ Reach the most vulnerable children and families across 22 countries But progress is under threat. Global aid is shrinking — even as children’s needs grow. Now is the time for world leaders to protect what works. Read more: https://unicef.link/RR

Devex Newswire, Aug. 29, 2025: “Christian Aid stunned the sector in April with a big shift: closing country offices and channeling money to local partners through five regional hubs. … Save the Children [40% global staff reduction], Mercy Corps, and CARE are pooling surge capacity for disasters.” In this new era INGO/local nonprofit (INLP) integration is not a nice to have, but an imperative. A suggested “Go Slow to Go Fast” approach: INLPs in every country launch a series of monthly thematic collaboration meetings: Water and Sanitation; Education; Livelihoods and Job Creation; Health and Nutrition; Emergency Response; Advocacy Campaigns; Urban Engagement; Microlending; Faith and Development. Over time, more and more INLPs join these meetings. It’s time for 100+ small, medium and large INLPs in each country to put on their humility hats and show up in a virtual room once a month - discussing best practices and practical ways to collaborate with a Do-Learn-Innovate-Do approach. Individual and bi-/multi-lateral donor funding models should require robust collaboration. Let’s go!

When a structure fire displaced many residents in our region, the impacts were immediate. Our Emergency Operations Centre was activated, volunteers jumped into action, and businesses and NGOs stepped up to provide essential supports. But some challenges were bigger than what a local emergency program alone could solve—issues that extended beyond immediate shelter and food. This is where emergency management goes beyond logistics: connecting people, leveraging networks, and bringing partners together to meet needs no single program could solve. By engaging local government, provincial ministries, NGOs, and community partners, we were able to quickly stand up an Unmet Needs Committee—ensuring supports went beyond the basics and addressed the broader, more complex needs of those affected. Resilience isn’t about doing everything ourselves—it’s about bringing people and systems together to meet challenges no single program could solve alone. #em #emergencymanagement #publicsafety #reflection #sendai #connectingthedots

#AnnualReport Every new donor makes the crisis data ecosystem stronger. Fragmented funding cannot fix a fragmented system. That is why Canada joined CRAF’d in 2024, pooling resources with six other donor partners to finance the data that saves lives. With Canada’s support, the coalition behind CRAF’d has grown to seven donors, committing over $40 million to strengthen the shared navigation system for crisis action. Together we are making crisis response earlier, faster, more targeted and more dignified. 📖 Learn more in the #AnnualReport. Link in the comments.

“The lack of funding for locally-led organisations was a missed opportunity even before USAID crumbled and the global aid landscape shifted dramatically. In the wake of this upheaval, the opportunity has taken on new urgency.” The closure of USAID is more than a funding gap—it’s proof that top-down aid systems are fragile. As Jessie Cronan and Meaghan English write in Alliance magazine, funders have a significant opportunity to reset the infrastructure of the entire aid system. At the Fund, we know that when communities have the resources to lead, they can defend rights, challenge injustice, and be ready to act the moment opportunities for change emerge. Read the article via the link in the comments.

Recovery strengthens the foundation for the home🏡, the heart 💝, and the hope 🌻we all need to keep going. Learn how #RecoveryIsPossible for everyone samhsa.gov/recovery #RecoveryHappens #RecoveryMonth2025

Recovery strengthens the foundation for the home🏡, the heart 💝, and the hope 🌻we all need to keep going. Learn how #RecoveryIsPossible for everyone samhsa.gov/recovery #RecoveryHappens #RecoveryMonth2025