World Vision Emergency Fund

When emergencies strike, children often suffer most.

Worldwide over 100 million people have fled their homes and still need your support – 36 million of them are children. They need water, food, shelter, healthcare, education and protection.

At World Vision we believe that all refugees need protection, regardless of where they come from or how they travel. Children who are forced to flee must be protected and supported wherever they are.

World Vision supports the UN’s three durable solutions to refugee crises: voluntary repatriation, local integration, and resettlement. All refugee children should be welcomed by the Government of any country they reach in search of safety and security.

Your donation could help save the lives of vulnerable children affected by conflict, natural disasters, and hunger around the world.

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Making a difference where it's needed most

A dove flies over the debris of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip

Middle East

As violence in the Middle East continues, over 32,000 people have already lost their lives. Over 90,000 families have been displaced in South Lebanon and levels of violence are increasing dramatically in the West Bank. We are supporting the families whose lives have been disrupted. Your donation will make a difference.

Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has now been going on for over two years, lives are still being turned upside down by the enduring crisis and continuing devastation. As bombs carry on falling, children are at risk. That’s why we still need your support to save lives and protect children.

Woman holding her baby in Baidora camp, Somalia.

East Africa

East Africa is host to over 2 million refugees, with Uganda hosting the largest refugee population at 1.6 million refugees, across 30 settlements, a number which is only increasing. World Vision is currently present in 9 of these refugee settlements. With your support, we can do more.

Conflict emergencies

World Vision is helping vulnerable children and families affected by crises, helping them rebuild their lives as refugees. Your donations will be channelled into areas of greatest need that World Vision and its partners can access.

You can help us reach refugee children with food, water, and healthcare. Please help deliver the lifesaving support they need to survive – before it’s too late.

Your donation today could provide essential items to families who desperately need them.

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How your donation can help

£1,000

could provide training for 50 community leaders on children's mental health

£2,500

could provide a 'new start' kit for 90 refugee children escaping conflict

£4,000

could run five child friendly spaces for children living in conflict

Children around the world are living in the midst of heartbreaking emergencies

Thanks to your support we are able to act fast to save children's lives.

Your donation to World Vision's Emergency Fund, enables us to respond quickly to emergencies as and when they emerge around the world. Your support will make sure that food, shelter, and household items are ready to be distributed to families forced from their homes by catastrophic crises.

Your donation will also support families to become more resilient to shocks and support communities in the midst of building back stronger. You can help refugee children and families recover and rebuild their lives, months after a disaster hits.

Donate now to help children and families survive, recover from trauma and rebuild their lives after an emergency.

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How the Emergency Fund works

Disaster Mitigation

Reducing families' risk to shocks and the impacts they can have

Emergency Response

Responding right away when an emergency happens, saving lives

Building Resilience

Preparing communities to cope with future disasters for long term sustainability

Mother and daughter smiling at the camera, Peru

Survive

Too many children are on the edge of survival. Weak with hunger, at risk of disease, homeless. Your donation will help children survive with life-saving food, water, and shelter.

Young girl sat smiling with her Mother and younger brother, Somailia

Recover

During an emergency, many children lose their loved ones, homes, and life as they once knew it. You can help refugee children recover from trauma with counselling and specialist care.

Young boy with a goat, smiling at the camera, DRC.

Rebuild

It’s almost impossible to think about the future when you’re fighting for survival. You’ll give children a chance to rebuild their future – to learn, play, and enjoy being a child.

Why World Vision

World Vision is uniquely positioned to respond to crises around the world, due to our enormous operational presence in almost 100 countries and over 70 year experience and leadership in humanitarian aid.

When an emergency hits, our presence in the country, our relief stocks in the region, and the readiness of our local staff to respond, mean we are often the first to reach refugee children and families affected. And we are in it for the long haul.

We coordinate our programmes in partnership with national governments and other humanitarian aid organisations to see where the gaps in aid are, to ensure we meet the needs of those we are serving, and to promote a holistic approach as we respond to short and long-term crises.

We walk alongside those affected by disasters and conflict, and provide them with immediate relief, good, water, sanitation, education, child protection and health provision. We also help families protect their livelihoods during the crisis so they aren't plunged into further destitution.

Thanks to your support, we can deliver lifesaving supplies anywhere in the world within 72 hours of a disaster - and often even sooner.