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More than 362,000 people – half of whom are in Port-au-Prince – have been displaced by gang violence and live in overcrowded conditions. Nearly one in four children in Haiti suffers from chronic malnutrition. /Giles Clarke. Homepage Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email Nearly 300 million people globally need humanitarian assistance and protection At the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (), we bring the world together to tackle humanitarian emergencies and save the lives of people caught in crises. What we do We mobilize aid, share information, support humanitarian efforts, and advocate for crisis-affected communities. Read more Where we work Our presence in crisis-affected regions, combined with our expert team, allows us to rapidly respond and provide support to those in need. Read more How you can help Nearly every humanitarian response is critically underfunded. Every cent counts, and saves lives. Contribute today! Read more Latest news and stories View all Image Featured UN relief chief tells Security Council "people of Yemen deserve a break for the future" 13 May 2024 Read more Featured Today’s top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Haiti 13 May 2024 Read more Featured Afghanistan: Aid worker safeguards her community in contaminated land 13 May 2024 Read more Featured UN deputy relief chief urges funding boost for Gaza, West Bank: US$2.8B needed over 8 months 12 May 2024 Read more Current responses Occupied Palestinian Territory The Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) faces a protracted political crisis characterized by more than 55 years of Israeli military occupation, internal Palestinian divisions, and recurrent escalations of hostilities. Learn more Afghanistan Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a serious risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe. Learn more Burkina Faso Burkina Faso continues to face the worst humanitarian crisis in its history, with one in four Burkinabè now in need of humanitarian assistance. Learn more Burundi Learn more Cameroon Nine out of 10 regions in Cameroon are affected by three complex humanitarian crises: the Lake Chad basin conflict, the North-West and South-West crisis, and the Central African Republic (CAR) refugee crisis. Learn more Central African Republic Learn more Chad The humanitarian crisis in Chad is becoming more entrenched due to growing food insecurity and malnutrition, forced displacement, the effects of climate change, and political, socioeconomic, health and sanitation challenges. Learn more Colombia Colombia has made progress in development and peacebuilding over the past decade, but internal armed conflict and violence, extreme weather-related events and COVID-19 have left 7.7 million people in need. Learn more Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the largest number of internally displaced people (IDPs) on the African continent. Learn more El Salvador El Salvador is still dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and extreme weather events of 2020. Combined with existing vulnerabilities, this left an estimated 1.7 million people in need of assistance. Learn more Eritrea Following a border conflict with Ethiopia from 1998 to 2000, Eritrea experienced a prolonged "no-war, no-peace" situation and faced international sanctions for a decade. Learn more Ethiopia Ethiopia is facing multiple humanitarian emergencies due to climate change, conflict, disease outbreaks, poor macroeconomic conditions, and high commodity and food prices due to inflation. Learn more Guatemala Learn more Haiti Haiti is enduring a severe crisis with political, economic and humanitarian challenges. The President’s assassination in July 2021 left the country without a leader, and the economy has suffered from four years of negative growth. Learn more Honduras Honduras faces growing vulnerabilities, including political and social conflicts, climate change, forced displacement and migration. Learn more Kenya Learn more Lebanon Lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic and financial crisis affecting all residents, including Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees and migrants. Learn more Madagascar Learn more Malawi Learn more Mali Mali is beset by insecurity, conflict, the impacts of climate change and limited access to basic social services, all of which are causing severe humanitarian need. Learn more Mozambique An estimated 945,000 people have been internally displaced by the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique, which continues to increase humanitarian needs. Learn more Myanmar Two years since the military takeover, the humanitarian outlook for Myanmar remains bleak. Conflict is raging, public services are in disarray and inflation is having a devastating effect on people’s financial situations. Learn more Niger Niger continues to face an acute and complex humanitarian crisis marked by the impact of persistent insecurity, epidemics, food insecurity and floods. Learn more Nigeria There has been no reprieve in the humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, where armed conflict is now in its thirteenth year. Learn more Pakistan Unrelenting monsoon rains across Pakistan — the worst in a decade — resulted in widespread flooding and landslides between June and August 2022. Learn more Somalia Somalia is facing a rapidly unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, driven by the longest and most severe drought in at least 40 years. Learn more South Sudan The humanitarian situation in South Sudan is worsening, driven by the cumulative and compounding effects of years of conflict, subnational violence, food insecurity, the climate crisis and public health challenges. Learn more Sudan Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands injured due to the conflict. Learn more Syrian Arab Republic After 11 years of crisis, most Syrians continue to face a continued humanitarian decline. The country still has the world’s largest number of internally displaced people of 6.8 million people. Learn more Türkiye Türkiye is one of the three hubs working together to implement the Syria Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) collectively in the spirit of the whole of Syria. Learn more Ukraine Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces in February 2022, the lives of countless women, men and children have been torn apart. Millions were forced to leave Ukraine and become refugees. Learn more Venezuela In 2022, Venezuela showed signs of economic...