Humanitarian Coalition: Responding to Smaller Disasters Around the World

When a big disaster strikes, the news travels fast. We know about it almost immediately through the newspaper, social media and other ways. But every year there are many other smaller disasters that don’t make the news—but that impact tens and hundreds of thousands of people.

With support from the Canadian government, which provides 85% of the funding through its Canadian Humanitarian Assistance Fund—the rest comes from member organizations and the Humanitarian Coalition—we respond to these disasters by providing aid like shelter, household items, clean water, hygiene and sanitation supplies, health services, cash and other needed things.

In 2023 we provided over $7 millions of aid for 20 smaller disasters, and counting. This included responding to a hurricane in Mexico, earthquakes in Indonesia and Afghanistan, storms in Libya and Vanuatu, a typhoon in The Philippines, flooding in Haiti, cyclones in Myanmar, Mozambique and Peru, and refugees in Chad and Armenia, and other disasters and places. Altogether, over 200,000 people were assisted.