This represents “a staggering decrease of more than 40 percent compared to the same period last year.”
Health centers closed and food aid cut
OCHA highlighted that funding shortfalls are having devastating consequences for millions of people around the world who are left without healthcare, food and education.
“In Afghanistan“More than 420 health centers have closed this year, forcing three million people to go without critical care,” the agency said.
In SomaliaCuts to food aid now mean only 350,000 people will receive aid in November, compared to more than a million in August, while half a million Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh They have lost access to education.
Support saves lives
The UN and its humanitarian partners are doing everything possible to reach as many vulnerable people as possible with the limited funds available, OCHA said.
In June, the agency launched a high-priority global appeal within the broader Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 that called for $29 million to meet the most urgent needs of 114 million people.
“We have been forced into human survival triage”UN Emergency and Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Tom Fletcher said at the time.
“Too many people will not receive the support they need, but we will save as many lives as we can with the resources we are given.”
OCHA called on donors to increase their investment in humanitarian aid, saying that “at a time when global needs are immense, more support is essential to save lives.”