Background

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

United Nations donors

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UN Women

UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. They are trusted partners for advocates and decision-makers from all walks of life, and a leader in the effort to achieve gender equality.

UNDP

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNFPA

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Their mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

UNHCR

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

UNOPS

UNOPS provides infrastructure, procurement and project management services for a more sustainable world. They combine the best of the UN and the private sector to ensure their partners maximize the positive impact of peace and security, humanitarian and development projects.

UNICEF

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

UNMAS
CERF
OCHA

With its partners, OCHA contributes to principled and effective humanitarian response through coordination, advocacy, policy, information management and humanitarian financing tools and services. OCHA’s country and regional offices are responsible for delivering the core functions in the field by leveraging functional expertise throughout the organization.

DCA projects funded by United Nations

Learnings for refining future efforts and scaling up the anticipatory action approach on humanitarian and development context.
Nepal

All About Anticipatory Action: Lessons from Mahakali Basin for Upscaling

Learnings for refining future efforts and scaling up the anticipatory action approach on humanitarian and development context.

Affordable women's group in Bondeni settlement, Nakuru County, Kenya is one of the groups supported by DCA in partnership with WEL in the project.
Kenya

Empowering women to fight and prevent gender based violence.

Women empowerment through mentorship and economic support.

Ukraine

Photo story: EU Funding to Mine Clearance and Assistance for Victims of War in Ukraine

DCA-NCA is supporting those, who have lost their homes or been injured in the war, while clearing lands from explosives to limit further casualties.

A group of rightsholders during the pastry training
Syria

Empowering Vulnerable Communities in Northeast Syria

Addressing gaps in relation to protection, shelter and early recovery in Ar-Raqqa

South Sudan

Irene’s Restaurant serves opportunities

Mandazis and beans are on the menu at Irene’s Restaurant. Cooked with determination and served with a bigger plan; a brighter future for her children.

Ukraine

Kateryna Survived Artillery Strike: “I Didn’t know How Many Documents I Needed to Start Over”

Since 2022, over 12,000 civilians have been killed and 27,000 injured in Ukraine. With EU funding, victims of war like Kateryna are helped to recover.