The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) thanks you for your interest in assisting the victims of emergencies all over the world.

OCHA is responsible for coordinating the international response to natural disasters and complex emergencies. We accept donations from individuals and corporations for relief efforts all over the world.  If you wish to make such a contribution to OCHA, you can:

1.  Make a deposit into:

2.  Send a cheque made out to United Nations Geneva General Fund with a reference to UNOCHA (country affected) (specification of the country is optional) to:  

If you are a citizen of the United States and wish to make a tax deductible contribution to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), please see the UN Foundation website (form for donation).

Donations using a credit card

If you wish to make a donation using a credit card, please use the UN Foundation website.
   
Tracking contributions

OCHA keeps track of donors’ contributions on its Financial Tracking Service.  If you wish, you can make your contribution public by reporting it to by email to fts@reliefweb.int.

Information on ongoing disaster response activities can be found on our sister website, ReliefWeb, at www.reliefweb.int. Feel free to contact us if you need any additional information. 

As OCHA does not channel contributions to its partner agencies, if you wish, you can make donations directly to the Central Emengency Response Fund (CERF) or to one of the agencies, funds or programmes in the UN System:

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
UNFPA - UN Population Fund
UNHCR - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
WFP - World Food Programme
WHO - World Health Organization