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Please donate to the Crisis Appeal so World Aid Network can get food, clean water and shelter to families when a crisis hits. Give by card on this page. Your gift becomes a meal, a drink and a dry place to sleep. Partners aim to start within 48 to 72 hours. Please give what you can today.
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What is the Crisis Appeal?
The Crisis Appeal is World Aid Network’s standing appeal for emergency food, clean water, hygiene kits and temporary shelter when a crisis hits. Please donate today. Local partners turn your gift into a meal, a drink and a dry place to sleep. We do not rebuild homes or send cash to individuals.
A crisis can take everything that keeps a family alive before breakfast: the bed the children slept in, the well in the yard, the rice that was meant to last the week. They run with what they can carry. Then they wait. That wait is where your donation to the Crisis Appeal matters.
Please give to the Crisis Appeal. We work with local partners who buy supplies close to the people who need them. You do not have to travel. You do not have to pack a box. A gift of £10 can cover drinking water for a family for a week. £50 can cover food for two weeks. Please give what you can.
Why do families need a Crisis Appeal?
When a crisis hits, a family can lose the roof, the well and the food store in hours. Children need clean water. Parents need something to cook. Older people need a dry place to sleep. Please donate to the Crisis Appeal so those first things are already funded.
After a shock, people sleep outside because they are afraid the roof will fall. Water pipes break. Wells are spoiled. Dirty water then brings disease. Hunger follows a ruined harvest. Shelter is how a child sleeps without rain on their face.
The cameras leave. The need does not. A gift today helps the family still under a tarpaulin, and the family who will need help the next time a crisis hits. Please do not wait for the next headline. Give now to the Crisis Appeal.
When is a Crisis Appeal needed?
A Crisis Appeal is needed when families lose food, water or shelter in a sudden shock or in the weeks after, when hunger and dirty water take hold. Please donate. The first things people need are the same: a meal, a drink and a roof. A standing fund means they do not wait for a new campaign.
Earthquakes give a family seconds. Floods spoil wells. Storms take homes in a night. When winter then arrives for families still in tents, displaced children face twice the mortality risk in the cold. The Crisis Appeal answers those same first needs.
Please donate so this standing Crisis Appeal is already there. Crises do not send a fundraising calendar.
| Crisis | What families typically need |
|---|---|
| Sudden shock | Earthquake, flood or storm — shelter and safe water in the first 72 hours |
| Displacement | Families sleeping in schools or on higher ground need a meal, a drink and a roof |
| Spoiled water | About 80% of post-disaster illness is caused by contaminated water |
| Lost harvest | Hunger follows when a field or food store is destroyed |
| After the cameras leave | A standing Crisis Appeal still answers when the headline has moved on |
How can I donate to the Crisis Appeal?
Please give on this page by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your donation to the Crisis Appeal becomes food, clean water, hygiene kits and shelter. A monthly gift means partners can answer the next crisis without waiting. Give the amount that feels right for you.
Use the form beside this appeal, or open the donate page and choose emergency relief. Keep the Crisis Appeal selected. If your mosque, church, workplace or friends are collecting, gather what you can and donate it here.
Please give money rather than clothes or bottled water from the UK, unless a partner has asked for a specific item in writing. Parcels usually arrive late. Local buying is faster.
What will my donation to the Crisis Appeal provide?
Your donation to the Crisis Appeal provides emergency food, clean drinking water, hygiene kits and temporary shelter for families who have lost their homes. A gift of £10 can cover drinking water for a family for a week. £50 can cover food for two weeks. £100 can help with shelter materials.
The figures below are typical partner-quoted costs. They are a guide to what your kindness can buy. What a family receives will depend on the crisis and on what they need that week.
That is the promise of the Crisis Appeal. You give. We turn your money into help for people who have lost their homes.
- · £10 — clean drinking water for a displaced family for one week
- · £25 — an emergency hygiene kit for a displaced family
- · £50 — emergency food rations for a family for two weeks
- · £100 — temporary shelter materials for one household
- · £250 — safe drinking water for 50 people for one week
- · £500 — a full emergency relief package for 10 families
| Gift | What partners typically kit |
|---|---|
| £10 | Clean drinking water for a displaced family for one week |
| £25 | An emergency hygiene kit for a displaced family |
| £50 | Emergency food rations for a family for two weeks |
| £100 | Temporary shelter materials for one displaced household |
| £250 | Safe drinking water for 50 people for one week |
| £500 | A full emergency relief package for 10 displaced families |
What does your amount fund?
£50 — Emergency food rations for a family for two weeks
Works without JavaScript via the table above. For a fuller calculator see the emergency relief calculator.
How does the Crisis Appeal reach families?
We work with trusted local partners. They buy food, water, hygiene kits and shelter materials close to the families who need them. Your donation is held for the Crisis Appeal and released when people need emergency help. Please donate so those partners can act quickly.
You donate. We hold your gift for this appeal. When a crisis hits, we release funds to local partners. Those partners buy supplies nearby and put them in people’s hands.
If you want to give in memory of someone, or as a group, write to us and we will mark the gift for the Crisis Appeal.
How quickly will the Crisis Appeal help?
Card donations are processed straight away. Once funds are released, partners aim to start delivering food, water and shelter within forty-eight to seventy-two hours of a crisis. Cut roads and remote places can take longer. Your gift still means a family can be reached without waiting for a new fundraising drive.
Money that has already been given can move when a crisis is declared. Please donate today — once, or every month — so the next family is not left thirsty while the world organises a response.
How can I donate to the Crisis Appeal from the UK?
Please donate on this page by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. From the UK, that is the simplest way to give to a Crisis Appeal. If you are collecting as a group, gather the gifts and give them here. Your kindness becomes food, water and shelter.
You do not need to travel. You do not need to send a parcel. The most useful thing a supporter in the United Kingdom can do is give to the Crisis Appeal on this page.
Can I give monthly to the Crisis Appeal?
Yes — a monthly donation keeps the Crisis Appeal ready for the next crisis. Please set up a regular gift on this page. Even a small monthly amount helps partners keep food, water, hygiene kits and shelter ready. You can also give in memory of someone you love.
Crises do not follow a fundraising calendar. A regular gift means we can say yes when partners ask for water, food and shelter materials. You can change a monthly gift later.
Is this the same as the Hunger Crisis Appeal?
No. The Hunger Crisis Appeal is restricted to emergency food. The Crisis Appeal funds food, clean water, hygiene kits and temporary shelter together. Please donate on the page that matches how you want to help. If you searched for Crisis Appeal, this is the checkout.
The Humanitarian Appeal is the named page for humanitarian-appeal searches. Disasters Emergency Relief is the named page for disaster searches. All three standing funds buy the same first things through local partners. This page owns Crisis Appeal.
Does the Crisis Appeal rebuild homes or fund medical care?
No. The Crisis Appeal is restricted to emergency food, clean water, hygiene kits and temporary shelter. We do not rebuild houses, send cash to individuals, or run medical clinics from these gifts. Cancer treatment and cataract surgery are separate appeals. Please donate here if you want a family to eat, drink and sleep dry.
We never send cash to individuals. Trustees release funds to vetted local partners who buy supplies nearby. That is how the Crisis Appeal stays fast, and how donor intent is protected.
Can I send clothes or bottled water instead of donating?
Please donate money to the Crisis Appeal instead, unless a partner has asked for a specific item in writing. Parcels from the UK usually arrive late and cost more than buying locally. A card gift on this page is the fastest way to help a family in a crisis.
Clothes, tins and bottles from Britain fill warehouses and miss the first days. Local buying is faster. Until a partner has asked in writing, the kindest thing you can do is donate to the Crisis Appeal today.
Frequently asked questions
How do I donate to the Crisis Appeal?
Please give on this page, or at https://worldaidnetwork.org/donate, and choose the Crisis Appeal. Your gift becomes food, clean water, hygiene kits and shelter. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay are ready now.
What will my donation to the Crisis Appeal pay for?
Emergency food, clean drinking water, hygiene kits and temporary shelter for families who have lost their homes. Typical gifts start at £10 for a week of drinking water and £50 for two weeks of food.
Is this the Hunger Crisis Appeal?
No. The Hunger Crisis Appeal is food only. This Crisis Appeal funds food, water, hygiene kits and shelter together. Donate on the page that matches how you want to help.
How quickly does the Crisis Appeal start?
Card gifts are processed immediately. Partners aim to start food, water and shelter distributions within 48 to 72 hours of a crisis. Cut roads take longer.
How can I donate to the Crisis Appeal from the UK?
Give on this page by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. If you are collecting as a group, gather the gifts and donate them here.
Where does my Crisis Appeal donation go?
Trustees release funds to vetted local partners. They buy food, water, hygiene kits and shelter materials close to the families who need them. We never send cash to individuals.
Can I give monthly to the Crisis Appeal?
Yes. Please set up a monthly donation on this page. A regular gift keeps kits ready before the next crisis.
Can I donate in memory of someone?
Yes. Please contact [email protected] and we will mark your gift to the Crisis Appeal in their memory.
Does the Crisis Appeal rebuild houses?
No. This appeal is restricted to emergency food, clean water, hygiene kits and temporary shelter. Reconstruction, cash grants and medical clinics are outside these gifts.
Does this appeal fund eye surgery or cancer care?
No. Those are separate programmes. The Crisis Appeal is for food, water, hygiene kits and shelter. Please use Gift of Sight or the Cancer Emergency Appeal for treatment.
Will Gift Aid apply?
Gift Aid starts when Charity Commission registration is granted (application 5290505). We will contact donors when that happens.
Can I send clothes or bottled water?
Please donate money instead, unless a partner has asked for a specific item in writing. Parcels from the UK usually arrive late and cost more than buying locally.
How else can you help in a crisis?
You can donate on this page, share the Crisis Appeal with friends, or give to the Humanitarian Appeal or Disasters Emergency Relief. Every gift helps a family who needs food, water and shelter.
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