Humanitarian Coalition - Canadian Humanitarian Assistance Fund Phase III - 2019-2020

The Canadian Humanitarian Assistance Fund (CHAF) managed by the Humanitarian Coalition (HC) supports timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to those affected by rapid-onset small- and medium-scale disasters in developing countries. Through the CHAF funds are allocated to the Humanitarian Coalition member best placed to respond to a particular emergency. The Humanitarian Coalition is made up of seven Canadian non-governmental organizations: Canadian Lutheran World Relief CARE Canada Islamic Relief Canada Oxfam Canada Oxfam-Québec Plan Canada and Save the Children Canada. In the second phase of the project CHAF supported 40 projects by member organizations to respond to sudden-onset small-scale disasters in a timely manner. This two-year third phase of the CHAF continues to finance responses to smaller-scale disasters where there are unmet humanitarian needs and gaps in the humanitarian response. The project also allows for responses to medium-scale disasters. With GAC's support the CHAF is: (1) promoting early actions and responses to reduce loss of life; (2) improving the speed of emergency responses; and (3) supporting live-saving activities such as health care protection services and emergency shelter as well as water sanitation and hygiene services.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to funding for small-scale rapid-onset disasters; (2) improved timeliness of emergency responses of HC member agencies; and (3) enhanced profile of emergency responses of HC member agencies. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.