About the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (February 2024) [EN/SO]

AT A GLANCE

The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) is a multi-donor country-based pooled mechanism created in 2010 to allocate funding for the most urgent life-saving interventions in Somalia. With SHF, governments and private donors can channel their contributions into a common, unearmarked fund to deliver life-saving assistance to people who need it most. The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) oversees the funds and its allocations. The Fund supports the highest-priority projects of the best-placed responders - mainly international and national NGOs and some UN agencies - through an inclusive and transparent process that meets priorities set out in the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). This ensures that funding is available and prioritized locally.

OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF LIFE-SAVING AID

Since 2010, SHF has received over $758 million from 26 donor countries and private donors. SHF is trusted by donors due to its effectiveness, coordinated approach and established accountability systems – employing an exceptionally robust and reliable online Grant Management System. In 2023, SHF received $71 million, which accounted for 6 per cent of the total funding received for the Humanitarian Response Plan.