Red Cross volunteers distribute food and aid at Csengersimai on the Hungary Romania border
(Picture: Lucy Young)The Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal has raised more than £300 million of which £75 million will be spent by its 13 UK member charities within six months.
The proposals submitted for approval by the DEC reveal that the charities will collectively allocate 22 per cent of the £75 million to deliver cash handouts — with 21 per cent set aside for primary healthcare in the form of trauma kits, first aid kits, oxygen compressors and pharmaceutical products.
Other spending priorities include food (13 per cent), hygiene kits (10 per cent) and the provision of safe psycho-social spaces for refugees, including stress management training (nine per cent).
The DEC is the beneficiary of our Evening Standard Ukraine Appeal and all funds raised are going to help internally displaced people within Ukraine as well as to the five million Ukrainians who have fled to Poland, Romania, Moldova and Hungary.
The allocation between the 13 member charities is based on a formula linked to the size of the charity’s income and expenditure. The three largest allocations are 20 per cent to Save the Children, 18.71 per cent to Oxfam and 13.71 per cent to the British Red Cross, with the 10 other charities each receiving between three and seven per cent.
The Evening Standard has witnessed some of these charities — including the Red Cross and Cafod — in action dispensing critical humanitarian aid on both the Polish and Hungarian borders with Ukraine.
The DEC said: “This money is ring-fenced for spending on the Ukraine crisis and follows the charities each carrying out rapid assessments.
“Regarding the time frame, a typical appeal spending period lasts three years. In phase one which covers the first six months, charities prioritise essential services such as food, essential household items, health and medical support, water, hygiene, mental health and psychosocial support.
“The second phase of two and a half years will focus on recovery and reconstruction or ongoing emergency relief for the victims.”
How your money helps
£100 could provide emergency food for two families for a month
£50 could provide blankets for four families
£20 could provide emergency food for one person for one month
£10 could provide essential hygiene supplies for one person for one month
Where it goes
Cash handouts22%
Health21%
Food13%
Water, hygiene10%
Psychosocial protection9%
Shelter 3%
Capacity building2%
Camp coordination1%
Other19%
How the money you raise will be split between 13 member charities
Save the Children UK 20%
Oxfam GB18.71%
British Red Cross13.71%
Christian Aid6.97%
International Rescue Comm6.18%
World Vision5.62%
Plan International UK5.32%
Action Aid5.17%
CAFOD 4.67%
Action Against Hunger 3.37%
Age International 3.37%
Concern Worldwide3.37%
Care International UK3.53%
Source: DEC
