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Below is a list of more than 45 InterAction members responding to the Horn of Africa drought crisis. Scroll down to your favorite charity if you wish to donate.
Read InterAction's guidelines on how best to help and get advice from the Center for International Disaster Information on appropriate assistance. See InterAction's Horn of Africa web page for more resources.
Since the Horn of Africa Crisis began, Action Against Hunger has assisted 850,000+ people across Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. Despite the late arrival of rains and the...
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ActionAid continues to support drought-affected people in parts of North and Northeastern Kenya, and has reached over 370,000 people with emergency food and water supplies....
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Since July 2011, we have been supporting 10 affected counties within Kenya alone – in addition to our ongoing, long-term health development work in the country. To date, 1.7...
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AFSC is responding by providing cash grants to vulnerable groups. An additional aspect of AFSC’s program is trauma-healing for Somali refugees. Restoring the refugees to health—...
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JDC has been working in Ethiopia for almost 30 years and received a direct request from the ARRA, Ethiopia’s refugee agency, to distribute blankets to refugees in the Dollo Ado...
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AJWS is working with grassroots organizations in northern Kenya to provide critical humanitarian aid to refugees and drought-affected communities that host them. We’re supporting...
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The American Red Cross is helping people in the Horn of Africa affected by drought, committing $3.9 million in support of global Red Cross and Red Crescent activities. In Kenya...
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ARC is operational in Mogadishu, working in Benadir district, including support to Benadir Hospital, in the areas of WASH, health, nutrition and protection. We are also working...
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Baptist World Aid has worked with its member body, Ethiopian Addis Kidan Baptist Church, on an animal restocking in the Guji Zone Adolla Woreda. Funding was also sent to another...
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CRS and its local partners have responded to the crisis in the Horn of Africa with a five year strategy, focused immediately on life-saving activities, including the provision of...
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CHF is implementing drought response programs in Kenya and Ethiopia. In Kenya, our emergency program provides critical agricultural support and enhances market access and...
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ChildFund is working directly with our partners to provide food and water to save the lives of the most affected children and their families, including those under-5 and lactating...
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Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, is focusing work on the Mwingi/Kibwezi areas of Kenya. In the early stages we provided food packages; now are providing...
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Concern has been working in the region for over 25 years, and began responding to the needs of this drought emergency at its onset in late 2010. During 2011, Concern reached over...
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Direct Relief provided a $25,000 cash grant to the Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA) to purchase the specialized medical tools and instrumentation needed to provide...
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The Horn of Africa faced one of the worst droughts in decades. For 6 years, ACTED has been mobilized to support the remote rural and pastoral communities that struggle in times of...
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In response to the East Africa crisis, HelpAge is working with local partners and NGOs, to ensure older people get access to appropriate emergency food aid and safe water in...
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In emergency phase of the crisis, HHRD distributed food, water through trucks, basic healthcare, and in-kind gifts sent from USA, and plans to continue these efforts. For short...
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International Medical Corps’ teams in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya have provided malnutrition treatment to 40,547 children under 5, provided food rations to 91,050 children under...
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Working with partners EOC-DICAC and IMC, IOCC responded to the Horn of Africa crisis with immediate support for nutrition, health and WASH programs at refugee camps located in...
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IRD is in the recovery phase of programming in Ethiopia & Somalia, focusing on sustainable solutions to drought & famine conditions in the area. Our projects include...
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International Relief Teams (IRT) is supporting partner NGO medical personnel onsite with shipments and purchases of medicines and food. IRT has already delivered $3.4 million in...
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The IRC runs a hospital in Hagadera Camp in Dadaab, Kenya that offers lifesaving medical and nutrition services for thousands of Somali refugees. The IRC also provides treatment,...
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Jesuit Refugee Service has established a new education and psychosocial project to assist refugees in Melkadida Camp outside Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Adult literacy classes focus on...
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Life has already responded by releasing hundreds of thousands of dollars for emergency response efforts to help Somali families who are on the verge of dying from starvation. Life...
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In Kenya, LWR is working with local partners to help 2,500 farmers earn immediate income while making long-term improvements to their farms, soil, water systems and other...
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Merlin has worked in the East Africa region for over 14 years & currently offer direct, free healthcare, nutrition, hygiene & sanitation to over 1,702,000 people (485,000...
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Since July 2011, Medical Teams International has deployed 15 volunteer teams and 31 volunteer doctors and nurses to the Kenya and Somalia region to help those affected by disaster...
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Mercy Corps has helped 1.6 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia survive the worst drought in 60 years and the related food crisis. At the beginning, Mercy Corps focused...
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Mercy-USA in Somalia focuses on nutrition, health, water, sanitation and hygiene. Our response to the drought involves specialized feeding programs for malnourished children under...
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Since initially responding to the crisis, Operation USA has purchased 1M water purification tabs for both individuals/families in Kenya as well as community water storage...
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Oxfam is providing a comprehensive response to the ongoing drought emergency in Ethiopia, focusing on providing water and sanitation, emergency food security, and support for...
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Thanks to our donors, Plan has raised over $6.2 million to date and continues to respond to the situation in East Africa where severe drought, combined with other factors, put...
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In 2006, Relief International began operations in Somalia, serving as an implementing partner to various humanitarian organizations. RI’s programming portfolio in Somalia is based...
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Save the Children has been operating in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia over the last 20 years, which enabled us to monitor deteriorating conditions and to intervene early to...
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UNICEF is continuing its widespread emergency efforts in Somalia and across the Horn of Africa to prevent child deaths from malnutrition and disease. UNICEF’s relief work includes...
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Since the declaration of the famine on 20 July 2011, 49,500 emergency assistance packages have been distributed for 297,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mogadishu and...
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World Concern is currently working to support the Horn of Africa famine response on both sides of the Kenya-Somalia border. Seeking to transform lives their work is twofold. The...
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World Relief has been working in Turkana to implement an emergency program primarily consisting of general food distribution and some transitional activities such as borehole...
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Since March 2011, World Vision responded to the Horn of Africa Drought through the provision of WASH, food, health & nutrition, child protection, shelter, NFIs, and...
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