COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO

Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting communities all over the world in unprecedented ways. The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund is the first and only way for individuals, companies and philanthropies to directly contribute to WHO and its partners’ global response efforts, and the fastest way to get resources where they are critically needed. Learn more about how Fund donations are supporting a number of partners in their response to the pandemic around the world.

Read the latest Fund impact report.

HOW YOUR DONATIONS ARE HELPING

$169 million

to the World Health Organization to procure and distribute essential commodities and coordinate response.

$10 million

to CEPI to catalyze and coordinate global vaccine R&D.

$10 million

to UNHCR to protect at-risk Internally Displaced People and refugees.

$10 million

to UNICEF to support vulnerable communities in low-resource settings.

$20 million

to WFP to support the shipment of vital commodities where they are most needed.

$5 million

to UNRWA to support refugee populations in Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank.

$2.6 million

to the World Organization of the Scout Movement to alleviate the pandemic’s negative impact on youth development.

STORIES

Discover stories from the frontlines of COVID-19 around the world to understand how your donations support WHO and partners’ efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to COVID-19.

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES LIVES IN LEBANON

IN COVID-19 HOT SPOT, IRAN, WHO WALKS THE TALK

SYRIAN REFUGEES BUILD COVID-19 QUARANTINE SITE IN JORDAN CAMP

EXPECTANT REFUGEE MOTHERS FIND SOLACE IN CONTINUED MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES DURING COVID-19

SOLIDARITY RESPONSE FUND CONTINUES TO FUEL THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19

WHO PROVIDES A GUIDING LIGHT FOR BURKINA FASO’S COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE

INSIDE THE MAMMOTH UNDERTAKING OF GLOBAL VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Learn more about how partners are responding to COVID-19

FEATURED VIDEO

It will take science, solutions, and global solidarity to defeat COVID-19. Learn more about how WHO is leading the response to prevent, detect, and respond to the pandemic.

FUND BENEFICIARIES

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

WHO is leading and coordinating the global response, ensuring all countries can prevent, detect, and respond to the pandemic, especially where needs are greatest.

COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATION (CEPI)

CEPI works to catalyze and coordinate global efforts to find and produce effective vaccines to prevent COVID-19.

UNHCR

UNHCR is supporting Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and refugees in countries around the world, including South Sudan, Bangladesh, and Syria who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.

UNICEF

UNICEF’s COVID-19 response supports vulnerable countries with access to water, sanitation and hygiene, and basic infection prevention and control measures; and to provide access to care for vulnerable families and children.

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)

WFP is maintaining global logistics services to get vital staff and supplies like personal protective equipment to countries with the greatest need.

THE UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST (UNRWA)

UNRWA supports refugees in Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank to respond to COVID-19.

WORLD ORGANIZATION OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT (WOSM)

WOSM works with other Big Six Youth Organizations and WHO to alleviate COVID-19’s negative impact on youth development.