UNOCHA DRC and Regional Humanitarian Pooled Funds

Current understanding

The U.S. Department of State obligated $350.0M to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to capitalize the Democratic Republic of the Congo Humanitarian Fund and the Regional Humanitarian Pooled Fund for Eastern and Southern Africa (Uganda Envelope). These pooled funds channel donor contributions to UN agencies, INGOs, and local NGOs delivering emergency assistance in conflict- and displacement-affected areas of DRC and neighboring countries.

Evidence log

• 2026-09-17 — State · FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES SOCIÉTÉS DE LA CROIX-ROUGE ET DU CROISSANT ROUGE — $70.0M (COD): cross-connection with ifrc-drc-rapid-response: Both channel U.S. humanitarian funding into the DRC crisis response — IFRC via a State Department rapid-response macroaward, UNOCHA via pooled humanitarian funds. (novelty: 4)
• 2026-08-31 — State · UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS — $145.0M (TCD): cross-connection with unocha-elsalvador-guatemala-honduras-chad-pooled-funds: Both are State Department contributions to UN OCHA country-based pooled funds for humanitarian response. (novelty: 5)
• 2026-09-28 — State · FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL — $323.7M (COD): cross-connection with family-health-international-drc-integrated-health: Parallel DRC-focused US funding streams: FHI delivers bilateral integrated health programming while UNOCHA receives State funds for the DRC Humanitarian Pooled Fund. (novelty: 5)
• 2023-10-01 — USAID · ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY INTERNATIONAL — $44.6M (COD): cross-connection with adra-drc-resilience-food-security: Both channel US humanitarian funding into the DRC — ADRA via bilateral resilience/food security programming, UNOCHA via pooled humanitarian funds. (novelty: 4)
• 2026-06-27 — State · UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS — $100.0M (VEN): cross-connection with unocha-venezuela-humanitarian-pooled-funds: Both are State-funded UNOCHA country-based pooled funds channeling rapid-response humanitarian assistance. (novelty: 5)
• 2026-06-22 — State · UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS — $435.0M (SDN): cross-connection with unocha-sudan-humanitarian-pooled-funds: Both are State/USG obligations to UNOCHA country-based pooled funds channeling rapid-response humanitarian assistance. (novelty: 5)
• 2021-09-30 — Department · THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $32.3M (COD): cross-connection with columbia-icap-drc-haut-katanga-hiv: Both awards direct US funding into the Democratic Republic of Congo — one bilateral HIV/PEPFAR (Haut-Katanga), the other multilateral humanitarian pooled funding — showing parallel health and humanitarian channels in DRC. (novelty: 4)
• 2026-06-05 — State · UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS — $50.0M (COD): Separate $50.0M State Department obligation to OCHA for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was recorded with DRC as place of performance, distinct from the country-based DRC/Regional pooled funds captured on this page. (novelty: 4)

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