A sharp decline in humanitarian aid funding has left vulnerable groups—including women, children, older people, and displaced individuals—severely affected, with 64 million fewer recipients last year. The report highlights a 30% drop in contributions since 2022, forcing thousands of aid workers out of jobs and marking one of the steepest contractions in the system’s post-WWII history. Beyond funding shortages, governments are increasingly failing to safeguard civilians, sometimes even contributing to their endangerment, further straining an already fragile response network. The findings underscore a worsening crisis in global humanitarian support.
Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aidThe humanitarian aid system is crumbling as funding shrinks, pressures increase and governments not only fail to protect civilians but are increasingly responsible for endangering them, a new report warned on Thursday as figures revealed 64 million fewer people received aid last year.With aid contributions cut by 30% between 2022 and 2025 and thousands of aid workers losing their jobs, the humanitarian system has suffered one of its biggest contractions since being formed in the post-second world war era, according to the State of the Humanitarian System 2026 report. Continue reading...
