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Scottish Government funding
From 2017-2026, the Scottish Government allocated £1 million annually to a Humanitarian Emergency Fund (HEF).
Over that time, Christian Aid was awarded funding towards our humanitarian work in Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Sudan. Our local partners ensure that all funding reaches the people who need it most.
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Malawi
Malawi has been experiencing an ongoing food crisis due to prolonged dry spells, with the El Nino weather system becoming more extreme due to climate change. In 2023, the President of Malawi declared a national emergency because of the extreme weather. Invasions of army worms, a pest which attacks maize crops, also decimated crops.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe faced its worst drought in 40 years in 2024. This has led to a food crisis like never before. Thanks to funding from the Humanitarian Emergency Fund (£175,000), our partner Zimbabwe Council of Churches has been distributing vouchers which can be exchanged for essential food items.
Additional funding from Christian Aid (£50,000) has helped restore 21 water boreholes ensuring access to fresh water and it has also supported people to diversify their livelihoods.
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South Sudan
In 2025, Christian Aid through local partners helped people arriving in South Sudan. We provided emergency cash grants with funding from the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund. Cash grants were distributed to more than 5000 people, with help from our partner Coalition for Humanity.
South Sudan
In 2024, The Scottish Government's Humanitarian Emergency Fund (HEF) gave money to Christian Aid in order to support people escaping violence in Sudan.
The funding ensured that our partner Coalition for Humanity could give emergency cash grants to over 5,000 people in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. Many are refugees or returnees seeking safety, often leaving behind everything they own. They had freedom to use the money to buy food, medicine, and other essentials.
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Ethiopia
In December 2023, at the start of the UN Climate summit COP28, the Scottish Government awarded £250,000 to Christian Aid to support communities in Dasenech that suffer extreme climate change-related impacts known as Loss and Damage.
Afghanistan
In September 2023 three earthquakes struck the Herat region of Afghanistan claiming 1500 lives, injuring more than 2600 and causing widespread destruction.
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Malawi
In 2024, more than 3000 families in 3 communities in Mwana in Southern Region, Malawi, were supported with small cash grants, thanks to funding from the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund.
Ethiopia
In 2023, as world leaders met at the critical United Nations climate talks in Dubai (COP28), Christian Aid was awarded £250,000 by the Scottish Government to address the impacts of loss and damage in Dasenech, South Omo in southern Ethiopia.
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South Sudan
In 2023 the world's youngest nation, South Sudan, continued to face multiple humanitarian challenges.
These included sporadic inter-communal conflict and climate shocks which forced communities from their homes and increased levels of food insecurity. In addition, fierce fighting in neighbouring Sudan which started in April, forced over 150,000 people to cross the border, swelling the population of many towns and villages in the north of South Sudan.
Ukraine
In 2023, Christian Aid was awarded £250,000 from the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund for a project in Ukraine which will allow people to plant vegetable seeds this Spring. The funding will also help repair homes damaged by missile strikes and rebuild water wells in 15 villages in Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblasts. Christian Aid worked with Blythswood Care to deliver the work, through local partner Heritage Ukraine.
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Ethiopia
In July 2022, as East Africa experienced its worst drought in 40 years, the Scottish Government released £250,000 from its Humanitarian Emergency Fund. Christian Aid received £125,00 of this funding to support those most vulnerable in South Omo, southern Ethiopia.
Further information
For more information about our programmatic work with the Scottish Government, contact Val Brown at vbrown@christian-aid.org.