In 2015, when OCHA put the total funding requirements at $19.8 billion, only $10.9 billion was provided by donors, leaving a 45% shortfall.1 The previous UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon acknowledged this gap and announced the creation of a “High-Level Panel”, to consider new ways and opportunities to address the funding gap.” The Panel in its […]

‘’I believe in the strength of local actors in driving changes in the society and am joining Alliance for Empowering Partnership because I believe in their valves in driving change and together we shall be able to have a strong voice as local actors in the humanitarian sector’’. Anna Tazita is the founder and Executive […]

My name is Gum Sha Aung and has been working with Metta Development Foundation (Metta) since 2000. Metta is a non-governmental organization, established in 1998 to assist communities in Myanmar recovery from the devastating consequences of conflict and humanitarian emergency. Currently, I am working as Metta’s Executive Director from 2019. I have been actively engaging […]