# Aid to Somalia: how much, from whom, and the 2025 to 2026 cuts > How much aid Somalia receives, who gives it, how it reaches people by mobile money, and what the 2025 and 2026 funding cuts mean for families. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/economy/aid-and-humanitarian-funding/ Last checked: 2026-11-12 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## Three kinds of aid Aid reaches Somalia in three main ways: 1. **Grants to the government budget.** In 2025 the federal government received **$516 million** in grants, 96 percent of it from multilateral bodies such as the World Bank ([Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025](https://centralbank.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Annual-Report_2025.pdf)). 2. **Development projects,** mainly through the World Bank, whose Somalia portfolio is about **$2.34 billion**, including regional projects ([World Bank, Somalia](https://www.worldbank.org/so)). 3. **Humanitarian aid** through UN agencies and NGOs, for food, water, health and shelter. NGO transfers into Somalia through banks and transfer companies were **$936 million** in 2025 ([Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025](https://centralbank.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Annual-Report_2025.pdf)). ## The humanitarian plan for 2026 On 26 January 2026 the federal government, the UN and aid partners launched the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan. It asks for **$852 million to help 2.4 million people**, 40 percent less than the year before ([UN Somalia](https://somalia.un.org/en/308876-humanitarian-partners-seek-us852-million-assist-24-million-people-2026)). How much of each year's plan was funded: - **2024:** 57.7 percent. - **2025:** about 27 to 29 percent. - **2026 (by late April):** about 15 percent, the lowest level on record at that point in the year. Sources: [Save the Children, via ReliefWeb](https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalia-when-aid-disappears-childhoods-disappear-too); [UN Geneva, December 2025](https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2025/12/114250/somalia-funding-cuts-impact-assistance-millions-affected-drought). ## What the cuts mean - More than **300 health facilities** had closed or stopped working because of funding shortages by mid-2026, according to OCHA ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/ocha-somalia-faces-deepening-humanitarian-crisis-amid-drought-and-flood-risks)). - Federal social benefit spending fell 88 percent in 2025 ([Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025](https://centralbank.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Annual-Report_2025.pdf)). - Bilateral grants to the federal budget reached only $19 million in 2025, against $170 million planned (same source). - The UN's emergency fund (CERF) released **$16 million** for Somalia in 2026 to fill part of the gap ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalia-gets-dollar16m-as-un-releases-dollar160m-for-underfunded-crises)). - The World Bank and IMF both name aid cuts as a main reason growth is slowing in 2026 ([World Bank, May 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/05/13/somalia-growth-continues-but-shocks-and-aid-cuts-intensify-risks-to-jobs-and-livelihoods); [IMF, October 2026](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/10/05/pr26319-somalia-imf-staff-concludes-2026-article-iv-consultation-mission)). ## How aid reaches people Much aid now goes to families as cash on their phones. Hormuud's EVC Plus is used by more than 145 aid groups to pay people ([TechCabal, June 2026](https://techcabal.com/2026/06/19/techcabal-daily-somalias-accidental-bank/)). The national safety net programme **Baxnaano**, run by the government with World Bank funding, has reached more than 3.7 million people with regular cash ([World Bank](https://shorthand.worldbankgroup.org/reforms-and-relief-how-somalia-turned-a-page-amid-a-global-debt-crisis/)). ## Climate money The Green Climate Fund has 7 projects in Somalia worth **$182 million**, covering farming, clean energy and early warning of drought and floods ([Green Climate Fund, Somalia](https://www.greenclimate.fund/countries/somalia)). ## Aid compared with other money Money sent home by Somalis abroad is larger than all aid. Families received $3.13 billion from relatives abroad in 2025 ([Central Bank of Somalia, Annual Report 2025](https://centralbank.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Annual-Report_2025.pdf)). In 2023 remittances were already larger than all development and humanitarian aid combined ([Hiiraan Online](https://hiiraan.com/news4/2025/July/202205/u_s_remittance_tax_threatens_1_7_billion_somali_lifeline.aspx)). As aid falls, families lean even more on relatives abroad. ## Local groups Somali aid groups are asking for a larger share of aid to go directly to local organisations. The 2025 Country Humanitarian Forum in Baidoa took up this "Somali-led" approach ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/baidoa-hosts-2025-country-humanitarian-forum-as-pressure-mounts-for-somali-led-aid-reform)). --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.