# OCHA in Somalia and the Somalia Humanitarian Fund

> What OCHA does in Somalia: coordination, the 2026 aid plan, the Somalia Humanitarian Fund, who leads it, and its funding 2024 to 2026.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

OCHA coordinates the UN agencies and NGOs that deliver aid, tracks funding and publishes the yearly Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Somalia ([OCHA Somalia](https://www.unocha.org/somalia)). Its Financial Tracking Service (FTS) is the main public record of aid flows to Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)).

## The Somalia Humanitarian Fund

OCHA says the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) was created in 2010 as a multi-donor pooled fund. Donors put money into one unearmarked fund, and the Humanitarian Coordinator decides allocations to the most urgent projects, mainly run by international and national NGOs and some UN agencies ([OCHA Somalia](https://www.unocha.org/somalia)).

## Who leads it

George Conway is the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia ([OCHA Somalia](https://www.unocha.org/somalia); [UN Somalia, 15 May 2026](https://somalia.un.org/en/316125-un-agencies-warn-worsening-hunger-and-malnutrition-crisis-somalia-famine-risk-emerges)). On 9 October 2026 he issued a statement on fighting in Baidoa, saying he was "gravely concerned" by escalating violence there ([OCHA Somalia](https://www.unocha.org/somalia)).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by OCHA (its own operations, not the pooled fund) for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.4 million |
| 2025 | 2.4 million |
| 2026, to November | 4.8 million |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

## The 2026 plan

The 2026 plan, launched on 26 January 2026, counts 4.8 million people in need and targets 2.4 million, at a cost of US$852 million. It prioritises 1.6 million people in 21 districts ([UN Somalia, 26 January 2026](https://somalia.un.org/en/308876-humanitarian-partners-seek-us852-million-assist-24-million-people-2026)). By May 2026 the plan was 15.2% funded ([UN Somalia, 15 May 2026](https://somalia.un.org/en/316125-un-agencies-warn-worsening-hunger-and-malnutrition-crisis-somalia-famine-risk-emerges)).

## What it reports

OCHA says authorities estimate more than 4.6 million people, nearly one in four, have been affected by drought after the 2025 rains failed, with [Galgaduud](/en/regions/galgaduud/) and [Mudug](/en/regions/mudug/) among the worst hit, and that nearly half a million people have left their homes ([OCHA Somalia](https://www.unocha.org/somalia)).

## How to use it

Flash updates, funding overviews and the SHF allocation dashboard are on OCHA's Somalia page ([OCHA Somalia](https://www.unocha.org/somalia)). Funding by organisation is on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

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