# DEC Coronavirus Appeal tops £15 million as Government commits to £5 million more match funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/07/24/dec-coronavirus-appeal-tops-15m-as-government-commits-to-5m-more-match-funding/
- Published: 2020-07-24T09:33:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The DEC Coronavirus Appeal has now raised £15 million since its launch on 14 July
with funds already being used by DEC charities**.

 

Aid being delivered with funding from appeal donations includes:

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 * In **Yemen**, Oxfam will be supplying clean water, handwashing facilities, hygiene
   kits and public health messaging; Action Against Hunger will be supporting health
   facilities and a mobile clinic with health services, including identifying and
   treating malnutrition.
 * In **Syria**, World Vision will be supporting a dedicated Covid hospital and 
   health facilities with handwashing stations, PPE and other services, as well 
   as providing households with soap.
 * In **Somalia**, Plan International will be installing water tanks and handwashing
   facilities at health centres and schools near camps for internally displaced 
   people and Islamic Relief will be setting up screening stations to carry out 
   surveillance and early detection at primary healthcare centres.
 * In **South Sudan**, Tearfund will be supporting health and nutrition centres 
   as well as reaching out to people within church communities raising awareness
   about the need for improved hygiene practices and social distancing.
 * In **Democratic Republic of Congo** (DRC), ActionAid will be installing handwashing
   facilities in households and Christian Aid will be targeting communities with
   health and hygiene information.
 * In **Afghanistan**, ActionAid will be providing households with hygiene kits 
   and will be establishing handwashing stations.
 * In the **Rohingya refugee camps** in Bangladesh, Save the Children will be providing
   care to children and families with Covid-19 at its 60-bed Isolation and Treatment
   Centres; the Red Cross will be supporting health facilities and Age International
   will be helping older people and their care-givers.

 

The UK Government has also announced that it will give a further £5 million of Aid
Match funding to the Appeal. This is an increase of match funding up to £10 million.

 

In addition, PayPal users have been key supporters of the DEC Appeal, having raised
over £600,000 to date through a dedicated fundraising page and ‘give at checkout’.

 

DEC Chief Executive Saleh Saeed said:

 

> “We are very grateful to everyone who has supported the DEC Coronavirus Appeal
> so far; together we have raised £15 million. As ever, people across the country
> have demonstrated their generosity and compassion. Every donation will give vulnerable
> families living in the world’s most fragile states the help they urgently need
> to face the silent threat of coronavirus.”

 

 

 

Main image: Najiba, 7, washes her hands in Ored Orgod village, Bamyan, Afghanistan.
Photo by Stefanie Glinski for Catholic Relief Services

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