Coalition aims to streamline awareness efforts, attract new donors

WASHINGTON — Eight of the largest humanitarian aid NGOs have joined together as the Global Emergency Response Coalition, a group that will raise awareness and funds in the United States for crises around the world.

The Coalition includes CARE, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Oxfam America, Plan International USA, Save the Children, and World Vision. It was originally launched back in 2017 when the organizations came together to bring attention to the hunger crisis. That appeal raised more than $4 million to help people in more than 10 countries, including in Yemen where it was used to support the International Medical Corps’ cholera response efforts, and in South Sudan and Kenya where CARE and Save the Children screened children for malnutrition.