United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Introduction
See NGO Monitor’s report, “UNOCHA-oPt: Politicized Activities and Funding in the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” published March 2016
Profile
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Activity
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provided over 300 million dollars in “Crisis Appeal Grants” to NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict following the 2014 Gaza War. A number of these NGOs have been highly active in publicly and falsely condemning Israel’s self-defense measures, including making unverifiable claims, distorting international law, and fueling the flames of the international delegitimization campaign against Israel.
Since the beginning of the conflict, a number of these NGOs, including B’Tselem and Palestinian Center for Human Rights, have been campaigning for the UNHRC to create a “fact-finding” commission to investigate alleged Israeli “war crimes” in Gaza, paralleling the genesis of the discredited Goldstone Report, which emerged from a UN “fact-finding” mission of the 2008-9 Gaza conflict. In addition, OCHA provided approximately $195 million in “Crisis Appeal Grants” to UNRWA.
While OCHA’s mandate is to “Mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies,” the activities of this organization and many of its NGO grantees are inconsistent with this mandate.
Partial list of 2014 “Gaza Crisis Appeal Grants”
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| NGO | Project | Amount (in US $) |
|---|---|---|
| B'Tselem | Promoting respect for IHL and human rights: Gaza Crisis Appeal 2014 | 50,587 |
| Dan Church Aid | Immediate Food and Hygiene assistance to vulnerable IDPs hosted in provate and official shelters in Gaza | 250,000 |
| Gaza Crisis: Life-saving Primary Health and Post surgical Medical Care and Urgently Required Medical Supplies to the Stock of the MoH in the Gaza Strip | 653,923 | |
| Ma'an Development Center | Support for Gaza's Displaced People: Health, Dignity, Safety and Well-Being | 807,736 |
| Medical Aid for Palestinians | Responding to the emergency needs of neonatal units in Gaza hospitals by procurement of essential drugs and disposables | 250,000 |
| Medico International | Gaza Crisis: Life-saving Primary Health and Post surgical Medical Care and Urgently Required Medical Supplies to the Stock of the MoH in the Gaza Strip | 653,923 |
| Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) | Better Learning' - Emergency Education Response | 750,000 |
| Emergency response to new displacement related shelter/NFI needs in Gaza Strip | 2,500,000 | |
| Rapid Water Provision and Urgent Repairs of Water and Sewage Infrastructure in Gaza Strip | 4,815,000 | |
| Oxfam Great Britian | Emergency Food Vouchers for Conflict Displaced Families in the Gaza Strip | 1,877,141 |
| Emergency Water Supply for Conflict Displaced Families in the Gaza Strip | 1,115,635 | |
| Oxfam Italia | Emergency support to communitites affected by IHL violation in Gaza Strip and WB | 1,560,292 |
| Palestinian Center for Human Rights | Enhanced protection for civilians in the Gaza Strip and challenging impunity | 577,000 |
| UNRWA | Cash-for-Work Opportunities Supporting Emergency Response and Early Recovery in the Gaza Strip | 8,010,312 |
| Food Distribution in Designated Emergency Shelters | 73,000,000 | |
| Psychological support | 4,600,000 | |
| Cash for Work | 5,800,001 | |
| Conditional Cash Assistance | 3,800,000 | |
| Ensuring access to health care in the Gaza Strip | 3,200,000 | |
| UNRWA Installation Repair | 1,600,000 | |
| Shelter repair | 60,000,000 | |
| Non-Food Items Distribution in the Gaza Strip | 19,969,969 | |
| Environmental Health (WASH) | 15,000,000 | |
| World Vision International | Enhanced Food Security and Improved Access to Livelihoods of Vulnerable Families in the Gaza Strip | 4,783,748 |
| Psychological support for crisis-affected children and mothers in Gaza | 107,500 | |
| Hygiene support for war-affected families in Gaza | 2,281,250 |
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