In the last week of November Sri Lanka faced heavy‑rain and flooding in parts of the Sri Lanka to an active low‑pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, which meteorological forecasts indicate may intensify and bring very heavy rainfall across the island.   Over the past week, several provinces have already experienced persistent downpours, resulting in flooding, rising river and reservoir water levels, and damage to infrastructure, including reports of damaged canal banks and flooded paddy fields, landslides in various districts.

According the Disaster Management Center around 27,000 families and 89,000 individuals in 25 districts have been affected by floods in Seri Lanka (Situation Report – Sri Lanka 7th December 2025 at 1200hrs – Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb)  The death toll from the situation has reached 627 while more thank hundred are still missing. so far. Due to floods around 80,000 houses are fully and partially damaged.  The rare weather system is expected to unleash more heavy rainfall and strong winds over several provinces, which will continue to create an extremely high risk of flooding, landslides, and further displacement. Many families have reportedly exhausted food supplies amid unabated rainfall, waterlogging, and disruption of local markets.

According to WFP report, Floods and landslides have damaged agricultural lands in several districts. The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has launched hotline 1918 for farmers to report crop damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

The ACT Alliance member the National Council of Churches Seri Lanka (NCCSL) developed its response to address the urgent needs of the affected people by provide cash assistance to the most vulnerable households.

ACT RRF Proposal 17 2025, Sri Lanka floods

Ensuring that we tackle unprecedented levels of crises using a full range of responses to effectively save lives and deliver sustainable development, peace, and advocacy requires enhanced understanding and collaboration within and between organizations. The HDP Nexus Approach offers the opportunity for actors from different sectors to learn from each other; It is an approach to programming that focuses on a better transition and rehabilitation. The Regional: Triple HDP Nexus Approach to the Protracted Crises in Jordan and Iraq – MEN251 has now been revised.

Improving the linkages between humanitarian aid, development cooperation, peacebuilding and advocacy is at the basis of inclusive, conflict sensitive, and adaptive programming.

Via this Pilot Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus or Triple Nexus Appeal MEN251, ACT Alliance Iraq Forum Member LWF and Christian Aid Program – Kurdistan Region (CAP), and ACT Alliance Jordan Forum Member MECC will explore how to jointly work towards sustainable peace and development, thereby improving each of their individual approaches and enabling the teams to better address multi-faceted challenges in fragile contexts and contexts of conflict. Together, the requesting members will plan, monitor and evaluate their interventions, share feedback and adapt their interventions towards greater contributions to peace, more coordination, cooperation and collaboration, as well as strategic planning and higher degrees of local ownership.

During the appeal implementation period, the requesting members shall create synergies and common learning goals to achieve collective outcomes based on shared, risk-informed, context-relative, region-specific and gender sensitive analysis. This can be achieved through flexibility on working modalities within interventions that integrate all three pillars, as well as through parallel, coordinated, and complementary interventions.

This revision welcomed a new requesting member: Christian Aid Program – Kurdistan Region (CAP). Christian Aid Program – Kurdistan Region (CAP) are a local member in Iraq that have newly joined the ACT Alliance. They focus on health, livelihoods, community services, advocacy, and preserving Eastern Christianity. Christian Aid Program – Kurdistan Region (CAP) provides humanitarian assistance to IDPs and host communities, with a focus on minorities (Christians and Yazidis) and the most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in the Kurdish regions of Northern Iraq.

This revision has also adapted the appeal to provide a better implementation towards a Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus approach by consulting with ACT’s Nexus Reference group as well as gathering thoughts from the ground and rights holders. The appeal has also seen adjustments in activities and budget.

The needed budget for this appeal is USD 3,366,350

With your contributions, LWF Iraq, Christian Aid Program – Kurdistan Region (CAP) Iraq and MECC Jordan aim to support 96,635 individuals.

MEN251 Rev. 1 Logical Framework Consolidated -Final

MEN251 Rev 1 Triple Nexus Approach – Narrative Final

On November 24^th Heavy rainfall in south of Thailand which resulted in severe flooding in Songkhla province, in Hat yai District of Thailand. Hat Yai district received 335mm (13 inches) of rain on Friday, its highest in a single day for three centuries.

According to the government and media reports more than a million people have been affected by the floods in southern Thailand. On Tuesday the government of Thailand has declared its southern Songkhla province a disaster zone, after heavy rainfall left thousands stranded and at least 145.

Floodwaters were running as high as 2 metres (6.6 feet) in some areas, days after the province’s Hat Yai district received 335mm (13 inches) of rain on Friday, its highest in a single day for three centuries.

Local administration together with the law enforcement agencies and disaster management authority have initiated its response in the affected areas. The local authorities across the affected districts and  in Songkhla are carrying out a series of emergency response actions.

The ACT Alliance Thailand forum convened a meeting to discuss the current flooding situation in the country and a possible response. The Church of Christ in Thailand through its Social development and services unit (SDSU) has initiated its emergency response by engaging with the local church network.

To address the urgent needs of the affected population the Church of Christ in Thailand through its Social development and services unit (SDSU) is extending support by addressing the needs of food items, kitchen sets, hygiene kits and repairment of the house affected by floods.

RRF 162025 – Thailand flood emergency response

On Saturday, November 22, 2025, Moderate to heavy rain began falling in the western and southern regions of North Sumatera Province in Indonesia.

Flood incidents were reported on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Seven districts/municipalities were affected by massive floods, with landslides emerging as the secondary impacting hazard. Based on the BMKG estimates, adverse weather and heavy rainfall are expected to continue until the end of November 2025.

The western and southern of North Sumatera Province is the most severely impacted, namely Pakpak Bharat, Padang Sidempuan, Tapanuli Utara, Sibolga, Tapanuli Selatan, Tapanuli Tengah, and Mandailing Natal as reported by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of North Sumatera Province on November 26, 2025.

To date, a total of 20 fatalities, 58 injured people, and 6 individuals reported missing have been recorded across the affected areas. In South Tapanuli District, floods and landslides have resulted in 8 fatalities, 58 injured residents, and the displacement of 2,851 people. In North Tapanuli District, 50 houses were damaged and two bridges collapsed due to flooding and landslides. In Central Tapanuli District, flooding affected 1,902 houses across nine subdistricts. Meanwhile, in Mandailing Natal District, 1,200 households were forced to evacuate to nearby villages, with four villages submerged under water up to four meters deep. The flooding also inundated 15 hectares of rice fields belonging to farming communities.

To address the urgent needs of the affected population member of the Indonesia forum have developed this RRF project to extend support in addressing the shelter, WASH, Health and protection needs of the affected population.

RRF 15 2025 Indonesia North Sumatra Floods

The humanitarian situation in Haiti represents a compound crisis resulting from the convergence of a rapid-onset natural disaster Hurricane Melissa and a protracted conflict-driven emergency.
The impacts of Hurricane Melissa (Category 3) have severely intensified existing vulnerabilities created by years of armed violence, displacement, and economic collapse.
Together, these dual shocks have generated widespread destruction, displacement, and protection risks, straining the capacity of national institutions and humanitarian actors alike.

Between 26–30 October 2025, a Category 3 tropical cyclone, made landfall over southern Haiti, bringing torrential rainfall exceeding 400 mm, flash flooding, and coastal surges across seven departments — Ouest, Sud, Grand’Anse, Nippes, Sud-Est, Nord-Ouest and Artibonite.

According to the Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC), 43 people have died, 13 remain missing, and over 14 000 people have been displaced. According to the UN, 1.25 million people have been affected in Haiti. Approximately 16 000 homes have been damaged or destroyed, and 10 health facilities have reported flood-related disruptions.

Since 2021, Haiti has faced an escalating wave of armed conflict and gang violence, driving widespread displacement, insecurity, and humanitarian need.
An estimated 5,600 people were killed in 2024, with over 3,000 additional deaths recorded in the first half of 2025. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that over 1.4 million people are internally displaced, many living in overcrowded informal shelters without access to water, sanitation, or protection services.

Armed groups currently control approximately 85–90% of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, and have expanded their influence along the southern corridor, cutting off key supply routes and humanitarian corridors.

According to assessments key needs and gaps are Lack of safe potable water and adequate latrines for displaced and host populations,  Limited access to life-saving health and nutrition services,  Severe disruption of food security and agricultural livelihoods,  Unmet needs for emergency and transitional shelter and household kits, protection risks in collective shelters, including GBV exposure; and Persistent access and logistics constraints hindering timely delivery.

ACT Alliance members Christian Aid, Church World Service, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Lutheran World Federation and World Renew have a developed an appeal addressing the urgent and medium-term needs of the affected population. detailed appeal can be accessed via the link.

ACT Appeal HTI251 – Response to Hurricane Mellisa and Armed Conflicts and displacements

The Cox’s Bazar crisis represents one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian emergencies, originating from the mass influx of over 745,000 Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State, Myanmar, in August 2017. Currently, around 1.14 million refugees live in 33 densely populated camps across Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas, alongside a vulnerable host community. The situation has evolved beyond an acute emergency into a complex humanitarian-development challenge marked by severe food insecurity, deteriorating health conditions, and growing socio-environmental strain. Overcrowding within camps aggravated by high birth rates averaging 30,000–35,000 new births annually continue to stretch already limited resources, increase demand for maternal and child health services, and exacerbate sanitation challenges.

The demographic composition of the refugee population remains weighted toward vulnerable groups: 52 percent are women and girls, 49 percent are children under 18, and about 4 percent are older persons (UNHCR, July 2025). The majority are stateless ethnic Rohingya who remain fully dependent on humanitarian aid. Recurrent funding shortfalls have directly worsened living conditions. Since 2023, WFP has been forced to reduce food rations by up to 30 percent due to severe funding gaps, cutting monthly entitlements and pushing thousands of households into crisis-level food insecurity. Malnutrition rates have consequently risen, with Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) fluctuating between 8.6 and 12.7 percent (UNHCR, 2024).

The Joint Response Plan (JRP) and ISNA/J-MSNA assessments identify the most acute shortfalls in food security, health (including disease surveillance and primary care), nutrition, WASH, shelter-CCCM, protection (child protection, GBV), and education, with the greatest concentration of unmet needs in the most congested camps and in adjacent host-community. The JRP’s hyper-prioritization for 2025 lists food security, health & nutrition, shelter, protection, site management and WASH among the first-priority gaps to avoid a collapse in life-saving services (JRP 2025-26).

ACT Alliance members CCDB, Cordaid, HEKS/EPER and RDRS — have developed an appeal to address the urgent, medium- and long-term needs of these refugees in the camp. Detailed appeal is attached to here and a result matrix and budget will be shared upon request.

ACT Appeal BDG251 Rohingya Refugees crises

On October 8, 2025, Hamas and the Israeli government reached an agreement on the first phase of a Gaza peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which led to a ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025. However, the agreement remained fragile, with serious doubts regarding Israel’s full commitment — particularly as it continued to control the Rafah crossing, the main entry point for humanitarian, food, and medical aid to those affected by the war in Gaza.
Throughout the two years of war, the continuous bombardment across Gaza had forcibly displaced at least 85% of the population and injured more than 179,000 people.
The widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure had left nearly the entire population of Gaza without access to clean drinking water or adequate nutrition. According to UN reports, approximately 2.2 million people were at risk of famine, as noted in the UN update of August 22, 2025, while OCHA estimated that 0% of the population in Northern Gaza had access to safe drinking water. Gaza’s healthcare system had completely collapsed, with medical staff and patients repeatedly targeted and denied safe access to services, in blatant violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.

PSE231-Appeal-Gaza-Conflict Narrative Revision 2- Nov 13

PSE231_Results framework Nov 13 2025

Please find the previous version of the appeal here.