Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund

OCHA visits schools in Atma IDP camps in Idleb, supported by the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund. These schools received essential education and protection assistance, including learning kits, teacher training and protection sessions for parents.
OCHA visits schools in Atma IDP camps in Idleb, supported by the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund. These schools received essential education and protection assistance, including learning kits, teacher training and protection sessions for parents. Photo: OCHA/Madevi Sun Suon

Established in July 2014 following the UN Security Resolutions 2139 and 2165 and in view of the magnitude and complexity of the Syria crisis, the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF), is a multi-donor country-based pooled fund whose objective is to expand and enable humanitarian assistance in Syria. Since its inception, the SCHF has allocated more than $1  billion  and supports activities in line with the strategic objectives of the Syria Response Plan. The SCHF provides flexible and timely resources to partners thereby expanding the delivery of humanitarian assistance, increasing humanitarian access, and strengthening partnerships with local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). 

The SCHF's objective is to support lifesaving and life-sustaining activities, fill critical funding gaps, support prepositioning of stock and contingency planning, capacity building of local partners, support to logistics and coordination services, and support to resilience and early recovery needs wherever possible.  

As the final decision-maker on funding, the Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator (DRHC) is assisted by an Advisory Board (AB). The Board includes representatives of donors, national and international NGOs and UN agencies to ensure decisions reflect views from across the humanitarian community. The AB advises on the fund strategies and policy issues. A Review Committee (RC) composed of sector coordinators supports the DRHC on programmatic and technical aspects during an allocation process.   

The Fund is operationally managed by OCHA’s Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU) based in Gaziantep, Türkiye which ensures that the SCHF is managed from the epicenter of the crisis with allocation processes and monitoring close to partners and projects on the ground.

Like all Country-Based Pooled Funds, the SCHF is designed to complement other humanitarian funding sources, such as bilateral funding and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). 

Funding status

Pledged amount (USD)
57.6M 2024
Paid amount (USD)
57.5M 2024

Funding status