Washington/New York, 6 August 2022 (TDI): USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance held an important dialogue with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). It was a two-day dialogue between the teams of the two organizations.
As we confront unprecedented needs around the 🌏, I was glad for @USAIDSavesLives to spend the past 2 days with @UNOCHA for an important dialogue on our work together saving lives and how we can do more & better. Thank you @JoyceMsuya & your team for your critical partnership! pic.twitter.com/Xiha1clYqC
— USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Lead (@USAIDSCharles) August 4, 2022
The goal of the meeting was to talk about how the two organizations can work together to save lives and how they can do it more and better. The two sides also highlighted the importance of collaboration, which is critical to delivering lifesaving help.
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator UNOCHA Joyce Msuya thanked Sarah Charles and her team. Sarah Charles is the Assistant to the Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.
UNOCHA’s Joyce Msuya also stressed the vitality of this partnership in a tweet. She said “Now more than ever is our UNOCHA & USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance partnership vital to provide lifesaving assistance.
Thank you @USAIDSCharles & the entire team for the excellent discussions. Now more than ever is our @UNOCHA & @USAIDSavesLives partnership vital to provide lifesaving assistance.
— Joyce Msuya (@JoyceMsuya) August 5, 2022
USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
The Bureau for Humanitarian Relief of USAID is the U.S. Government’s lead for worldwide humanitarian assistance, serving tens of millions of individuals worldwide each year. Every year, USAID reacts to 75 emergencies in more than 70 states. It delivers food, water, housing, health care, and other crucial relief to those in need the most.
In addition, USAID assists in making sure that this funding serves those impacted by natural calamities. These include hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanoes, as well as slow-onset crises like famine and conflicts.
Not only does USAID protect lives, but it also helps people become more self-sufficient by training them for catastrophes before they occur. Furthermore, it provides them with the resources and capabilities to cope.
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCHA is the division of the United Nations Secretariat tasked with pulling humanitarian organizations together to enable collective action against disasters. Also, OCHA guarantees that there is a structure in place to allow each actor to participate in the overall crisis response.
Moreover, with coordination, advocacy, policy, management, and humanitarian funding, OCHA assists in principled and productive humanitarian action.
OCHA’s national and satellite offices are in charge of executing key tasks on the ground using technical understanding.
