Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis Deepens: Famine, Mass Displacement and Escalating Violence. EAA charities are on the ground working with local partners but urgently need more funds. Your support can save lives.
Conflict in the Middle East has devastated lives. The ceasefire agreement in Gaza brings hope and relief. EAA charities are now scaling up their work but urgently need more funds. Your support can save lives.
Emergency Action Alliance (EAA) brings together 15 leading aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas.
Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the Australian public’s response to overseas disasters.
Making it easier for Australians to know how to help, we run a centralised appeal and distribute appeal funds only to those of our members responding directly to the emergency. All EAA Members are also members of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). Members are required to have policies and procedures in place to ensure that funds and resources are properly controlled and managed.
In times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response.
Right now, we are responding to urgent crises like the Myanmar Earthquake. Learn more about our active appeals and see on-the-ground updates to understand how your support is making an immediate impact.
When disaster strikes overseas, Emergency Action Alliance helps Australians respond with speed and impact, getting lifesaving aid to the affected communities.
By working together we can channel the care and passion of Australians into a fast and effective response to international emergencies. This allows us to help more people in their greatest moment of need.
Pooling our resources to work as one, we represent the simple and effective choice for Australians who want to help those affected by major catastrophes.
A major humanitarian emergency occurs
Australians want to help those affected
Emergency Action Alliance runs a joint appeal
Funds are distributed to members who are providing assistance
Families and communities receive the help they need to recover and rebuild
The best way to help is to donate to our appeals. Your money will be used to help those affected quickly and efficiently through our network of members.
Finding out how our members help in emergencies is a really powerful way to get involved. It’s important to know that there is more to disaster response than helping with the community’s immediate needs.
Whether you’re chatting to your colleagues, emailing family or sharing with friends on social media, updating your network about an emergency is the best way to increase public support for our work.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Emergency Action Alliance do?
Emergency Action Alliance (EAA) brings together 15 leading aid organisations in Australia to respond quickly and effectively to major international crises. Each member specialises in a different area of disaster response, and during the gravest emergencies, we launch a centralised appeal to make fundraising more efficient and impactful. By working together, we help Australians contribute with confidence, ensuring funds are directed to member organisations responding on the ground — delivering both immediate relief and long-term support to communities affected by disaster.
What is an example of a humanitarian?
A humanitarian is someone dedicated to improving human welfare, especially during times of crisis. This can include providing food, shelter, and medical aid during natural disasters, advocating for human rights, or working to alleviate poverty and suffering around the world. Humanitarians can be frontline aid workers, medical professionals, volunteers, or donors — anyone who takes action to help others in need, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.
What qualifies as a humanitarian crisis?
A humanitarian crisis occurs when a natural disaster, armed conflict, pandemic or other severe event results in widespread human suffering that demands immediate international assistance. That could be an earthquake, war, flood, famine or severe disease outbreak. Recent crises like the Myanmar Earthquake represent the urgent need for fast humanitarian intervention.
What does a humanitarian aid worker do?
Humanitarian aid workers provide essential services in emergency and crisis situations. Their responsibilities include everything from coordinating relief supplies and medical care to managing logistics and supporting long-term recovery efforts.
What is the meaning of emergency relief?
Emergency relief is immediate assistance given to communities that have been affected by a crisis or disaster. It can comprise essential resources such as food, shelter, medical aid, clean water and sanitation. Emergency relief is about preventing further loss of life and alleviating suffering, as well as stabilising the situation as rapidly as possible. You can get a better understanding of how emergency relief works by learning about our response to the Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes.
What is the process when Emergency Action Alliance launches an appeal?
Emergency Action Alliance (EAA) may launch an appeal when a large-scale disaster occurs overseas in a country or region that lacks the resources to respond effectively and there is a call for international assistance.
When such an event happens:
This coordinated approach makes it easy for Australians to contribute to trusted, effective humanitarian responses.
EAA contacts its member organisations to identify who is actively responding to the emergency.
If there is strong public interest in Australia to support those affected, EAA may initiate a public appeal on behalf of its members.
What is the best way to help those affected by emergencies?
Donating money to trusted charities that can demonstrate they are responding to the emergency and will use your funds for that specific emergency. Emergency Action Alliance is well place to ensure that financial donations are directed only to our members are that are responding on the ground.
We’re often asked if we can accept physical donations such as food, clothing, or sleeping bags. While these offers are generous and well-intentioned, we unfortunately cannot accept them.
Shipping donated goods is expensive and time-consuming, and the items received may not match the actual needs of people affected by the disaster. In many cases, this creates an additional burden, as local responders must then manage or dispose of unsuitable items—adding to the challenges they’re already facing.
For these reasons, financial donations are the most effective way to help, allowing aid organisations to respond quickly and appropriately to the specific needs of each emergency.
