About Us

The Sahel Regional Fund (SRF) is a regional humanitarian fund to address the recurrent crises in the Sahel region. The SRF is hosted by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), governed and led by leading NGOs in the Sahel.

About Us

The Sahel Regional Fund (SRF) is a regional pooled fund led by NGOs and hosted by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC). It provides predictable, flexible, and multi-year funding to address the most severe humanitarian needs in the hardest-to-reach areas.

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Our Mission & Vision

Provide protection and humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations in the Sahel, Lake Chad Basin, and East Chad region, by providing quality funding as directly as possible for immediate relief to affected populations, promoting equitable partnerships, strengthening local capacities, supporting skilled aid organisations and paving the way for lasting solutions.

Governance functionning

The SRF Governance is composed of 4 distinct entities : The Governance Board, the Fund Management Unit, the Evaluation Committee, and the Grievance Committee.

Our Strategy

The Strategic Ambition of the SRF aligns with de strategic objective of the Grand Bagrain 2.0 The The original objective of the Grand Bargain was to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system. The new objective now includes an explicit focus on measuring improved efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system against “better humanitarian outcomes for affected populations”. There are two
new enabling priorities, often summarised as “quality funding” and “localisation”. These also integrate other crucial elements such as efficiency and effectiveness, visibility, risk sharing, transparency and
accountability including to affected people.