Humanitarian Action Fund

In humanitarian disasters, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are often able to reach those in need quickly and effectively through existing grass roots partnerships. During the Asian Tsunami, NGOs were often the first to be on the ground in the disaster zones.

In building an effective agency response to humanitarian disasters, NZAID recognises the importance of supporting NGOs to work at the grassroots level. The NGO Humanitarian Action Fund (HAF) is a contestable fund that is open to accredited New Zealand-based NGOs that are partnered with developing country counterpart organisations for emergency and disaster relief, rehabilitation and preparedness/mitigation activities.

The KOHA-PICD Programme Management Committee (PMC) with the addition of the vice-chair of the NGO Disaster Relief Forum (NDRF, a committee of the New Zealand NGO umbrella group, the Council for International Development, for those NGOs involved in humanitarian assistance work), makes funding recommendations to NZAID Management.

Humanitarian Action Fund Handbook

Below are links to download the Handbook for the HAF as well as its related forms. The master copies of the Handbook and forms will be kept on this webpage and up-dated as necessary on the instructions of the HAF Programme Management Committee (PMC). NGOs will be informed of any minor changes to be made, through the PMC Update, and will be consulted before any major changes are made.

To apply for HAF funding please use the following application and reporting forms. These documents are in Word format for ease of use. Please send a paper copy of your application or report (single-sided, paper-clipped, and signed) to:

HAF Administration
P O Box 24-464
Manners Street
Wellington 6142
New Zealand

Please also send a back-up e-version, as an attachment, to:

E-mail: amanda@haf.org.nz
Phone: +64 4 496 9619
Fax:     +64 4 496 9614