Aid Fund for Syria launches fourth Regular Allocation

The Aid Fund for Syria (AFS) has launched its fourth Regular Allocation. Anchored in the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), the allocation will deliver life-saving assistance while supporting the restoration of essential services, including health, WASH, education, and protection, through area-based, multi-sectoral programming. It will also strengthen livelihoods and community resilience, helping to bridge the gap between emergency relief and longer-term recovery in line with AFS’s humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus approach.

The allocation will focus on 24 priority locations across Syria classified as Severity 3 and 4 under the HNRP, where humanitarian needs remain acute, essential services are severely degraded, and return movements are placing pressure on communities not yet able to sustain them.

A defining feature of the allocation is its commitment to localisation. One hundred per cent of funding will be directed to qualified national NGO partners, enabling locally-led implementation at scale and strengthening the local delivery systems on which continued, principled assistance depends. The AFS Anchor Organisation Modality will further extend this approach by supporting engagement with community-based, women-led, and youth-led organisations.

The allocation will also integrate climate and environmental considerations, including climate-resilient design, sustainable resource management, and mine action. It will further support local economic recovery through expanded economic opportunities, increased household incomes, and stronger local markets and supply chains.

The allocation strategy was developed in consultation with a range of stakeholders, including AFS partners and the Syria Humanitarian Fund (OCHA SHF), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.

AFS-qualified national NGOs are invited to apply for funding under this allocation by 28 June, with consortium-based approaches strongly encouraged where they enhance the quality and coherence of area-based programming.

To support partners throughout the application process, AFS will host a Q&A session, with invitations shared directly with eligible partners. An FAQ document will also be published and updated during the proposal submission period.