Venezuela Humanitarian Fund (VHF) – Annual Report 2025

Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. As we present the Venezuela Humanitarian Fund (VHF) 2025 Annual Report, we do so against a backdrop of significant reductions in humanitarian financing for Venezuela, which intensified funding gaps and threatened the continuity of critical services. In this challenging context, the VHF proved to be an indispensable tool for timely and principled action. In 2025 alone, VHF-supported interventions reached more than 176, 000 people, of whom over 116, 200 were women and girls, underscoring the Fund’s sustained focus on protecting those most at risk. Early in the year, funding reductions led to abrupt interruptions in critical protection, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive health services. By rapidly reprioritizing resources and deploying targeted allocations from the VHF in complementarity with CERF, we were able to stabilize essential services and prevent further deterioration in high-severity areas. The year reaffirmed the strategic importance of pooled funding mechanisms in volatile environments. Through reserve allocations, severity-driven prioritization, and prepositioned funding, the VHF provided the agility required to respond to funding shocks while maintaining coherence and accountability. Its complementarity with CERF demonstrated how coordinated financing instruments can reinforce one another to maximize collective impact. A central achievement in 2025 was the continued advancement of localization, aligned with the humanitarian reset’s emphasis on local leadership and efficiency. Notably, 79 per cent of direct allocations were channeled to national NGOs—an unprecedented level for the Fund and one that surpasses global localization benchmarks established under the reset. By strengthening national leadership and sustaining access in hard-to-reach areas, localization proved to be both a principled commitment and an operational necessity. I would like to acknowledge the continuing support of our donors, whose contributions enabled the VHF to function as a stabilizing financing mechanism during a period of significant uncertainty. In 2025, as the Fund marked five years since its launch, this sustained commitment reaffirmed the trust placed in the VHF as a cornerstone of humanitarian financing in Venezuela. I also recognize the leadership and dedication of national and local partners, women-led organizations, UN agencies, and coordination platforms whose work sustains principled humanitarian action across the country. Looking towards 2026, our collective vision is to further consolidate the VHF as a strategic instrument for responsive, localized, and high-impact humanitarian action. In a resource-constrained and evolving environment, the Fund’s flexibility, commitment to localization, and focus on quality and accountability will remain essential to adapt to emerging needs and uphold humanitarian principles. As we move forward, let us reaffirm our shared commitment to protecting the most vulnerable and strengthening local leadership to ensure that humanitarian action in Venezuela remains responsive, resilient, and principled. Thank you for your continued trust and support. Sincerely, Gianluca Rampolla Humanitarian Coordinator for Venezuela

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