First aid reached families in 68 hours in 2025
Reach every family within 48 hours
Pre-positioned supplies and trained local teams mean help arrives before the water has gone down.
When disaster strikes, life goes on with your help.
We're there in the first 72 hours, and we're still there in the third year of rebuilding, long after the cameras have gone home.
How we respond- People reached
- 412,000
- Responses
- 31
- Homes rebuilt
- 6,840
- To first aid
- 68 hrs
- To programmes
- 86%
What changed in 2025
Every person is counted once, however much help they received. The notes alongside show exactly how we counted.
How we count
- People reachedCounted once per person per response, from partner distribution lists.
- ResponsesIncludes 9 recovery programmes continuing from earlier years.
- Homes rebuiltHomes signed off by the family and an independent engineer.
- To first aidFrom the first verified alert to the first supplies reaching people.
- To programmesFrom our audited 2025 accounts, after fundraising and management costs.
Working alongside local partners in 18 countries
Relief for today. Resilience for tomorrow.
Five things we do in every response, with partners who already live there.
How we respondWhat we do
Water, food and supplies reach families within days of the alert.
Active emergencies
Emergencies and appealsSylhet Division, Bangladesh
Monsoon floods in Sylhet
Three weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks across four districts. We are supplying clean water, shelter kits and cash support with two local partners.
$1.38M raised of $2.4M58% funded
- People reached
- 86,400
- People affected
- 1.1 million
DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia CommonsActive responseDrought
Turkana County, Kenya
Drought response in Turkana
A fourth failed rainy season has dried out wells and grazing land. We are repairing water points and supporting herding families to keep their livestock alive.
$712K raised of $1.8M40% funded
- People reached
- 38,900
- People affected
- 540,000
Al Haouz Province, Morocco
Earthquake recovery in Al Haouz
Three years after the earthquake, we are helping mountain villages rebuild homes and schools to a safer standard, with local builders trained in the new methods.
$2.64M raised of $3.1M85% funded
- People reached
- 52,300
- People affected
- 380,000
St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, Jamaica
Hurricane recovery in western Jamaica
Roof repairs, fishing boats and farm restarts for communities on Jamaica's southwest coast, one year after the storm.
$1.02M raised of $1.25M81% funded
- People reached
- 24,800
- People affected
- 530,000
What we're aiming for by 2027
Four goals for next year. Each card shows how far we got in 2025, so you can hold us to them.
Repaired or rebuilt 6,840 homes in 2025
Rebuild 10,000 homes to a safer standard
Families choose what gets rebuilt first. Local builders, trained by us, make sure it stands next time.
Brought 18 boreholes back into service in Turkana
Bring clean water to 500,000 people
We repair wells and pumps, and hand each one to a committee that keeps it running for years.
Trained 140 masons in Al Haouz
Train 2,000 local responders and builders
The skills stay when we leave, so the next response starts faster and closer to home.
In our partners' words
Local organisations lead our responses, so we asked them what working with us is actually like.
Vitaria released funds the day the river broke its banks. We were on boats with water and rice before most agencies had finished their first meeting.
They didn't just fix our pumps. They trained our mechanics and left the committee in charge. Three years on, the water still runs.
The new school was built by masons from our own villages. The children walk past it and know their fathers made it safe.
We chose the boats and the engines ourselves. That respect is why the whole cooperative was fishing again in nine months.
Latest updates
Stories and updatesFrom the Sylhet response
Water reaching most cut-off villages
Boat routes now cover 11 of 14 unions. Two remain reachable only on foot; partners are carrying purification tablets in.
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
From the Turkana response
18 boreholes back in service
Each repaired point has a trained committee that collects a small fee for future maintenance.
Turkana County, Kenya
From the Sylhet response
Cash transfers approved
Household registration finished for 8,700 families. Transfers start once mobile networks are stable across the district.
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
From the Al Haouz response
School in Talat N'Yaaqoub opens
The building uses a reinforced frame designed with the architecture school and was built by masons from the training programme.
Al Haouz Province, Morocco
From the Sylhet response
Response launched
Emergency reserve funds released within 24 hours of the first assessment report.
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
From the western Jamaica response
62 boats back on the water
Cooperative members chose designs and engines; each boat is insured for the next season.
St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, Jamaica
Questions people ask us
The ones we hear most, with straight answers.
How quickly does Vitaria respond to a disaster?
Our emergency reserve lets us release funds within 24 hours of a verified alert. In 2025 the median time from alert to first distribution was 68 hours.
Can I choose where my donation goes?
Yes. You can give to a specific emergency or where it's needed most. If an emergency becomes fully funded, we'll use your gift for the next most urgent one and tell you where it went.
How much of my donation reaches the field?
In 2025, 86 cents of every dollar went to emergency and recovery programmes. Our audited accounts are published every year.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
In most countries where we're registered, yes. You'll get a tax receipt by email as soon as your gift is processed.
Do you send volunteers to disaster zones?
Only experienced specialists, and only alongside local partners. Most of our response is led by people who already live in the affected area.
Where do you work?
We've responded in 18 countries across South Asia, East Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe, always through local partners.
Lend us your skills
We keep a roster of engineers, logisticians and health workers who support our partners remotely and, where it's safe, in the field.
- Put your professional skills where they help most
- Remote roles, and field roles where it's safe
- Work next to local partners who know the area