REACH, a joint initiative specializing in humanitarian assessment and information management, was forced to significantly reduce its teams in West and Central Africa, in part as a result of U.S. aid cuts.
Date: 4/26
Region: Global
Country: Global
Topic: Refugees & Displacement
Policy Lens: Security & Resilience
Entry Type: Operational Impact
Additional Context: This information was collected by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, from a survey conducted with 17 humanitarian actors at the regional and field-level. Created in 2010, REACH is a joint initiative of IMPACT Initiatives, ACTED and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme, or UNOSAT.
Devex Researcher Note:According to IMPACT Initiatives, the REACH team has 400 assessment, data analysis, geographic information system and field coordination experts, with 800 short-term staff joining yearly to support with data collection and field implementation. According to data on DevelopmentAid, 27% of the core team were dismissed, inlcuding nearly70 staff in field offices. IMPACT Initiatives received abouthalf of its funding form the U.S. government before the cuts, with many grants reported terminated in aMarch 2025 memo.
Source: OCHA

