“Every year, the United Nations issues a global appeal for humanitarian funds. This money is designed to help the work performed by the international body and nongovernmental organizations partnering with it to aid people in dire need worldwide, with estimates drawn up in conjunction with teams in the field. For 2017, the world body is appealing for a record amount: $22.2 billion.”

Source: U.N. appeals for $22.2 billion in 2017 humanitarian funds, its highest request ever – The Washington Post