The IKEA Foundation is becoming an increasingly stronger voice urging greater involvement of the private sector in humanitarian response, and smarter ways of providing support to refugees and those displaced by conflict and disaster.
They have provided funding of $2.7 million to Save the Children and Médecins Sans Frontières to protect children and their families in Yemen. They have partnered with Oxfam to invest $7.8 million in innovative programs to help developing countries respond to emergencies. They have invested in improving humanitarian leadership and capacity through support for the Center for Humanitarian Leadership and their Humanitarian Leadership Program. And they have launched a range of challenges calling for new ideas to improve the lives of refugees globally.
The IKEA Foundation is providing leadership by example, but they want more of the private sector to step up and play their part in protecting and supporting those most vulnerable to disaster, with a focus on children.