The CHD Map: 62 Organizations, 93 Countries, One Interactive Map

 

What does the international work of French associations actually look like? In which countries do they operate? Who is active in Sudan, Ukraine, Haiti, Lebanon or Madagascar? And how can you identify, in a few seconds, the organizations able to respond to an emergency, support a health system, train young people or secure access to water?

 

The “CHD Map” now offers a simple answer, open to everyone. This interactive map brings together the 93 countries of activity of the 62 member organizations of the Coordination Humanitaire et Développement. It shows 783 active presences across 93 countries and offers two complementary and straightforward ways of reading it: start from an organization to see the countries where it works, or start from a country to identify the actors present there.

 

 

 

A tool for information and cooperation

The “CHD Map” is not a static illustration. It is a tool for knowledge, networking and decision-making. For a member of parliament, an administration, a funding partner, a journalist or a local authority, it makes immediately legible a French presence that was previously scattered across dozens of annual reports and websites. For the organizations themselves, it makes it easier to identify partners, share experience and find complementarities in the same area of operation.

 

 

This overview is also proof through action. The diversity of the CHD can be seen on the map: emergency, health, education, child protection, vocational training, agriculture, and water or energy access organizations, as well as volunteer-sending and logistics structures, all work side by side in the same territories. Some deploy very large operations; others, more specialized, provide rare and decisive expertise. All contribute to useful action in 93 countries experiencing a range of crises.

 

49.5 million people supported

To create the CHD Map without placing demands on its member organizations, the CHD compiled their 2025 annual reports. This was also an opportunity to collect key data which speak for themselves once aggregated :

 

 

• 49.5 million people supported
• 4,910 active projects
• 93 countries
• 17,490 employees, including 12,824 in the field, as well as 25,376 volunteers

 

Of course, these totals, drawn from the NGOs’ own publications and not extrapolated, should be read with caution, since beneficiaries may overlap. They nonetheless reveal a scale that the map now makes it possible to situate geographically.

 

A significant international presence… but in retreat

Making this work visible is all the more necessary because the international solidarity sector is severely weakened. Since 2024, French NGOs have had to reduce or stop 1,700 projects over the 2024–2027 period. This decline primarily harms the populations concerned: 17.5 million people worldwide have been directly affected. It also hits all professionals in the sector: 16,000 jobs will be cut by the end of 2027. The decline is also visible on the map: French NGOs have been forced to close 100 country offices.

 

Cuts to Official Development Assistance (ODA), worldwide and in France, are the cause of this historic collapse. In France, from 2023 to 2027, the ODA Mission is being cut by more than two-thirds, falling from €8 billion to €2.5 billion (-69%). Program 209, which includes project grants (among other things), is hit even harder in proportion over this period: -€3.3 billion, or -81%. Some argued that ODA should return to a “pre-Covid” level… the reality is that in 2027, Program 209, which truly reflects international solidarity, will have fallen below €800 million, less than half of its lowest historical level:

 

 

So what can be done?

 

 

Unfortunately, France has followed the lead of the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, when resisting this trend, even relatively, would have demonstrated its distinctiveness. Politically, as the president of one member organization puts it, Official Development Assistance is the “last carriage of the last train.”

 

But all is not lost!

 

For nearly two years, the CHD has been meeting with members of parliament, first and foremost to introduce them to our organizations and their merits. We do not launch into grand international and geopolitical presentations, but instead describe concretely what a humanitarian and development organization is, and its seriousness and professionalism. We assert that the work of humanitarian and development organizations (HDOs) has specific merits. It is :

 

Clear and concrete

Access to drinking water, access to education, agriculture and food security, maternal and child health, vocational training for young people, protection of civilians.

 

Low-cost

HDOs have very low operating costs, thanks to volunteer expertise and salary costs 40% below the general market.

 

Efficient

For every €1 of public co-financing, HDOs raise on average €6 in additional funding (donations, corporate sponsorship, bequests, international funds), a leverage effect of 600%.

 

Effective and responsive

HDOs know the contexts in which they operate very closely, their projects are designed with local actors, and they are often the first to intervene in the event of a crisis or natural disaster.

 

Transparent

Every euro is accounted for, audited (on average three times), justified and reimbursed if found ineligible.

 

Neutral and ethical

Clear and monitored commitments (the Don en Confiance label, the Red Cross code of conduct, compliance with institutional funders’ requirements) prohibit proselytism, discriminatory aid and the misuse of funds.

 

Created and managed in France, our organizations are run and administered by 25,000 volunteers and reflect strong citizen support for international cooperation.

 

 

We find that our interlocutors, sometimes far removed from our sector, are interested in discovering NGOs in a new light, and very often in greater depth than before. Several support us and carry our proposed amendments, which is valuable in itself as well as in our dealings with the executive branch.

 

In our relations with decision-makers, the CHD Map will help show them the immense mobilization of our sector, and the need for its work to continue to be supported by public funds.

 

We renew our thanks to CartONG and its volunteers, without whom this project would not have been possible!

 

The CHD Map is designed to be updated and expanded. We invite citizens, journalists, institutions, parliamentarians, businesses and solidarity actors to explore it, share it, and tell us about any useful improvements. In a period when international cooperation is being questioned, the best response remains transparency, evidence and dialogue. The map is open, so don’t hesitate to explore it!

 

The map is open to all, so feel free to explore it!