United Nations Coordinated Appeals
As of 30 April, United Nations Coordinated Appeals and Refugee Response Plans within the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) require US$23.0 billion to meet the humanitarian needs of 99.3 million crisis-affected people in 37 countries. The appeals are funded at $4.2 billion, leaving a shortfall of $18.8 billion.
Needs and financial requirements have increased this month due to the release of the Flash Appeal for Peru requesting $38.3 million, and an increase in the response plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the Kasai region through a Flash Appeal, requiring an increase of $64.6 million to respond to the urgent needs of 731,000 people. This brings the overall funding requirement for the DRC in 2017 to $812.6 million. Some 3.7 million persons are internally displaced in the DRC, the highest number in Africa.
Since military operations in west Mosul, Iraq started in late February,421,000 people have been displaced, with around 6,000 people fleeing on average per day. If sufficient funding is not urgently secured, emergency food assistance for civilians in and around Mosul may be disrupted.
The highly prioritised 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP)for Iraq, appealing for $985 million to assist 6.2 million people, is currently 20 percent funded. For Libya, despite a modest financial requirement of $15 1million, only 13 percent of the HRP requirements are funded.Requirements are particularly urgent in the health sector,with more than 50 percent of Libyan health facilities either partially or not at all functional.Please see icon overleaf for information on urgent funding needs in Iraq, Libya, DPRK, CAR, Chad, Mali, Nigeria and SouthSudan.
More than 20 million people in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen are experiencing famine or a credible risk thereof. To avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the four countries, humanitarian operations urgently require $4.4 billion for life-saving assistance in the key areas of food security, health, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene. Donors have reported more than $1.26 billion; 29 percent of the requirements of the priorities in the four response plans. Overall, more than $2.04 billion has been contributed/committed ($1.84 billion) or pledged ($198 million) for the four countries.
- Two high-level events took place in April providing an opportunity for donors to affirm and pledge support. The Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region: Brussels Conference was held on 5 April.
A total of $6 billion for 2017 was announced, and $3.7 billion for 2018 and beyond. The Yemen High-Level Pledging Event held in Geneva on 25 April announced $1.1 billion towards the crisis in Yemen, with over 72 Member States in attendance.
Funding for the Flash Appeals (FA) for Kenya, Madagascar and Mozambique increased in April. The Madagascar FA is currently 64 percent funded ($12.9M), the Kenya FA is 29 percent funded ($48.1M), and the Mozambique FA is 21.6 percent funded ($2.2M). The Peru FA is currently 13.6 percent funded.
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has approved nearly $200 million for 20 countries in 2017 thus far, including over $70 million for famine prevention in north-east Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan. In addition, CERF has set aside $25 million for rapid scale-up of emergency food and nutrition assistance and other vital services in Yemen. As of end-April, CERF is currently the fourth largest source of funding for the famine response in the four countries in or on the brink of famine. For 2017, 30 donors have contributed a total of $284 million to CERF, and approximately $54 million remain as pledges. CERF is projecting an estimated funding shortfall of $40 million from the annual target of $450 million for this year.
As of end April, 17 donors contributed a total of $236 million (including some $72 million in pledges) to the 18 active country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) for 2017. More than $64 million has already been allocated to humanitarian partners, including $23 million in Somalia and $18 million in Ethiopia. Of that amount, 51 percent went to international NGOs, 29 percent to UN organizations, and 19 percent directly to local and national NGOs.
Another $95 million worth of project proposals are currently being reviewed across the funds. Real-time information on CBPF contributions and allocations is available on http://gms.unocha.org/bi