Bahamas IFRC Emergency Appeals and Disaster Response Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian emergency appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations for the Bahamas, managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It provides CSV-formatted records of disaster response actions and funding requests updated through March 2026. The data is maintained by the IFRC secretariat to support local Red Cross and Red Crescent action.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical funding trends for Bahamas disaster recovery using emergency appeal records
• Tracking the frequency of DREF allocations for small-scale disasters in the Bahamas
• Comparing the scale of funding requests across different disaster types identified in the appeals

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the IFRC secretariat
• Open CC-BY-IGO license specifically for international governmental organizations
• Standardized CSV file format for interoperability

Limitations

• Unknown record count and schema details
• Geographic focus is restricted solely to the Bahamas
• Lack of specific column definitions in the provided metadata

Provenance

Source

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Collection Method

Administrative records of humanitarian appeals

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Bahamas