Belarus IFRC Humanitarian Appeals and Disaster Response Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian funding records for Belarus, documenting Emergency Appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) actions managed by the IFRC. Updated in March 2026, the data captures financial requests and resource allocations for both large-scale complex disasters and localized medium-sized events. It is maintained by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as part of their global humanitarian monitoring.

Use Cases

• Comparing funding volumes between Emergency Appeals and DREF records to assess disaster scale in Belarus
• Temporal analysis of humanitarian aid requests to identify seasonal disaster trends
• Budgetary planning for humanitarian NGOs by analyzing historical IFRC funding requirements

Strengths

• Official primary source data from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Includes both Emergency Appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) categories
• Licensed under CC-BY-IGO for open humanitarian research and intergovernmental use

Limitations

• Specific column names and data schemas are not provided in the metadata
• Geographic scope is restricted to Belarus, requiring external joins for regional analysis
• Excludes humanitarian aid data from non-IFRC organizations or local government agencies

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Aggregated from official IFRC secretariat records and local Red Cross action reports

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026; frequency of updates is not explicitly defined.

Geography

Belarus