Dominican Republic: IFRC Humanitarian Emergency Appeals and Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian emergency appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations for the Dominican Republic, managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It provides a record of financial requests and response actions for both large-scale complex disasters and medium-sized local emergencies. The data is provided in CSV format and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing humanitarian funding trends for Dominican Republic disasters using appeal amounts
• Tracking the frequency and types of disasters requiring international assistance via appeal dates
• Evaluating the ratio of Emergency Appeals versus DREF allocations for local disaster response

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the IFRC secretariat
• Standardized CC-BY-IGO license for international humanitarian use
• Specific focus on Dominican Republic disaster response history

Limitations

• Unknown record count and file size
• Lack of documented column schema or data dictionary
• May exclude humanitarian actions taken by organizations outside the IFRC network

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records of humanitarian appeals and fund allocations

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Dominican Republic