Hungary IFRC Humanitarian Emergency Appeals and DREF Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian emergency appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) actions for Hungary, managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Provided in CSV format, the records document financial and operational responses to disasters as recently as March 2026. It serves as the official record of IFRC-led humanitarian assistance within the country.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency of different disaster types in Hungary using appeal category labels
• Tracking humanitarian funding trends by aggregating budget requirements across different years
• Comparing DREF allocations versus large-scale Emergency Appeals to evaluate disaster severity patterns

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the IFRC secretariat
• CC-BY-IGO license specifically designed for intergovernmental organization data sharing
• Provides country-specific granularity for Hungary often aggregated in global sets

Limitations

• Unknown record count makes it difficult to assess historical depth before download
• Geographically restricted to Hungary, requiring external joins for cross-border disaster analysis
• Lack of explicit column definitions in metadata requires manual schema discovery

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records from the IFRC secretariat

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026, indicating active maintenance of current humanitarian records.

Geography

Hungary