Jamaica IFRC Appeals: Humanitarian Funding and Disaster Response Data

This dataset tracks humanitarian funding and disaster response actions in Jamaica managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It documents both large-scale Emergency Appeals for complex disasters and smaller-scale Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations. The records are maintained by the IFRC secretariat and were last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the ratio of Emergency Appeals to DREF allocations for disaster response in Jamaica
• Tracking humanitarian funding trends over time to identify periods of high disaster activity
• Comparing Jamaica's humanitarian aid requirements against the IFRC global dataset for regional benchmarking

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the world’s largest humanitarian network
• Differentiates between Emergency Appeals and DREF funding types
• CC-BY-IGO license allows for broad institutional use

Limitations

• Geographically limited to Jamaica
• Schema details and column definitions are not provided in the source metadata
• Small sample size likely given the country-specific scope

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative reporting from the IFRC secretariat and local Red Cross actions

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Jamaica