Lesotho: IFRC Emergency Appeals and Disaster Response Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian funding records for Lesotho, including Emergency Appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) actions managed by the IFRC. It documents financial and operational responses to disasters ranging from small-scale events to complex emergencies requiring long-term support. The data is maintained by the IFRC secretariat and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency of small-scale disasters using DREF records
• Comparing funding requirements for Emergency Appeals versus long-term recovery projects
• Tracking IFRC humanitarian investment trends in Lesotho over time

Strengths

• Official data from the world's largest humanitarian network
• CC-BY-IGO license allows for intergovernmental and research use
• Available in CSV format for immediate programmatic access

Limitations

• Specific column names and row counts are not provided in the metadata
• Restricted to IFRC-specific funding and does not represent the total humanitarian landscape in Lesotho

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

administrative records

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Lesotho