Namibia: IFRC Humanitarian Emergency Appeals and DREF Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian funding requests and disaster response actions in Namibia, managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It includes records of Emergency Appeals for large-scale disasters and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations for smaller crises. The data is provided in CSV format and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency of Emergency Appeals versus DREF allocations in Namibia
• Tracking humanitarian funding trends for disaster recovery and long-term support
• Evaluating the scale of humanitarian responses based on appeal types

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the IFRC humanitarian network
• Covers both large-scale Emergency Appeals and medium-sized DREF responses
• Specific geographic focus on Namibia

Limitations

• Unknown record count and specific column schema in the provided metadata
• Potential for missing historical records prior to the implementation of digital tracking

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records from humanitarian operations

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

Namibia