Palau: IFRC Humanitarian Emergency Appeals and DREF Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian funding appeals and disaster response allocations for Palau, managed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It documents financial requests from both the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) and large-scale Emergency Appeals as of March 2026. The records provide a historical view of international aid mobilization for crises affecting the Palauan population.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical funding amounts for disaster response in Palau to identify financial gaps.
• Comparing the frequency of DREF versus Emergency Appeals to categorize disaster scales in the region.
• Tracking humanitarian aid trends over time to support climate adaptation and resilience planning.

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the IFRC secretariat
• Includes both DREF and Emergency Appeal funding streams
• Released under a CC-BY-IGO license for intergovernmental transparency

Limitations

• Unknown record count and schema details
• Geographic scope is restricted solely to Palau
• Likely small sample size due to the specific geographic focus

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative reporting from the IFRC secretariat and local Red Cross action.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, indicating current or near-future maintenance of records.

Geography

Palau