Paraguay IFRC Humanitarian Appeals and Disaster Response Funding

This dataset tracks humanitarian funding appeals and disaster response actions in Paraguay, 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 Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations. The data is provided in CSV format and is maintained by the IFRC secretariat.

Use Cases

• Analyzing humanitarian funding trends in Paraguay by comparing Emergency Appeals versus DREF allocations
• Tracking the frequency and scale of Red Cross disaster responses within the country
• Evaluating historical humanitarian aid requirements for specific disaster types in the region

Strengths

• Official data sourced directly from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Covers the full spectrum of disaster scales from DREF to Emergency Appeals
• Machine-readable CSV format under a CC-BY-IGO license

Limitations

• Geographically limited to Paraguay, requiring integration with global sets for regional analysis
• Metadata does not specify the exact number of records or available columns

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records of humanitarian appeals and fund allocations

Freshness

The dataset is part of an ongoing series with updates recorded as recently as March 2026.

Geography

Paraguay