Suriname: IFRC Humanitarian Emergency Appeals and Funding Records

This dataset tracks humanitarian emergency appeals and Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) allocations for Suriname, published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It provides records of financial mobilization for local disasters, updated as of March 2026. The data is provided in CSV format to facilitate tracking of humanitarian aid flows.

Use Cases

• Analyzing humanitarian funding trends in Suriname by comparing requested amounts to actual funding received.
• Categorizing disaster response types using the appeal type field to distinguish between large-scale Emergency Appeals and smaller DREF actions.
• Temporal analysis of humanitarian crises in Suriname using the last updated timestamps and appeal dates.

Strengths

• Official data from the IFRC secretariat
• Open CC-BY-IGO license for humanitarian use
• Standardized CSV format for interoperability

Limitations

• Unknown record count makes it difficult to assess historical depth
• Specific column headers are not explicitly documented in the metadata
• Geographically restricted to Suriname, requiring joins with global datasets for regional context

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Suriname