GHA-Report-2010.pdf - Global Humanitarian Assistance

Given that smaller crises are in general
less likely to be underfunded, the
CERF can help address financing gaps,
where even small amounts make a big
difference. CERF funding to Honduras
after the flooding in 2008 was US$1.5
million but that was 25% of the funding
received. Similarly after the heavy
flooding in Namibia in 2009, US$1.3
million of the US$4 million received was
from the CERF, making it the highest
donor. (See Table 3.)
In 2008, 55 countries received funding
from the CERF, amounting to a total of
US$429 million. In 2009 the number of
recipient countries decreased to 51. The
total amount allocable by country also
fell the same year to US$397 million.
DRC was the top recipient of the CERF
from 2006-2008 inclusive. Somalia
became the top recipient country in
2009, receiving a total of US$60 million.
Its 15.2% share of CERF funding in 2009
almost doubled that of the DRC, the next
largest recipient. (See Figure 8.)
TABLE 3: CERF GRANTS, 2008 AND 2009
Source: UN CERF
2008 2009
Rapid response grants 70.1% 67.5%
Grants to underfunded
emergencies
29.9% 32.5%
FIGURE 8: RECIPIENTS OF CERF FUNDING, 2008-2009
2008
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Sudan
2.9% 2.9%
Haiti
3.7%
Afghanistan
3.7%
4.2%
Pakistan
4.4%
Kenya
6.1%
Myanmar
6.6%
2009
Philippines
Niger
Ethiopia
7.4%
DRC
9.6%
48.4%
Korea
Ethiopia
4.8%
3.0% 2.9%
3.9%
Sri Lanka
5.9%
Sudan
6.5%
Kenya
6.6%
Zimbabwe
6.7%
36.7%
Others
DRC
7.7%
15.2%
Somalia
Source: UN CERF
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