A Somali refugee carries a bag of relief food from the World Food Programme distribution centre at the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
An estimated 12.4 million people now need humanitarian assistance in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti, according to the UN. The food security crisis in the Horn of Africa – including the officially declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia – has already been called the worst humanitarian crisis of 2011 by Antonio Guterres, head of the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, and the most severe food crisis in the world today.
But aid donors have been criticised for dragging their feet over sending aid to the affected areas and there have been calls for more funding to meet the need.
The UN says $2.5bn in aid is now needed for the humanitarian response, about $1.33bn more than has been committed so far (down from around $1.4bn on 1 August 2011).
Source: UN OCHA, 8 August 2011
At an emergency meeting of aid donors and charities at the UN Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) in Rome in July, the NGO Save the Children said that more than 1 million children could die in Somalia alone if the funding gap isn't immediately addressed. Meanwhile, Barbara Stocking, head of Oxfam GB, said: "It is shameful that only a few of the richest and powerful economies were willing to demonstrate today their commitment to saving the lives of many of the poorest and most vulnerable."
If the humanitarian response is not quickly and comprehensively scaled up and if access to those most affected is not secured, the UN expects famine to spread across all regions of southern Somalia.
Source: UN OCHA, 8 August 2011
But there are no final figures here – not for the number of people who might be affected or for the amount of funding required or delivered. And tracking aid for the Horn of Africa crisis is not straightforward. There is no unifying funding appeal for the crisis; instead, there are three existing inter-agency appeals: the Djibouti Drought Appeal 2011, the Kenya Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan 2011+ and the Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2011.
Ethiopia, however, poses a particular challenge – it is a crisis without an appeal. Unlike the other three countries, there is no published inter-agency appeal for Ethiopia, so it is not possible to track drought-related humanitarian needs and funding for Ethiopia in the same way.
Here, we've pulled data from OCHA's Financial Tracking Service on who is funding the humanitarian response, how much they've given and where the money is being spent. The data is compiled by OCHA on the basis of reports from donors and appealing organisations.
For Ethiopia, we've pulled out the figures for humanitarian aid to Ethiopia in 2011, though note that not all of this is specifically drought-related.
For Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti, note that while inter-agency appeals do exist, some donors might fund projects or organisations that are not covered by the appeals. These donations will not appear under the appeals but can be found through OCHA.
We will be updating this post each week with the latest information on funding.
See the full spreadsheet for more data on humanitarian needs and funding for each of the four countries. The full sheet also shows both commitments and as-yet unfulfilled pledges.
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Data summary
Funding Status: Horn of Africa Crisis 2011 (US$)
As of 8 August 2011. Click heading to sort table. Download this data
Appeal
Updated Needs (US$)
Funding to Date (US$)
% Funded
Unmet requirements (US$)
Notes: The breakdown of Ethiopia funding is provided by OCHA-Ethiopia based on local information.
"Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over
Contribution: the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.
Commitment: creation of a legal, contractual obligation between the donor and recipient entity, specifying the amount to be contributed.
Source: UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service
Kenya EHRP
740,700,000
366,937,983
49.54
373,762,017
Djibouti Drought Appeal
33,264,338
17,361,860
52.19
15,902,478
Somalia CAP
1,062,743,765
487,608,182
45.88
575,135,583
Ethiopia Humanitarian Requirements July-December 2011
398,400,000
153,846,072
38.62
244,553,928
Ethiopia Refugee-related requirements
246,000,000
22,551,716
9.17
223,448,284
Funding for the Horn in general, not yet allocated
100,384,545
Total
2,481,108,103
1,148,690,358
46.30
Humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa drought 2011 (US$ millions)
As of 8 August 2011. Click heading to sort table. Download this data
Donor
Kenya EHRP 2011+
Somalia CAP 2011
Djibouti Drought Appeal 2011
Ethiopia 2011
Horn of Africa Drought 2011
Total
Notes: Because there is no specific appeal for Ethiopia, please note that figures for Ethiopia are for all humanitarian aid contributions in 2011 and might not all be drought-specific
Horn of Africa Drought 2011: Donations that fall under this heading are those that have not (yet) been flagged for specific country appeals or those intended for regional projects
Negative values: Negative numbers are balancing entries to avoid double-counting
Funding = Contributions + Commitments
Contribution: the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.
Commitment: creation of a legal, contractual obligation between the donor and recipient entity, specifying the amount to be contributed.
Source: UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service
African Development Bank
507,898
507,898
Allocation of funds from Red Cross / Red Crescent
- 149,125
- 149,125
Allocation of unearmarked funds by UN agencies
23,038,481
18,687,015
1,514,754
21,664,417
64,904,667
Australia
4,357,298
16,220,194
59,119,497
79,696,989
Belgium
1,037,037
1,949,134
1,430,615
4,416,786
Brazil
20,100,725
7,376,788
27,477,513
Canada
15,078,957
5,087,517
1,023,541
6,098,751
27,288,766
Carry-over (donors not specified)
84,586,352
88,503,301
7,300,989
180,390,642
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
22,701,020
52,953,352
5,783,911
25,596,604
107,034,887
China
0
Czech Republic
112,676
293,857
406,533
Denmark
14,614,274
7,872,178
7,279,050
29,765,502
European Commission
27,287,732
7,245,922
2,584,567
55,523,378
92,641,599
Finland
953,678
2,811,000
953,678
5,571,428
10,289,784
France
1,014,684
3,100,899
429,185
1,069,293
32,863,275
38,477,336
Germany
6,508,321
3,946,315
1,003,379
25,035,766
36,493,781
Ireland
536,481
2,076,631
2,130,518
4,743,630
Italy
2,584,669
2,584,669
Japan
28,155,408
35,831,072
23,000,000
1,000,000
87,986,480
Korea, Republic of
500,000
200,000
500,000
1,200,000
Luxembourg
633,721
712,251
1,345,972
Monaco
0
0
Netherlands
6,000,000
9,020,923
2,861,230
17,882,153
New Zealand
762,777
762,777
Norway
2,288,314
13,510,074
2,205,675
18,004,063
Others
2,179,808
2,179,808
Private (individuals & organisations)
370,340
3,431,409
223,454
3,752,121
69,129,814
76,907,138
Russian Federation
1,000,000
1,000,000
Saudi Arabia
744,137
50,000,000
50,744,137
Spain
5,608,483
7,686,334
8,334,839
21,629,656
Sudan
2,500,000
2,500,000
Sweden
7,242,979
13,403,339
4,015,899
429,178
25,091,395
Switzerland
1,548,236
3,070,322
407,620
2,464,054
7,490,232
United Kingdom
4,370,350
46,202,766
69,370,612
119,943,728
United States
126,153,357
54,580,643
4,686,930
219,705,095
405,126,025
Various (details not yet provided)
3,042,500
14,565,456
17,607,956
Total
366,937,983
487,608,182
17,361,860
486,739,391
205,725,961
1,564,373,377
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