The year in review – 2014
Humanitarian needs – inter-agency appeals, funding and visibility In 2014, appeal funding requirements increased by 38 per cent compared with 2013. There have been eight new appeals since 2013, bringing the total to 27 in 2014. There were three level-three emergencies: Central African Republic (CAR), the Philippines (Super Typhoon Haiyan) and Syria. A record number of inter-agency appeals surpassed the billion-dollar mark (Iraq, South Sudan, the Syria Regional Refugee Response Plan and the Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan). The majority of funding requested and provided went to these mega-crises. Iraq, South Sudan and the Syria response plans accounted for approximately 55 per cent of funding required and requested. Globally, the average amount of funding received per person increased by $28 to $182. In 2014, only four per cent of projects were gender-specific, showing no increase from previous years.
Country Country details details
Funds Funds requested/received requested/received
Awareness Awareness
Afghanistan
Requested Requested $406m $406m Funded Funded $309m $309m 76% 76% of of requirement requirement met met Targeted people 5 million Targeted people 5 million Funding Funding per per person person $62 $62
18,439 18,439
1,878 1,878 1:10 1:10
Burkina Faso
Requested Requested $99m $99m Funded Funded $41m $41m 41% 41% of of requirement requirement met met Targeted Targeted people people 1.3 1.3 million million Funding Funding per per person person $31 $31
748 748
3,468 3,468 1:5 1:5
Cameroon
Requested Requested $126m $126m Funded Funded $73m $73m 58% 58% of of requirement requirement met met Targeted Targeted people people 66 million million Funding Funding per per person person $12 $12
964 964
6,857 6,857 1:8 1:8
Central African Republic Requested Requested $555m $555m Funded Funded $379m $379m 68% 68% of of requirement requirement met met Targeted people 1.8 million Targeted people 1.8 million Funding Funding per per person person $210 $210
3,329 3,329
1:20 1:20
Chad
Requested Requested $618m $618m Funded Funded $227m $227m 37% 37% of of requirement requirement met met Targeted Targeted people people 2.1 2.1 million million Funding Funding per per person person $108 $108
Sources: FTS, inter-agency appeal documents, ReliefWeb, UNHCR
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65,590 65,590
1,225 1,225
7,086 7,086 1:6 1:6