This report covers the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012

Period covered: January to December 2012

Overview

The DREF allocated a total amount of CHF 22,836,393 in 2012. Seventy-five per cent of the allocations, CHF 17,076,253, were made as grants to small-scale operations implemented by National Societies for which no emergency appeal was launched, known as DREF operations. CHF 5,760,140 was allocated as loans of start-up funding to emergency appeals.

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs

The national nutritional survey with SMART methods carried out in June 2012 enabled UNICEF to revise the estimated target caseload of severe cases of malnutrition from 20,000 - estimated based on the 2011 survey - to 22,336 for 2012, and the moderate cases estimated from 100,000 to 138,428 children. Based on the new data, in addition to the identified hotspots using 2011 data (Diourbel, Matam, Saint Louis, Thies and Louga), six new at-need Regions emerged: Fatick, Kaffrine, Kedougou, Kolda, Sedhiou and Tambacounda.

03/19/2013 18:46 GMT

LYON, 19 mars 2013 (AFP) - Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères Laurent Fabius a annoncé mardi la création d'un fonds d'aide financé par les collectivités locales françaises avec pour mission d'aider le Mali à "gagner la paix" après l'intervention militaire contre les groupes islamistes armés.

"Nous sommes en train de gagner la guerre, il faut aussi gagner la paix", a déclaré Laurent Fabius devant la presse, à son arrivée à une conférence réunissant à Lyon collectivités locales actives au Mali, ONG et représentants maliens.

DAKAR, 4 March 2013 (IRIN) - The annual gearing-up of humanitarian programmes to treat the chronic problems of vulnerable Sahelians is a clear sign that development there is not working. As a result, the Sahel is at the centre of the debate on the need to boost vulnerable people's resilience to shocks.

The rising cost of humanitarian response, combined with repeated action and investment in a small number of targeted countries has led to renewed calls to change the way we address recurrent crises. In 2010, the amount of funding for emergency response was the highest on record, at $12.4 billion, and the joint agencies’ Consolidated Appeal Process stood at $11.2 billion (it’s highest figure ever, and double that of 2006) (Kellett and Sweeney, 2011: 63).

The global appeal for 2013 includes 16 national appeals for Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, occupied Palestinian territory, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

Annual publication Statistics on International Development (SID) provides information on the UK’s Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) which includes both the DFID aid programme and official aid provided through other UK government departments

Islamic Relief calls for fund to give poor nations 'fighting chance' against climate change with investment before disaster strikes

The NGO Islamic Relief has urged the UN to establish a global contingency fund for disaster prevention as it is cheaper to help prepare for floods and drought than spend billions on emergencies.

In a report on Monday, Feeling the Heat, the charity also called on governments and aid agencies to completely rethink their priorities and put disaster risk reduction at the heart of all aid programmes.