Link: Disaster Risk Reduction – East Asia and The Pacific Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

Facts & Figures 2012

Humanitarian Assistance - €36 million

Disaster Preparedness - €16.8 million

Through ECHO funding, nearly 150 million people are helped each year in over 100 countries outside the EU. ECHO's funds are implemented by over 200 partner organisations (International non-governmental organisations, the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement, and UN agencies).

Key messages

• Together with implementing partners, ECHO carries out rapid assessment of needs of those affected by natural and man-made disasters

Period covered by this Final Report: 29

March to 31 October 2010

Appeal target (current): CHF 1,312,670

Final Appeal coverage: 100%;

Appeal history:

- This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 29 March 2010 seeking CHF 1,062,295 (USD 991,697 or EUR 744,243) in cash, kind, or services to support the Mongolian Red Cross' initiative to extend relief operation to eight more provinces reaching 13,600 beneficiaries as well as to facilitate early recovery efforts of dzudaffected herders in five provinces.

- CHF 100,000 was initially allocated

Ramsey A. Rayyis, regional representative for the American Red Cross

People from across Mongolia travel to the monument of Eej Khad, or Mother Rock, to ask for their wishes to come true. They bring offerings of biscuits, milk and rice, as well as traditional drinks to splash at her feet, before walking three-times clockwise around her temple whispering their dreams into her ears.

Some ask for wealth or love or a bright future for their children. Others, mostly the nomadic herdsmen, only ask for two things: a bountiful harvest and a benevolent winter.

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation's disaster response system and increases the ability of national societies to respond to disasters.

Summary: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) allocated CHF 400,000 (USD

Programme Summary:

The first six months of 2010 were characterized by two major earthquake events in Haiti and Chile that required a massive response effort, leveraging the full range of the Movement's disaster response resources, as well as its global coordination and technical assistance capacities. The response operations both demonstrated IFRC's capacity to scale up quickly through the deployment of a focused and flexible global surge capacity. A record number of ERUs were deployed to Haiti (21), as

Appeal history:

This Emergency Appeal was launched on 29 March 2010, seeking CHF 1,062,295 for six months period in order to assist 13,600 beneficiaries in 13 provinces whose vulnerability and needs have dramatically increased due to the seriousness of the climatic and social situation and its worsening.

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 100,000 (USD 93,924 or EUR 70,006) was allocated from the Federation's

Appeal target (current): CHF 1,062,295

Appeal coverage: The appeal is 32 per cent covered to date, and 35 per cent covered with pledges in the pipeline. Funds are urgently needed to enable Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS) to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to those affected by this disaster.

Appeal history:

- This Emergency Appeal was launched on 29 March 2010, seeking CHF 1,062,295 for six months period in order to assist 13,600 beneficiaries in eight provinces whose vulnerability and