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Typhoon Haiyan funding update: Requirements doubled in UN appeal, which now calls for US$791 million

Dec 10, 2013

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It is now 33 days since typhoon Haiyan hit landfall, causing widespread devastation across the Philippines. On the 12th of November, five days after the event, the UN launched an appeal requesting US$301 million in response to the emergency. Initial requirements were revised up to US$348 two weeks later, but yesterday further revisions include requirements totalling US$791 million. The increase in requirements reflects the evolving needs of the people and communities affected by the disaster. The typhoon is reported to have claimed the lives of 5,759 people and to have affected 15 million, with approximately 4 million people remaining displaced.

Since our last typhoon Haiyan update 11 days ago, a further US$63 million of funding has been reported for the emergency, bringing total funding up to US$454 million. Contributions from donor governments appear to have generally slowed down, with private contributions (US$41 million) accounting for the largest increase in reported funding.

Highlights from today’s analysis reveal:

  • Funding for the appeal so far only accounts for 25% of the new revised requirements;
  • The US$95 million reported from private individuals and organisations accounts for 21% of all funding to the emergency;
  • The largest government donors are currently the UK (US$74m), the United States (US$61m), Japan (US$31m), Australia (US$29m) and Canada (US$19m). This accounts for 71% of total funding;
  • A total of 40 different donor governments have reported funding to the emergency so far;
  • Additional pledges of US$302 million have now been reported from 13 government donors, the EC and a variety of private individuals and organisations;
  • New pledges include US$5 million from Thailand.

In light of the new revised requirements for the UN flash appeal we will continue to monitor the funding response to the Philippines. You can find our previous daily blogs on the Philippine response here. Please let us know of any additional data you require. Further information about funding to the Philippines between 2002 and 2011 is available on our country profile.

Figure 1: Funding and pledges in response to Typhoon Haiyan

Figure 1 Philippines

Source: UN OCHA FTS

Figure 2: Top 10 donor contributions inside and outside the appeal

Figure 2 Philippines

Source: UN OCHA FTS (data for all donors available in accompanying excel spreadsheet)

Figure 3: Top ten largest uncommitted pledges for the Philippines Haiyan Typhoon

Figure 3 Philippines

Source: UN OCHA FTS (all pledges available in blog excel)

Figure 4: Revised requirements clusters

Figure 4 Philippines

Source: UN OCHA FTS

Figure 5: Contributions and pledges from private donors, US$ millions

Figure 5 Philippines

Source: UN OCHA FTS

 

Figure 6: Day by day funding to the Philippines Haiyan Typhoon compared to other crises

Figure 6 Philippines

Source: UN OCHA FTS

More analysis of this comparison data can be found on our blog at http://devinit.org/response-typhoon-haiyan-comparison/

Updated: 10 December 2013

For further information please contact Development Initiatives’ Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) programme at GHA@devinit.org.

All data is available to download here.

Blog image:WFP/Praveen Agrawal

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