CERF Annual Report 2015

In 2015, CERF allocated nearly US$470 million in humanitarian assistance for helping front line partners on the ground kick-start or reinforces emergency activities in 45 countries. CERF raised $409 million with the support from 59 member states.

The need for CERF reached a historical high in 2015, with unprecedented levels of humanitarian suffering and the highest level of global displacement since the Second World War, with Level 3 emergencies in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, as well as major natural disasters in Nepal and Vanuatu.

CERF’s 2015 achievements were extraordinary. The fund was at the forefront of response when the world needed it.

• Within 48 hours of the Nepal earthquake, I made available US$15 million from CERF for partners to jump-start and accelerate life-saving response to hundreds of thousands of people.

• In Yemen, where a staggering 82 per cent of the population required humanitarian assistance, CERF provided $44 million to ensure critical services reached people most in need.

• As millions of people struggled with the devastating impact of droughts and floods driven by a strong El Niño weather cycle, CERF was at the forefront, providing quick and early funding to the tune of $59 million to countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, Central America and the Caribbean in 2015.