Inter-Agency Coordinated Appeals: March - April Update

People in Need

292.4M

People Targeted

182.2M

Appeals

Requirements (US$)

$48.28B

Inter-Agency Appeals Funding (US$)

$4.34B

Appeals Coverage

Total Humanitarian Funding (US$)

$7.30B

The 2024 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) requires $48.28 billion to assist 182.2 million people in need across 70 countries through 36 coordinated response plans.

As of end March 2024, total humanitarian funding totalled $5.91 billion, which is over a third less than what was recorded at the same time last year ($9 billion). Meanwhile, reported GHO funding amounted to $3.01 billion, 44 per cent less than in March 2023 ($5.37 billion).

At the end of April 2024, total humanitarian funding amounted to $7.30 billion, which is 36 per cent less than what was recorded at the end of April last year ($11.40 billion). Meanwhile, reported GHO funding totalled $4.34 billion or 42 per cent less than in 2023 ($7.44 billion).

Several funding trends can be highlighted. Firstly, there is typically a large increase in reported funding between March and April each year due to donor and agency reporting cycles and disbursements of new budgets in the first quarter. This year, however, the increase in reported funding was only $1.39 billion, the lowest from March to April since 2019. Similarly, whereas GHO coverage has increased six per cent on average between the end of March and end of April, this year, the month-on-month increase was only two per cent. Secondly, reported funding from top donors has been significantly less in the first four months of 2024 compared to 2023. From January to the end of April, the top five donors reported $4.58 billion of humanitarian funding. This is 63 per cent of the total reported and is $4.12 billion less than the $8.73 billion reported during the same period in 2023 when funding from these donors was 79 per cent of the total reported. In comparison, in 2022, the top five donors reported $5.72 billion or 74 per cent of the total. This reduction at the beginning of 2024 is mainly due to delayed budget approvals and disbursements by several key donors.

Timely reporting of humanitarian contributions from donors and recipients is crucial to provide reliable and complete data for trend analysis. All partners are encouraged to report funding to the Financial Tracking Service (fts@un.org).

Resource Mobilisation Events

Two high-level pledging events took place in April. On 15 April, France, Germany and the European Union organised an International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and Neighbouring Countries, one year after the Sudan conflict broke out. During the conference, international donors announced $2.1 billion to support civilian populations in Sudan and those seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. The 2024 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan requires $2.7 billion to meet the needs of 14.7 million of the 24.8 million people in need. To date, only 10 per cent of these requirements have been met. The 2024 Regional Refugee Response Plan for Sudan is also appealing for $1.4 billion for a projected population of 2.7 million people in the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, including refugees, returnees, third country nationals, and host populations in surrounding areas.

On 16 April, the Governments of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United Nations convened a High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia to discuss the pressing humanitarian situation unfolding which is characterised by a convergence of climate-related disasters, conflict, and other challenges. More than $600 million of humanitarian assistance was announced during the event. Co-hosts published a joint communiqué reiterating their dedication to addressing the humanitarian crisis by ensuring an efficient and effective humanitarian response, and tackling the root causes. The 2024 Ethiopian Humanitarian Response Plan requires $3.24 billion to assist 15.5 million of the 21.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. To date, only nine per cent of the financial requirements have been met.