Dear all DERF users The CISU secretariat is closed for the summer, in the period July 6 - 28. Submitted Alerts to derf@cisu.dk will be processed during this period. Any other inquiries will be handled upon our return to the office July 29th. Best regards, The DERF Team
b.1 Where is the crisis? Describe the areas affected
The area affected is on the road to Bukalasi in the Bududa area. It is located on the Mt Elgon, is
a coffee and banana growing community ( cash crops ) with a high population growth and a high
pressure land, which means cultivation and deforestation on the upper slopes in the valley. Land
slides occur for that reason during the rainy
Dear DERF grant holders and users, This is to hereby invite your organisation to provide final inputs to the current update of the Funding Guidelines of the Danish Emergency Relief Fund (DERF) which has been attached here. We hope you are able to invite your partner organisations to comment as well. The deadline for providing comments is Wednesday 22 May 2019 at 12:00 to DERF@cisu.dk.
In the past few years were many of the mentioned cities in Afghanistan hit by drought, but surprisingly since the beginning of the spring 2019 has most of the cities been affected by continuously rain.
Afghanistan has been extremely preoccupied with war and therefore you can almost not notice any infrastructure progress - neither in cities nor in the countryside.
Therefore the huge rain and
DERF is experiencing an overwhelming demand for support and has this year already received 9 humanitarian alerts leading to resources allocated for DERF being under heavy pressure. In order to ensure availability of funding for the full financial year DERF will until 1. July 2019 due to scarcity of resources have to carry out restrictive assessments of incoming alerts.
DERF users may still forw
Severe drought in the above regions with water shortages and food insecurity. Significant drier and hotter than normal conditions prevailed in march 2019 with increased probability of dry conditions & above average temperature until April according to Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET). Deyr rains were not sufficient to sustain the pasture through harsh weather conditions of Januar
DERF has recieved alert regarding Food Insecurity Crisis Kenya from International Aid Services (IAS).
The Humanitarian crisis: Between March 5th – 15th, a weather system formed and developed into Cyclone Idai causing flash floods and a humanitarian crisis across Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe affecting more than 1,6 million people. Number of affected people recorded is increasing by the hour as more information becomes available and areas accessible. By 21 March an overall estimate has increased
c.1 Where is the crisis? A total of 14 provinces in the regions of Boucle du Mouhoun, Hauts-Bassins, the East Center, the North, the North-Center and the Eastern region have been affected by the crisis (see OCHA map in Link
2 and 3 below). Humanitarian access to certain areas like the North and North-Center is difficult and required working through local and community-based organizations. c.2
Malawi: At least 922,900 persons have been impacted, including an estimated 460,000 children. More than 15,000 families have been displaced, with at least 187 camps established to house them. Mozambique: Communication lines have been down since Friday, March 15, rendering communication hard. Initial Government figures estimate 600,000 persons are affected, including 260,000 children. Zimbabwe: No
Decision: Not to activate the DERF to respond to the conflict and insecurity crisis in Burkina Faso, as per Alert Decision note.
The DERF has received an alert note regarding the Conflict & Insecurity Crisis in Burkina Faso. Please attached alert note and related documents for details of the alert.