Disasters Emergency Committee
The Disasters Emergency Committee is an umbrella group comprising 13 UK charities. These charities are all associated with disaster related issues such as providing clean water, humanitarian aid and medical care. The DEC was created in 1963. Chairman (as of 2011) is Clive Jones.
The organisation ran television campaigns and provided telephone lines for donations following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Between January and July 2010, the DEC appealed for donations following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, raising a total of £107 million.[1] It also sought donations for the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, and for Nepal following the Nepal earthquake.
Member charities
- ActionAid
- British Red Cross
- CAFOD
- CARE International
- Christian Aid
- Concern
- Age UK
- Islamic Relief
- Oxfam
- Plan UK
- Save the Children
- Tearfund
- World Vision
Appeals history
Recent[2] and archive[3] DEC appeals.
| DATE | LOCATION | APPEAL REASON | AMOUNT RAISED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-08 (Aug) | Turkey | Earthquake | £560,000 |
| 1967-06 (Jun) | Middle East | War | £160,000 |
| 1968-02 (Feb) | Vietnam | War | £360,000 |
| 1968-09 (Sep) | Iran | Earthquake | £210,000 |
| 1968-11 (Nov) | Nigeria | War | £240,000 |
| 1969-10 (Oct) | Algeria and Tunisia | Floods | £90,000 |
| 1969-11 (Nov) | Yugoslavia | Earthquake | £60,000 |
| 1970-03 (Mar) | Turkey | Earthquake | £370,000 |
| 1970-06 (Jun) | Peru | Earthquake | £230,000 |
| 1970-06 (Jun) | Romania | Floods | £110,000 |
| 1970-11 (Nov) | East Pakistan (Bangladesh) | Cyclone | £1,490,000 |
| 1971-06 (Jun) | India and Pakistan | War | £1,420,000 |
| 1972-12 (Dec) | Nicaragua | Earthquake | £340,000 |
| 1973-10 (Oct) | Ethiopia and the Sahel | Drought | £1,540,000 |
| 1974-09 (Sep) | Honduras | Hurricane | £350,000 |
| 1976-02 (Feb) | Guatemala | Earthquake | £1,300,000 |
| 1979-09 (Sep) | Indo-China | War | £560,000 |
| 1979-11 (Nov) | India | Cyclone | £870,000 |
| 1980-06 (Jun) | East Africa | Drought | £6,100,000 |
| 1982-03 (Mar) | Central America | War | £430,000 |
| 1982-07 (Jul) | Lebanon | War | £1,030,000 |
| 1983-03 (Mar) | Ethiopia | Famine | £1,970,000 |
| 1984-06 (Jun) | Africa | Famine | £9,520,000 |
| 1984-10 (Oct) | Ethiopia | Famine | £5,250,000 |
| 1985-05 (May) | Bangladesh | Cyclone | £1,400,000 |
| 1987-06 (Jun) | Mozambique | War/Drought | £2,480,000 |
| 1987-12 (Dec) | Ethiopia | Famine | £2,690,000 |
| 1988-08 (Aug) | Sudan | Floods | £8,890,000 |
| 1988-09 (Sep) | Bangladesh | Floods | £5,810,000 |
| 1988-09 (Sep) | Caribbean | Hurricane | £1,000,000 |
| 1989-12 (Dec) | Ethiopia | Famine | £10,240,000 |
| 1990-09 (Sep) | Gulf | War | £3,490,000 |
| 1991-01 (Jan) | Africa | £7,930,000 | |
| 1991-05 (May) | Bangladesh | Cyclone | £3,520,000 |
| 1991-06 (Jun) | Africa | £2,600,000 | |
| 1992-09 (Sep) | Africa | £17,300,000 | |
| 1993-10 (Oct) | Africa | War | £2,530,000 |
| 1994-02 (Feb) | Yugoslavia | War | £2,600,000 |
| 1994-05 (May) | Rwanda | War/Genocide | £37,000,000 |
| 1998-05 (May) | Sudan | War/Drought/Floods | £10,500,000 |
| 1998-09 (Sep) | Bangladesh | Floods | £5,500,000 |
| 1998-11 (Nov) | Central America | Hurricane | £18,500,000 |
| 1999-04 (Apr) | Kosovo | War | £53,000,000 |
| 1999-11 (Nov) | India | Cyclone | £7,000,000 |
| 2000-03 (Mar) | Mozambique | Floods | £30,000,000 |
| 2001-02 (Feb) | India | Earthquake | £24,000,000 |
| 2002-01 (Jan) | DR Congo | Volcano | £4,650,000 |
| 2002-07 (Jul) | Southern Africa | Drought/Floods | £16,000,000 |
| 2003-08 (Aug) | Liberia | War | £2,500,000 |
| 2004-07 (Jul) | Sudan | War | £35,000,000 |
| 2004-12 (Dec) | Asia | Tsunami/Earthquake | £392,000,000 |
| 2005-08 (Aug) | Niger | Drought/Locust | £32,000,000 |
| 2005-10 (Oct) | India and Pakistan | Earthquake | £59,000,000 |
| 2007-05 (May) | Darfur and Chad | War | £13,600,000 |
| 2007-11 (Nov) | Bangladesh | Cyclone | £9,000,000 |
| 2008-05 (May) | Myanmar (Burma) | Cyclone | £19,500,000 |
| 2008-11 (Nov) | DR Congo | War | £10,500,000 |
| 2009-01 (Jan) | Gaza | War | £8,300,000 |
| 2009-10 (Oct) | Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam | Earthquake/Typhoon | £9,300,000 |
| 2010-01 (Jan) | Haiti | Earthquake | £107,000,000 |
| 2010-08 (Aug) | Pakistan | Floods | £71,000,000 |
| 2011-07 (Jul) | East Africa | Drought/Famine | £79,000,000 |
| 2013-03 (Mar) | Syria | War | £25,000,000 |
| 2013-11 (Nov) | Philippines | Typhoon | £95,000,000 |
| 2014-08 (Aug) | Gaza | War | £19,000,000 |
| 2014-10 (Oct) | West Africa | Disease (Ebola) | £34,000,000 |
| 2015-04 (Apr) | Nepal | Earthquake | £83,000,000 |
References
- ↑ "Haiti Earthquake Appeal". Disasters Emergency Committee. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ↑ "Appeals". Disasters Emergency Committee. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ "Appeals Archive". Disasters Emergency Committee. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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