Since 2003, the International Federation has been increasing its use of DREF, particularly for small-scale emergencies that do not require an international emergency appeal.

Here you will see some news stories related to DREF-funded emergencies, please select a year to see DREF-related news stories and press releases:

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

2008

• West and Central Africa Zone invests in early warning measures | en français
• Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa | en español | en français
• Moldova and Ukraine Red Cross Societies respond to most severe floods in 200 years | en español | en français
• West and Central Africa: flood alert confirmed | en español | en français
• Worst flooding in decades devastates Central and Eastern Europe | en español | en français
• Press release: Philippines: Red Cross Red Crescent launches emergency appeal | en español | en français
• Press release: IFRC responds to acute watery diarrhoea epidemic in South Sudan | en español | en français
• Mongolia: Prevention work saves lives | en español | en français
• Belize Red Cross responds to Tropical Storm Arthur
• Moldova: Red Cross calls for sustained support to help the impoverished population facing malnutrition | en español | en français
• Press release: South Africa: International Federation calls for urgent humanitarian action in response to increased suffering | en español | en français
• Press release: China: Red Cross mobilizes volunteers and aid to help quake survivors | en español | en français
• Press release: Myanmar: Red Cross distributes relief items after deadly cyclone devastates delta region | en español | en français
• Brazil: prevention is the key to dealing with the dengue fever outbreak | en español
• Albania: Red Cross brings speedy assistance to victims of devastating explosions | en español | en français
• Mozambique: cyclone “Jokwe” causes widespread devastation in Quinga | en español | en français
• Kazakhstan: Red Crescent provides emergency help in the wake of devastating floods
• Press release: International Federation launches emergency appeal for 50,000 cyclone victims in Madagascar | en español | en français
• Press release: Cold spell in Tajikistan: International Federation launches appeal to help vulnerable elderly survive | en español | en français
• Tajikistan: helping elderly people survive in the cold without heating | en español | en français
• Moldova: a 21st century European story of drought and poverty
• West Central Africa: the Red Cross mobilizes against meningitis | en español | en français
• Ukraine Red Cross goes deeper for traumatized miners
• Uganda Red Cross helps Kenyan refugees
• Red Cross assists desperate Chadian refugees in Kousseri | en español | en français
• Press release: International Federation launches emergency appeal for Chadian refugees in Cameroon | en español | en français
• Press release: Red Cross brings vital help to thousands of Chadian refugees in Cameroon | en español | en français
• Brazil: floods leave nine dead and thousands homeless
• “We need to act now and invest more in disaster preparedness”, says the secretary general of Mozambique Red Cross
• Press release: International Federation warns of potential disastrous flood crisis in southern Africa | en español | en français
• Kyrgyzstan: Disaster does not recognize holidays

2007

• Uganda Red Cross responds to serious Ebola outbreak | en español | en français
• Press release: Red Cross Red Crescent launches appeal for Papua New Guinea cyclone survivors | en español | en français
• Papua New Guinea reels after floods
• Bangladesh: local volunteers and the International Federation make an immediate difference | en español | en français
• The Mexican Red Cross brings assistance to thousands of people affected by the floods in Tabasco | en español | en français
• Press release: Bangladesh: Red Cross Red Crescent launches urgent appeal in wake of Cyclone Sidr | en español | en français
• Press release: International Federation launches emergency appeal to help flood victims in Ethiopia | en español | en français
• Preparedness averts major tragedy in Viet Nam
• Press release: Hurricane Felix: Red Cross search and rescue teams on full alert | en español | en français
• Press release: Emergency appeal for DPRK flood survivors | en español | en français
• Press release: Peru earthquake - preliminary emergency appeal launched to assist survivors | en español | en français
• Red Cross Red Crescent responds to Peru quake | en español | en français
• Press release: Peru earthquake: International Federation sends two planeloads of relief items to Pisco | en español | en français
• 200,000 displaced, scores killed by floods in Sudan | en español | en français
• Worst floods in 50 years force many Chinese to seek higher ground | en español | en français
• Press release: International Federation launches emergency appeal as Sudan faces worst floods in 20 years | en español | en français
• Press release: Emergency appeals seek funds for South Asia flood victims | en español | en français
• Dengue fever sweeps through South-East Asia
• Tajikistan: double disasters
• Red Cross – Red Crescent respond to cyclones in Madagascar
• Press release: Emergency funds sought following earthquake and tsunami in Solomon Islands | en español | en français
• Residents flee homes following South Pacific tsunami | en español | en français
• Namibia : Situation in flooded Caprivi could worsen
• Press release: The International Federation launches emergency appeal for neglected flood victims in Zambia and Namibia | en español | en français
• Cyclone Indhala compounds food insecurity in Madagascar
• Press release: International Federation launches emergency appeal for Madagascar cyclone victims | en español | en français
• Angola Red Cross volunteers bring essential help to hundreds of flood victims
• The number of affected people continues to rise in Mozambique | en español | en français
• Press release: International Federation launches emergency appeal for flood victims in Mozambique | en español | en français
• Food crisis concerns following relentless flooding in Burundi

2006

• Press release: Vietnam : emergency funds sought following Durian | en español | en français
• Press release: Vietnam: emergency appeal for communities hit by Xangsane | en español | en français
• Press release: Kenya: International Federation launches emergency appeal to help flood victims | en español | en français
• Press release: Haiti: International Federation launches emergency appeal to help flood victims | en español | en français
• Mali Red Cross scales up social mobilization | en español | en français
• Press release: Emergency appeal to assist victims of volcano eruption in Ecuador | en español | en français
• Thousands of villagers stranded in Suriname
• Press release: Romania – Red Cross Red Crescent launches appeal for victims of worst floods in more than a century | en español | en français
• Red Cross Red Crescent steps up efforts on cholera prevention in Angola amid increasing cases
• Press release: Timor-Leste: Red Cross Red Crescent launches emergency appeal for flood and storm victims | en español | en français
• Press release: Drought in Ethiopia prompts response by Red Cross Red Crescent | en español | en français
• Floods in Romania - A farewell to Rast
• Press release: Red Cross assists communities hit by European floods | en español | en français
• Floods in Romania - A farewell to Rast
• Cholera claims 137 lives in Zambia

2005

• Millions need emergency aid as severe drought hits Kenya | en español | en français

Documents available:

• Report 2006-2007
• Latest DREF allocations for 2007 and 2008
• Latest DREF contributions list and donors
• DREF plan 2007-2008 (80 Kb, 4 pages)
• List of DREF allocations made in 2007 (122 Kb, 3 pages)
• List of DREF allocations made in 2006 (18 Kb, 2 pages)
• List of DREF allocations made in 2005 (16 Kb, 2 pages)
• DREF Progress report September 2007 (25 Kb, 2 pages)
• DREF brochure (633 Kb, 6 pages)
• Donate to DREF online
• DREF-related news stories