1. Key points
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS) donors have committed/contributed US$323.8 million of humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the start of 2016.
The United States (US) is the largest donor, committing 41% of the total so far in 2016.
The 2016 UN-coordinated Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for DRC requested US$690 million from donors to respond to humanitarian needs in the country. The appeal is currently 40% funded at US$274.9 million.
2016 commitments/contributions to DRC have spiked in August and are currently at US$94.1 million, 29% of the 2016 total.
2. Recent humanitarian funding to DRC
Donors have committed or contributed US$323.8 million of humanitarian funding to DRC since the start of 2016. The US is the largest donor so far, committing/contributing US$133.8 million (41% of the total). European Union (EU) institutions and Germany are the second and third largest donors, respectively, committing/contributing US$58.8 million and US$29.3 million. These three donors collectively account for over two-thirds (69%) of total funding so far in 2016.
2016 pledges to DRC make up US$11.8 million, the vast majority of which (US$11.0 million) is from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).