Disasters Emergency Committee

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella group[1] of UK charities[2] which coordinates and launches collective appeals to raise funds to provide emergency aid and rapid relief to people caught up in disasters and humanitarian crises around the world. Since being formed in 1963, the DEC has had strong relationships with major UK broadcasters in particular the BBC and ITV, who provide airtime to broadcast emergency appeals upon its recommendation.[3] It is a member of the global Emergency Appeals Alliance, which reports that since its first television appeal in 1966, the DEC has raised over £1.4 billion.[4]

The DEC is a registered charity(charity no:1062638)[5] with 14 charity members all with associated disaster relief capabilities such as providing clean water, humanitarian aid and medical care.

Notable DEC appeals

The first DEC appeal was run for victims of an earthquake in Turkey in 1966.[6]

In 2004, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) ran UK television appeals and telephone lines for donations following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which raised a record £392m in public donations,[7]

Between January and July 2010, the DEC appealed for donations following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, raising a total of £107 million.[8]

On 22 January 2009, the BBC declined a request from the DEC to screen an appeal to raise money to aid relief efforts for victims of conflict in the Gaza Strip. This decision was the object of considerable controversy within the BBC[9] as it is the only time the BBC is known to have refused such a request from the DEC; the 2009 Gaza appeal in question was screened by Channel 4 and ITV and raised £8.3m.[10] Since then, the BBC has broadcast other DEC aid appeals for people in Gaza, without similar controversy. The DEC August 2014 Gaza appeal shown by the BBC helped to raise £16m over two years.[11]

On the launch of its recent (Oct 2017) appeal for Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh, the UK Government pledged to double public donations up to £3 million.[12]

Member charities of the Disasters Emergency Committee

As of 2015, the committee's member organisations are:[13]

List of DEC appeals

Recent[14] and archive[15] DEC appeals.

DateLocationAppeal reasonAmount raised
August 1966TurkeyEarthquake£560,000
June 1967Middle EastWar£160,000
February 1968VietnamWar£360,000
September 1968IranEarthquake£210,000
November 1968NigeriaWar£240,000
October 1969Algeria and TunisiaFloods£90,000
November 1969YugoslaviaEarthquake£60,000
March 1970TurkeyEarthquake£370,000
June 1970PeruEarthquake£230,000
June 1970RomaniaFloods£110,000
November 1970East Pakistan (Bangladesh)Cyclone£1,490,000
June 1971India and PakistanWar£1,420,000
December 1972NicaraguaEarthquake£340,000
October 1973Ethiopia and the SahelDrought£1,540,000
September 1974HondurasHurricane£350,000
February 1976GuatemalaEarthquake£1,300,000
September 1979Indo-ChinaWar£560,000
November 1979IndiaCyclone£870,000
June 1980East AfricaDrought£6,100,000
March 1982Central AmericaWar£430,000
July 1982LebanonWar£1,030,000
March 1983EthiopiaFamine£1,970,000
June 1984AfricaFamine£9,520,000
October 1984EthiopiaFamine£5,250,000
May 1985BangladeshCyclone£1,400,000
June 1987MozambiqueWar/Drought£2,480,000
December 1987EthiopiaFamine£2,690,000
August 1988SudanFloods£8,890,000
September 1988BangladeshFloods£5,810,000
September 1988CaribbeanHurricane£1,000,000
December 1989EthiopiaFamine£10,240,000
September 1990GulfWar£3,490,000
January 1991Africa£7,930,000
May 1991BangladeshCyclone£3,520,000
June 1991Africa£2,600,000
September 1992Africa£17,300,000
October 1993AfricaWar£2,530,000
February 1994YugoslaviaWar£2,600,000
May 1994RwandaWar/Genocide£37,000,000
May 1998SudanWar/Drought/Floods£10,500,000
September 1998BangladeshFloods£5,500,000
November 1998Central AmericaHurricane£18,500,000
April 1999KosovoWar£53,000,000
November 1999IndiaCyclone£7,000,000
March 2000MozambiqueFloods£30,000,000
February 2001IndiaEarthquake£24,000,000
January 2002DR CongoVolcano£4,650,000
July 2002Southern AfricaDrought/Floods£16,000,000
August 2003LiberiaWar£2,500,000
July 2004SudanWar£35,000,000
December 2004AsiaTsunami/Earthquake£392,000,000
August 2005NigerDrought/Locust£32,000,000
October 2005India and PakistanEarthquake£59,000,000
May 2007Darfur and ChadWar£13,600,000
November 2007BangladeshCyclone£9,000,000
May 2008Myanmar (Burma)Cyclone£19,500,000
November 2008DR CongoWar£10,500,000
January 2009GazaWar£8,300,000
October 2009Indonesia, Philippines and VietnamEarthquake/Typhoon£9,300,000
January 2010HaitiEarthquake£107,000,000
August 2010PakistanFloods£71,000,000
July 2011East AfricaDrought/Famine£79,000,000
March 2013SyriaWar£27,000,000
November 2013PhilippinesTyphoon£96,000,000
August 2014GazaWar£19,000,000
October 2014West AfricaDisease (Ebola)£37,000,000
April 2015NepalEarthquake£87,000,000
December 2016YemenWar£30,000,000
March 2017East AfricaDrought/Famine£66,000,000
October 2017Bangladesh (Rohingya from Myanmar)Refugees£30,000,000
October 2018IndonesiaTsunami/Earthquake£29,000,000
March 2019Mozambique, Malawi and ZimbabweCyclone£43,000,000
July 2020Yemen, Syria, Somalia, South Sudan, DR Congo, AfghanistanCOVID-19£30,000,000 at November 10, 2020 - ongoing

References
  1. "How we work". Disasters Emergency Committee. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. "The Charity Commission – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. "Disasters Emergency Committee, UK – Emergency Appeals Alliance". Emergency Appeals Alliance. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. "Disasters Emergency Committee, UK – Emergency Appeals Alliance". Emergency Appeals Alliance. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. "Charity overview". Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  6. "Appeals Archive". Disasters Emergency Committee. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. Kweifio-Okai, Carla (25 December 2014). "Where did the Indian Ocean tsunami aid money go?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. "Haiti Earthquake Appeal". Disasters Emergency Committee. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  9. Holmwood, Leigh (26 January 2009). "BBC staff protest over decision not to show Gaza aid appeal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  10. "Appeals Archive". Disasters Emergency Committee. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  11. "Gaza Crisis Appeal". Disasters Emergency Committee. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  12. "Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for people fleeing Burma reaches £3 million with UK aid support – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. "How we work". Disasters Emergency Committee. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  14. "Appeals". Disasters Emergency Committee. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  15. "Appeals Archive". Disasters Emergency Committee. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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